Kempsey · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
How much of daily life sits within a walk of home — a transparent 0–10 walkability score and the everyday destinations you can reach on foot: shops, public transport, schools, parks and health services, plus the streets and terrain in between.
Fewer people can reach daily essentials on foot in Kempsey than in most New South Wales areas, with a walkability score of 4.1 meaning it is only somewhat walkable. While parks are often nearby, accessing health services or groceries on foot is far less common here than across the state.
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Kempsey — somewhat walkable of areas.
| Kempsey | 4.1 |
|---|---|
| 2440, NSW | 3.4 |
| New South Wales | 6.2 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Kempsey by walking time to the nearest amenity of each type, on an elevation-aware pedestrian network. How we calculate this →
The overall walkability score and how much of daily life is a short walk away.
The walkability score of 4.1 is well below the New South Wales figure of 6.2. Only 45.4% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed, which is far below the state average of 71.9%.
4.1
Somewhat walkable of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
A 0–10 score for how much of daily life sits within an easy walk of the average home — weighing how close groceries, public transport, cafés, parks, health services, schools, culture and everyday services are, and how many of each. Walking times are measured on an elevation-aware pedestrian network, so hills count against reach. The methodology page describes how the score is put together.
3.9
Lower than 70% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
How many of the eight everyday amenity types — groceries, food & drink, health, schools, parks, culture, everyday services and public transport — the average home can reach on foot within 15 minutes, out of 8.
45.4%
Lower than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of local homes that can reach at least five of the eight everyday amenity types within a 15-minute walk — the "15-minute city" test. Homes are counted as addresses (G-NAF), not people.
How many homes can walk to groceries, transport, schools, parks and health services.
Parks are the easiest to reach, with 70.6% of homes within a 15-minute walk. In contrast, health services are the hardest to access on foot, with only 34.8% of homes nearby, far below the state figure of 57.1%.
48.6%
Lower than 63% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of local homes within a 15-minute walk of groceries or everyday shopping. Homes are counted as addresses (G-NAF), not people.
69.7%
Lower than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of local homes within a 10-minute walk of a public-transport stop — bus, train, tram or ferry. Homes are counted as addresses (G-NAF), not people.
56.6%
Lower than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of local homes within a 15-minute walk of a school. Homes are counted as addresses (G-NAF), not people.
70.6%
Lower than 77% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of local homes within a 15-minute walk of a park or area of open space. Homes are counted as addresses (G-NAF), not people.
34.8%
Lower than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of local homes within a 15-minute walk of health services such as a GP, pharmacy or hospital. Homes are counted as addresses (G-NAF), not people.
Amenity density, how well the streets connect, and how hilly the walk is.
The average terrain slope is 6.5%, which is about the same as the state average. There are 10 intersections per square kilometre and 30.2 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 14.7.
30.2
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Walkable amenities — shops, cafés, parks, health services, schools, cultural and community places, everyday services and public-transport stops — per 1,000 residents. Measures how much is around, apart from how far it is to walk there.
10
Lower than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Walkable street intersections per square kilometre. Denser, better-connected street grids give more direct routes on foot than winding, cul-de-sac layouts.
6.5%
Higher than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Average terrain slope across the area, as a percent grade. Steeper ground shortens how far people will walk; it is already folded into the walkability score through the elevation-aware pedestrian network, and is shown here on its own for context.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Walkability in Kempsey [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/108021155/kempsey/topic/walkability
