Sydenham - Tempe - St Peters · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Walkability in Sydenham - Tempe - St Peters

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.

Almost every home in Sydenham - Tempe - St Peters is within a 15-minute walk of a wide range of services. This area is a walker's paradise, with a walkability score of 8.4, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 6.2. This ease of movement is reflected in the fact that 99.9% of residents have a 15-minute-city walkshed.

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📍 Sydenham - Tempe - St Peters, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Where Sydenham - Tempe - St Peters sits — Walkability score

8.4 A walker's paradise
  • 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 Sydenham - Tempe - St Peters — a walker's paradise of areas.

Walkability score compared with the state and national average
Sydenham - Tempe - St Peters8.4
2044, NSW 8.4
New South Wales 6.2

Walking times to everyday amenities

Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Sydenham - Tempe - St Peters 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 of 8.4 marks the area as a walker's paradise, well above the state average of 6.2. Residents have access to 7.6 different amenity types within a 15-minute walk, also well above the New South Wales figure of 5.8.

8.4

A walker's paradise 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.

7.6

Higher 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.

99.9%

Higher than 95% 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.

Daily essentials are very close, with 99.7% of homes within 15 minutes of groceries, far above the state figure of 67.7%. While 90% of homes are within a 5-minute walk of public transport, health services are the least accessible amenity, with no homes within a 5-minute walk.

Streets & terrain

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

The local terrain is slightly flatter than across New South Wales, with a mean slope of 5.6%. There are 259 street intersections per square kilometre, and the area has 15 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, which is about the same as the state average.

15.0

Higher than 55% 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.

5.6%

Higher than 55% 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 Sydenham - Tempe - St Peters [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/117021328/sydenham-tempe-st-peters/topic/walkability