Badgerys Creek · Suburb / Locality

Walkability in Badgerys Creek

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.

Almost no homes in Badgerys Creek are within a 15-minute walk of a school, park, or shop. This car-dependent area has a walkability score of 0.2, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 6.2. Residents rely heavily on vehicles as there are virtually no local amenities within walking distance.

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Where Badgerys Creek sits — Walkability score

0.2 Car-dependent
  • 0.0–0.4: 7643 areas
  • 0.4–0.7: 936 areas
  • 0.7–1.1: 607 areas
  • 1.1–1.4: 409 areas
  • 1.4–1.8: 339 areas
  • 1.8–2.1: 286 areas
  • 2.1–2.5: 268 areas
  • 2.5–2.9: 253 areas
  • 2.9–3.2: 267 areas
  • 3.2–3.6: 273 areas
  • 3.6–3.9: 281 areas
  • 3.9–4.3: 291 areas
  • 4.3–4.6: 311 areas
  • 4.6–5.0: 280 areas
  • 5.0–5.4: 308 areas
  • 5.4–5.7: 296 areas
  • 5.7–6.1: 271 areas
  • 6.1–6.4: 257 areas
  • 6.4–6.8: 245 areas
  • 6.8–7.1: 204 areas
  • 7.1–7.5: 211 areas
  • 7.5–7.9: 167 areas
  • 7.9–8.2: 188 areas
  • 8.2–8.6: 145 areas
  • 8.6–8.9: 126 areas
  • 8.9–9.3: 95 areas
  • 9.3–9.6: 62 areas
  • 9.6–10.0: 23 areas

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Badgerys Creek — car-dependent of areas.

Walkability score compared with the state and national average
Badgerys Creek0.2
2555, NSW 0.2
New South Wales 6.2

Walking times to everyday amenities

Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Badgerys Creek 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.

The walkability score for Badgerys Creek is 0.2, meaning it is car-dependent. This is far below the New South Wales figure of 6.2, with 0.0% of homes having a 15-minute-city walkshed compared to 71.9% across the state.

0.2

Car-dependent 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.

0.1

Lower than 65% 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.

0.0%

Lower than 99% 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.

What's in walking distance

How many homes can walk to groceries, transport, schools, parks and health services.

Public transport is the only amenity available, yet only 3% of homes are within a 10-minute walk of a stop. For everything else—including health services, groceries, schools and parks—0% of homes are within a 15-minute walk, and 100% of homes are more than 30 minutes away from these services.

Streets & terrain

Amenity density, how well the streets connect, and how hilly the walk is.

The area has 5 intersections per square kilometre and a typical terrain slope of 4.0%, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 6.8%. There are 41.7 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, which is far above the state figure of 14.7.

41.7

Higher than 78% 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.

4.0%

Lower than 71% 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.

Sources

  • Walkability (OpenStreetMap, GTFS, ACARA & G-NAF, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, state transport agencies, ACARA & Geoscape Australia, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Walkability in Badgerys Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10133/badgerys-creek/topic/walkability