Blackalls Park · 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.
Only 5% of homes in Blackalls Park pass the 15-minute-city test, a figure far below the New South Wales average of 71.9%. This makes the area mostly car-dependent, as very few residents can reach a variety of essential services on foot. While parks and schools are often nearby, basic needs like groceries are almost entirely out of walking distance.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Blackalls Park — mostly car-dependent of areas.
| Blackalls Park | 3.6 |
|---|---|
| 2283, NSW | 4.0 |
| New South Wales | 6.2 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Blackalls Park 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 is 3.6, which means the area is mostly car-dependent. This is far below the state figure of 6.2, with an average of only 3.7 amenity types within a 15-minute walk compared to 5.8 across New South Wales.
3.6
Mostly 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.
3.7
Higher than 76% 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.
5.0%
Higher than 61% 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.
Walking access is a mixed bag; 94.2% of homes are within 15 minutes of a park and 82.9% are near a school, both well above the state average. However, access to essentials is very poor, with only 0.9% of homes within a 15-minute walk of groceries and 10.4% near health services.
0.9%
Higher than 58% 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.
84.9%
Higher than 83% 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.
82.9%
Higher than 87% 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.
94.2%
Higher than 83% 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.
10.4%
Higher than 74% 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 has a 6.8% slope, which is about the same as the New South Wales average. There are 29 intersections per square kilometre, but the area has far fewer walkable amenities per 1,000 residents than the state average.
6.0
Lower than 68% 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.
29
Higher than 75% 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.
6.8%
Higher than 61% 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 Blackalls Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10389/blackalls-park/topic/walkability
