Curl Curl · Suburb / Locality

Walkability in Curl Curl

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 far greater share of homes have a 15-minute city walkshed in Curl Curl than in the state average. This very walkable area makes it easy for residents to reach daily needs on foot, with 100% of homes within a 15-minute walk of a park or school.

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Where Curl Curl sits — Walkability score

7.0 Very walkable
  • 0.0–0.4: 7643 areas
  • 0.4–0.7: 936 areas
  • 0.7–1.1: 607 areas
  • 1.1–1.4: 409 areas
  • 1.4–1.8: 339 areas
  • 1.8–2.1: 286 areas
  • 2.1–2.5: 268 areas
  • 2.5–2.9: 253 areas
  • 2.9–3.2: 267 areas
  • 3.2–3.6: 273 areas
  • 3.6–3.9: 281 areas
  • 3.9–4.3: 291 areas
  • 4.3–4.6: 311 areas
  • 4.6–5.0: 280 areas
  • 5.0–5.4: 308 areas
  • 5.4–5.7: 296 areas
  • 5.7–6.1: 271 areas
  • 6.1–6.4: 257 areas
  • 6.4–6.8: 245 areas
  • 6.8–7.1: 204 areas
  • 7.1–7.5: 211 areas
  • 7.5–7.9: 167 areas
  • 7.9–8.2: 188 areas
  • 8.2–8.6: 145 areas
  • 8.6–8.9: 126 areas
  • 8.9–9.3: 95 areas
  • 9.3–9.6: 62 areas
  • 9.6–10.0: 23 areas

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Curl Curl — very walkable of areas.

Walkability score compared with the state and national average
Curl Curl7.0
2096, NSW 8.2
New South Wales 6.2

Walking times to everyday amenities

Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Curl Curl by walking time to the nearest amenity of each type, on an elevation-aware pedestrian network. How we calculate this →

The score

The overall walkability score and how much of daily life is a short walk away.

The walkability score for Curl Curl is 7.0, which is considered very walkable. This is a little above the New South Wales figure of 6.2, with a typical 15-minute walk providing access to 7.2 different types of amenities.

7.0

Very 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.

7.2

Higher than 95% 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.

100.0%

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.

What's in walking distance

How many homes can walk to groceries, transport, schools, parks and health services.

Access to essentials is excellent, with nearly every home within a 15-minute walk of health services and public transport. While 100% of residents are close to parks and schools, groceries are the least accessible key amenity, with 78.8% of homes within a 15-minute walk.

Streets & terrain

Amenity density, how well the streets connect, and how hilly the walk is.

There are 194 intersections per square kilometre and 17.8 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, which is a little above the state figure. The terrain is slightly steeper than the New South Wales average, with a typical slope of 9.6%.

17.8

Higher than 59% 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.

9.6%

Higher than 79% 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.

Sources

  • Walkability (OpenStreetMap, GTFS, ACARA & G-NAF, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, state transport agencies, ACARA & Geoscape Australia, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Walkability in Curl Curl [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11168/curl-curl/topic/walkability