Avoca Beach · Suburb / Locality
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.
Public transport is very accessible in Avoca Beach, but many daily needs require a car. While most homes are close to a stop, the area is considered somewhat walkable with a score of 4.9, which is well below the New South Wales figure.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Avoca Beach — somewhat walkable of areas.
| Avoca Beach | 4.9 |
|---|---|
| 2251, NSW | 4.1 |
| New South Wales | 6.2 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Avoca Beach 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.
Only 45.9% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed, a figure far below the 71.9% seen across New South Wales. The typical resident has access to 4.7 amenity types within a 15-minute walk, which is a little below the state average.
4.9
Somewhat walkable of suburb / locality 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.
4.7
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality 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.
45.9%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality 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.
Getting to a bus stop is easy, with 92.6% of homes within a 10-minute walk, well above the state figure. However, access to essentials is harder, as fewer than half of residents can walk to groceries (42.3%) or health services (43.9%) within 15 minutes, both far below New South Wales.
42.3%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of local homes within a 15-minute walk of groceries or everyday shopping. Homes are counted as addresses (G-NAF), not people.
92.6%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality 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.
53.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of local homes within a 15-minute walk of a school. Homes are counted as addresses (G-NAF), not people.
88.6%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality 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.
43.9%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality 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 in Avoca Beach is quite steep, with a mean slope of 15.8%, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 6.8%. There are 51 intersections per square kilometre and 16.1 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, a little above the state average.
16.1
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality 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.
51
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Walkable street intersections per square kilometre. Denser, better-connected street grids give more direct routes on foot than winding, cul-de-sac layouts.
15.8%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality 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 Avoca Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10115/avoca-beach/topic/walkability
