Horsley Park - Kemps Creek · 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.
Only 9.5% of homes in Horsley Park - Kemps Creek pass the 15-minute-city test, a figure far below the New South Wales average of 71.9%. This is a car-dependent area where the typical resident can only reach 1.4 different types of amenities on foot. For most, daily needs require a vehicle rather than a walk.
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Horsley Park - Kemps Creek — car-dependent of areas.
| Horsley Park - Kemps Creek | 1.5 |
|---|---|
| 2178, NSW | 1.0 |
| New South Wales | 6.2 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Horsley Park - Kemps Creek 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 the area is 1.5, which is car-dependent and far below the state figure of 6.2. Only a small number of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed, leaving the vast majority of residents without easy pedestrian access to essential services.
1.5
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.
1.4
Lower than 93% 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.
9.5%
Lower than 94% 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.
Public transport is the most accessible amenity, with 43.8% of homes within a 10-minute walk. In contrast, health services are the hardest to reach, as no homes are within 15 minutes of a clinic and 100% of residents live more than 30 minutes away on foot.
8.7%
Lower than 95% 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.
43.8%
Lower than 78% 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.
24.9%
Lower than 87% 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.
15.2%
Lower than 98% 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.
0.0%
Lower 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 area has 21 intersections per square kilometre and a typical terrain slope of 5.9%, which is about the same as the state average. There are 27.9 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, a figure far above the New South Wales average of 14.7.
27.9
Higher than 86% 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.
21
Lower than 69% 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.
5.9%
Higher than 60% 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 Horsley Park - Kemps Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/127021518/horsley-park-kemps-creek/topic/walkability
