Cordeaux Heights · 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 11.8% of homes in Cordeaux Heights 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, with a walkability score of 3.5. While some basic needs are reachable, most residents lack a variety of services within a short walk.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Cordeaux Heights — mostly car-dependent of areas.
| Cordeaux Heights | 3.5 |
|---|---|
| 2526, NSW | 3.8 |
| New South Wales | 6.2 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Cordeaux Heights 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 area is mostly car-dependent with a walkability score of 3.5, which is far below the state figure of 6.2. On average, there are only 2.9 amenity types within a 15-minute walk, compared to 5.8 across New South Wales.
3.5
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.
2.9
Higher than 71% 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.
11.8%
Higher than 67% 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 public transport is a strong point, with 90.2% of homes within a 10-minute walk, well above the state average. In contrast, health services are almost entirely unreachable on foot, with only 0.3% of homes within 15 minutes, far below the state's 57.1%.
39.4%
Higher than 77% 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.
90.2%
Higher than 84% 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.
76.3%
Higher than 84% 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.
56.8%
Higher than 66% 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.
0.3%
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 terrain in Cordeaux Heights is notably steeper than the state average, with a mean slope of 12.5%. There are 43 intersections per square kilometre, and the area has 7.8 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 14.7.
7.8
Lower than 64% 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.
43
Higher than 77% 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.
12.5%
Higher than 88% 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 Cordeaux Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11070/cordeaux-heights/topic/walkability
