West Ryde - Meadowbank · 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.
Health services are the hardest to reach on foot in West Ryde - Meadowbank, where only 67.9% of homes are within a 15-minute walk. Despite this, the area is a walker's paradise with a walkability score of 8.3. Almost every resident can easily reach a wide range of local needs without needing a car.
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is West Ryde - Meadowbank — a walker's paradise of areas.
| West Ryde - Meadowbank | 8.3 |
|---|---|
| 2114, NSW | 8.0 |
| New South Wales | 6.2 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in West Ryde - Meadowbank 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 far above the state average, with 98.3% of homes having a 15-minute-city walkshed. Residents have access to 7.5 different types of amenities within a short walk, well above the New South Wales figure of 5.8.
8.3
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.
7.5
Higher than 84% 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.
98.3%
Higher than 83% 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.
Every single home is within a 10-minute walk of public transport and a 15-minute walk of a park. Access to schools and groceries is also far above the state average, with 99.7% of homes near a school and 96.7% near groceries.
96.7%
Higher than 84% 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.
100.0%
Higher than 85% 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.
99.7%
Higher than 95% 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 71% 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.
67.9%
Higher than 68% 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 slope is 7.4%, which is about the same as the state average. There are 231 intersections per square kilometre, while there are 8.9 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, which is far below the New South Wales figure.
8.9
Lower than 84% 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.
231
Higher than 75% 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.
7.4%
Higher than 77% 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 West Ryde - Meadowbank [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/126021503/west-ryde-meadowbank/topic/walkability
