Greenleigh · 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 in Greenleigh can walk to basic services compared to the rest of New South Wales. It is a car-dependent area where only 9.7% of homes are within a 15-minute walk of a variety of amenities. While many residents can reach a park, almost everything else requires a vehicle.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Greenleigh — car-dependent of areas.
| Greenleigh | 1.4 |
|---|---|
| 2620 crosses NSW/ACT | 5.1 |
| New South Wales | 6.2 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Greenleigh 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 Greenleigh is 1.4, which means the area is car-dependent. This is far below the New South Wales figure of 6.2, with only 1.4 types of amenities typically reachable within a 15-minute walk.
1.4
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.
1.4
Higher than 61% 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.
9.7%
Higher than 65% 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.
Parks are the most accessible feature, with 54.9% of homes within a 15-minute walk. In contrast, health services are the hardest to reach, with only 0.2% of homes within a 15-minute walk, far below the state average.
7.8%
Higher than 63% 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.
12.9%
Higher than 61% 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.
15.5%
Higher than 63% 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.
54.9%
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.
0.2%
Higher than 71% 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 Greenleigh is steeper than the state average, with a mean slope of 10.7%. There are 24 intersections per square kilometre and 26.6 walkable amenities for every 1,000 residents, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 14.7.
26.6
Higher than 70% 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.
24
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.
10.7%
Higher than 84% 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 Greenleigh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11773/greenleigh/topic/walkability
