Old Bar - Manning Point - Red Head · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Walkability in Old Bar - Manning Point - Red Head

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.

Only 3 amenities are typically within a 15-minute walk for people in Old Bar - Manning Point - Red Head, making it a mostly car-dependent area. This is far below the New South Wales figure of 5.8. While some residents can reach parks or transport quickly, most essential services require a drive.

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📍 Old Bar - Manning Point - Red Head, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Where Old Bar - Manning Point - Red Head sits — Walkability score

3.0 Mostly car-dependent
  • 0.0–0.4: 41 areas
  • 0.4–0.7: 31 areas
  • 0.7–1.1: 51 areas
  • 1.1–1.4: 56 areas
  • 1.4–1.8: 55 areas
  • 1.8–2.1: 65 areas
  • 2.1–2.5: 78 areas
  • 2.5–2.9: 65 areas
  • 2.9–3.2: 93 areas
  • 3.2–3.6: 90 areas
  • 3.6–3.9: 82 areas
  • 3.9–4.3: 119 areas
  • 4.3–4.6: 122 areas
  • 4.6–5.0: 113 areas
  • 5.0–5.4: 127 areas
  • 5.4–5.7: 140 areas
  • 5.7–6.1: 127 areas
  • 6.1–6.4: 149 areas
  • 6.4–6.8: 137 areas
  • 6.8–7.1: 130 areas
  • 7.1–7.5: 121 areas
  • 7.5–7.9: 99 areas
  • 7.9–8.2: 79 areas
  • 8.2–8.6: 103 areas
  • 8.6–8.9: 69 areas
  • 8.9–9.3: 52 areas
  • 9.3–9.6: 44 areas
  • 9.6–10.0: 15 areas

All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Old Bar - Manning Point - Red Head — mostly car-dependent of areas.

Walkability score compared with the state and national average
Old Bar - Manning Point - Red Head3.0
2430, NSW 3.8
New South Wales 6.2

Walking times to everyday amenities

Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Old Bar - Manning Point - Red Head by walking time to the nearest amenity of each type, on an elevation-aware pedestrian network. How we calculate this →

The score

The overall walkability score and how much of daily life is a short walk away.

The walkability score is 3.0, which means the area is mostly car-dependent and far below the state average of 6.2. Just 29.8% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed, which is far below the 71.9% seen across New South Wales.

3.0

Mostly car-dependent 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.

3.0

Lower than 80% 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.

29.8%

Lower than 80% 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.

What's in walking distance

How many homes can walk to groceries, transport, schools, parks and health services.

Parks and public transport are the most accessible, with 71.1% of homes near a park and 52.8% near transport, though both are far below state levels. Access to health services is the weakest, as 100% of homes are more than a 30-minute walk from a clinic.

Streets & terrain

Amenity density, how well the streets connect, and how hilly the walk is.

There are 6 intersections per square kilometre, and the typical terrain slope is 6.4%, which is about the same as the state average. The area has 8.3 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 14.7.

8.3

Lower than 87% 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.

6.4%

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.

Sources

  • Walkability (OpenStreetMap, GTFS, ACARA & G-NAF, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, state transport agencies, ACARA & Geoscape Australia, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Walkability in Old Bar - Manning Point - Red Head [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/108051168/old-bar-manning-point-red-head/topic/walkability