Tenterfield · 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.
A typical slope of 8.1% makes Tenterfield a little steeper than the state average, contributing to a landscape that is mostly car-dependent. Only 30.2% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 71.9%. This makes it difficult for most residents to reach daily destinations on foot.
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Tenterfield — mostly car-dependent of areas.
| Tenterfield | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2372, NSW | 2.9 |
| New South Wales | 6.2 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Tenterfield 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 for Tenterfield is 2.3, meaning the area is mostly car-dependent. This is far below the state average of 6.2, with only 2.6 types of amenities typically found within a 15-minute walk compared to 5.8 across New South Wales.
2.3
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.
2.6
Lower than 85% 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.
30.2%
Lower than 79% 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.
Access to essentials is limited, with only 28% of homes within a 15-minute walk of groceries and just 16.9% near public transport, both far below state figures. While parks are the most accessible amenity, 63% of homes are still more than 30 minutes away from the nearest health service.
28.0%
Lower than 81% 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.
16.9%
Lower than 87% 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.
30.5%
Lower than 83% 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.
42.4%
Lower than 89% 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.
31.1%
Lower than 64% 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.
Tenterfield has 26 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, which is far above the New South Wales average of 14.7. There are 0 intersections per square kilometre in terms of street connectivity.
26.0
Higher than 83% 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.
0
Lower than 98% 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.
8.1%
Higher than 82% 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 Tenterfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/110021194/tenterfield/topic/walkability
