Dawes Point · 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 9.1 makes Dawes Point a walker's paradise, far exceeding the New South Wales figure of 6.2. Every single home in the area has a 15-minute-city walkshed, meaning residents can reach a wide variety of daily needs on foot. It is one of the most accessible places in the state for those living without a car.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Dawes Point — a walker's paradise of areas.
| Dawes Point | 9.1 |
|---|---|
| 2000, NSW | 9.8 |
| New South Wales | 6.2 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Dawes Point 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.
Dawes Point is well above the state average for variety, with 8.0 different amenity types within a 15-minute walk compared to 5.8 across New South Wales. This helps explain why 100% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed, a figure far above the state's 71.9%.
9.1
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.
8.0
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.
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.
How many homes can walk to groceries, transport, schools, parks and health services.
Every home is within a 15-minute walk of transport, parks, schools, groceries and health services, all of which are far above New South Wales figures. While almost everyone can reach food, parks and culture within five minutes, only 1% of homes have health services that close.
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.
100.0%
Higher than 99% 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.
100.0%
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.
100.0%
Higher 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.
The area has 825 intersections per square kilometre and 54.5 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, which is far above the state's 14.7. However, the terrain is quite steep, with a mean slope of 13.2%, well above the New South Wales average of 6.8%.
54.5
Higher than 83% 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.
825
Higher than 99% 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.
13.2%
Higher than 89% 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 Dawes Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11224/dawes-point/topic/walkability
