Kotara South · 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 4.4 makes Kotara South somewhat walkable, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 6.2. While most homes are very close to transport and schools, the area lacks basic shops within walking distance. This creates a mixed experience where some daily trips are easy on foot, but others require a car.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Kotara South — somewhat walkable of areas.
| Kotara South | 4.4 |
|---|---|
| 2289, NSW | 6.7 |
| New South Wales | 6.2 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Kotara South 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.
About 69.4% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed, which is a little below the state figure. On average, residents have access to 4.7 amenity types within a 15-minute walk, also slightly below the New South Wales average of 5.8.
4.4
Somewhat 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.
4.7
Higher than 81% 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.
69.4%
Higher than 84% 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.
Public transport and schools are very accessible, with 99.1% of homes within a 10-minute walk of transit and 93.1% near a school, both far above state levels. However, no homes are within 15 minutes of groceries, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 67.7%.
0.0%
Lower 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.
99.1%
Higher than 97% 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.
93.1%
Higher than 95% 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.
90.4%
Higher than 80% 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.
56.9%
Higher than 86% 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 Kotara South is steeper than most of the state, with a mean slope of 10.5%. There are 85 street intersections per square kilometre, and the 11.0 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents is well below the state average of 14.7.
11.0
Lower than 56% 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.
85
Higher than 84% 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.
10.5%
Higher than 83% 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 Kotara South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12209/kotara-south/topic/walkability
