Glenning Valley · 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.
Very few basic services are within walking distance in Glenning Valley, despite many homes being close to transport and parks. This mostly car-dependent area has a walkability score of 3.3, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 6.2. Only 16.2% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed, far below the 71.9% seen across the state.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Glenning Valley — mostly car-dependent of areas.
| Glenning Valley | 3.3 |
|---|---|
| 2261, NSW | 5.9 |
| New South Wales | 6.2 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Glenning Valley 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 Glenning Valley is 3.3, meaning it is mostly car-dependent. This is far below the state average, with residents having access to only 2.6 amenity types within a 15-minute walk compared to 5.8 across New South Wales.
3.3
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.
2.6
Higher than 70% 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.
16.2%
Higher than 70% 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.
While 71.8% of homes are within a 15-minute walk of a park, access to essentials is very limited. Only 5.3% of homes can walk to groceries and 2.8% to health services within 15 minutes, both of which are far below state figures.
5.3%
Higher than 61% 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.
70.2%
Higher than 79% 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.
70.4%
Higher than 82% 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.
71.8%
Higher than 70% 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.
2.8%
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 area has 20 intersections per square kilometre and a mean terrain slope of 10.9%, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 6.8%. There are 47.9 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, far above the state average of 14.7.
47.9
Higher than 80% 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.
20
Higher than 74% 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.
10.9%
Higher than 85% 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 Glenning Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11676/glenning-valley/topic/walkability
