Manly - Fairlight · 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 walker's paradise is how Manly - Fairlight is described, with a walkability score of 9.1 that is well above the New South Wales figure of 6.2. Nearly every home here has a 15-minute-city walkshed, meaning almost all residents can reach a wide variety of daily needs on foot. This makes it far more walkable than the state average.
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Manly - Fairlight — a walker's paradise of areas.
| Manly - Fairlight | 9.1 |
|---|---|
| 2094, NSW | 8.8 |
| New South Wales | 6.2 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Manly - Fairlight 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 area is exceptionally accessible, with 99.4% of homes having a 15-minute-city walkshed, far above the 71.9% seen across New South Wales. On average, residents have 7.9 different types of amenities within a 15-minute walk, which is well above the state figure of 5.8.
9.1
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.
7.9
Higher than 97% 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.
99.4%
Higher than 85% 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.
Almost every home is within a 15-minute walk of a park, school, and groceries, with health services being the most standout gap at 99.5% compared to 57.1% for the state. While 91% of homes are within a 5-minute walk of public transport, slightly fewer, 54%, are that close to a school.
98.4%
Higher than 86% 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.
99.8%
Higher than 81% 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.
97.6%
Higher than 82% 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.
100.0%
Higher than 78% 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.
99.5%
Higher than 99% 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 terrain is a little steeper than the state average, with a mean slope of 8.6%. There are 248 street intersections per square kilometre, and there are 14.9 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, which is about the same as the New South Wales figure.
14.9
Higher than 54% 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.
248
Higher than 77% 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.
8.6%
Higher than 86% 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 Manly - Fairlight [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/122011419/manly-fairlight/topic/walkability
