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.
Fewer than 53% of homes in Denistone are within a 15-minute walk of groceries, which is a far below average figure for the state. Despite this gap in food access, the area is very walkable, with almost every home within a short stroll of a park, school or health service.
≤2 min
2–5 min
5–10 min
10–15 min
15–20 min
20–30 min
30+ min or none
Groceries
Food & drink
Health
Schools
Parks
Culture
Services
Public transport
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Denistone 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.
Denistone has a walkability score of 6.2, making it very walkable and about the same as the New South Wales average. Nearly all homes—99%—fall within a 15-minute-city walkshed, which is far above the state figure.
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.
Higher than 71% 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.
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.
What's in walking distance
How many homes can walk to groceries, transport, schools, parks and health services.
Access to essentials is excellent for most; 99.7% of homes are within 10 minutes of public transport and nearly all are near a school or park. Health services are also far more accessible than the state average, though groceries remain the hardest amenity to reach on foot.
Higher than 79% 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.
Higher than 83% 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.
Streets & terrain
Amenity density, how well the streets connect, and how hilly the walk is.
The area has a mean terrain slope of 8.7%, which is a little above the state average. There are 128 intersections per square kilometre, but the number of walkable amenities per 1,000 residents is far below the New South Wales figure.
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.
Higher than 57% 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.
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.
Sources
Walkability (OpenStreetMap, GTFS, ACARA & G-NAF, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, state transport agencies, ACARA & Geoscape Australia, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Walkability in Denistone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/126021722/denistone/topic/walkability