Cabramatta · 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.
A walkability score of 8.5 makes Cabramatta a walker's paradise, where almost every home is within a 15-minute stroll of a wide range of services. This is far above the state average, with 99.8% of households having a highly walkable neighborhood. The area is exceptionally convenient for daily needs, far exceeding New South Wales figures for accessibility.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Cabramatta — a walker's paradise of areas.
| Cabramatta | 8.5 |
|---|---|
| 2166, NSW | 8.1 |
| New South Wales | 6.2 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Cabramatta 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.
Residents have access to 7.9 different types of amenities within a 15-minute walk, which is well above the state figure of 5.8. This high level of convenience contributes to the area's standing as a walker's paradise.
8.5
A walker's paradise 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.
7.9
Higher than 99% 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.
99.8%
Higher 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.
How many homes can walk to groceries, transport, schools, parks and health services.
Every home in Cabramatta is within a 15-minute walk of a park or grocery store, far above the New South Wales averages. While public transport is the most accessible amenity, with 85% of homes just a 5-minute walk away, health services are the hardest to reach, with only 32% of homes within 5 minutes.
100.0%
Higher than 99% 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.
98.5%
Higher than 95% 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.
99.7%
Higher than 99% 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.
100.0%
Higher than 99% 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.
89.4%
Higher than 97% 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 is very flat, with a mean slope of 3.7% that is well below the state average. There are 204 intersections per square kilometer, though the number of walkable amenities per 1,000 residents is well below the state figure.
9.4
Lower than 60% 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.
204
Higher than 91% 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.
3.7%
Lower than 75% 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 Cabramatta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10738/cabramatta/topic/walkability
