Chillingham · 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 fewer people can walk to local services in Chillingham than in other parts of New South Wales. The area is mostly car-dependent, with only 53.4% of homes located within a 15-minute walk of a few basic amenities. This is far below the state figure of 71.9%.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Chillingham — mostly car-dependent of areas.
| Chillingham | 3.7 |
|---|---|
| 2484, NSW | 3.0 |
| New South Wales | 6.2 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Chillingham 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 Chillingham is 3.7, meaning it is mostly car-dependent. This is far below the New South Wales figure of 6.2, with a typical 15-minute walk reaching only 3.7 types of amenities compared to 5.8 across the state.
3.7
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.
53.4%
Higher than 80% 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.
Access to services varies widely, with public transport being the most reachable amenity and health services the least. While 62.3% of homes are within a 10-minute walk of transport, 100% of residents must walk more than 30 minutes to reach a health service, which is far below the state average.
61.0%
Higher than 82% 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.
62.3%
Higher than 76% 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.
59.6%
Higher than 78% 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.
54.8%
Higher than 65% 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.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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.
Walking can be difficult here as the typical terrain slope is 14.2%, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 6.8%. There is 1 intersection per square kilometre, and the area has 65.8 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, far above the state figure of 14.7.
65.8
Higher than 86% 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.
1
Higher than 55% 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.
14.2%
Higher than 91% 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 Chillingham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10903/chillingham/topic/walkability
