Cecil Hills · 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.
Far more homes in Cecil Hills are within a short walk of a school, park or shop than the New South Wales average. While 82.9% of households have a good range of amenities nearby, the area is overall somewhat walkable. This means that while basic needs are often close, other essential services remain hard to reach on foot.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Cecil Hills — somewhat walkable of areas.
| Cecil Hills | 5.5 |
|---|---|
| 2171, NSW | 5.4 |
| New South Wales | 6.2 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Cecil Hills 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 5.5, which is a little below the state figure of 6.2. On average, residents have 5.2 different types of amenities within a 15-minute walk, slightly fewer than the 5.8 found across New South Wales.
5.5
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.
5.2
Higher than 84% 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.
82.9%
Higher than 90% 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.
Almost every home is within a 15-minute walk of a park (99.7%) or public transport (98.7%), and 92.9% are near a school. However, health services are a major gap, with only 1.3% of homes within a 15-minute walk, far below the state's 57.1%.
82.8%
Higher than 91% 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.
98.7%
Higher than 96% 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.
92.9%
Higher than 95% 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.
99.7%
Higher than 90% 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.
1.3%
Higher than 72% 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 land is slightly flatter than the state average, with a typical slope of 5.5%. There are 91 intersections per square kilometre, but with only 9.0 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, this is far below the New South Wales figure of 14.7.
9.0
Lower than 61% 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.
91
Higher than 85% 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.
5.5%
Lower than 52% 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 Cecil Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10864/cecil-hills/topic/walkability
