Lismore Heights · 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.
Steep hills make Lismore Heights mostly car-dependent, with a typical terrain slope of 16.2% that is well above the New South Wales figure. Very few residents can walk to daily needs, as only 2.8% of homes are within a 15-minute walk of a variety of amenities. This is far below the state average of 71.9%.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Lismore Heights — mostly car-dependent of areas.
| Lismore Heights | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 2480, NSW | 3.8 |
| New South Wales | 6.2 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Lismore Heights 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.
Lismore Heights has a walkability score of 2.6, which is mostly car-dependent and far below the New South Wales figure of 6.2. On average, there are only 2.3 amenity types within a 15-minute walk, compared to 5.8 across the state.
2.6
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.
2.3
Higher than 68% 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.
2.8%
Higher than 59% 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 77.4% of homes are within a 15-minute walk of a school, access to other needs is poor. Only 0.2% of homes can walk to groceries and 5.9% can reach a park within 15 minutes, both of which are far below state figures.
0.2%
Higher than 57% 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.
80.3%
Higher than 81% 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.
77.4%
Higher than 84% 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.
5.9%
Lower than 55% 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.
5.0%
Higher than 73% 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 50 intersections per square kilometre. With only 5.2 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, this is far below the New South Wales figure of 14.7.
5.2
Lower 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.
50
Higher than 78% 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.
16.2%
Higher than 94% 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 Lismore Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12354/lismore-heights/topic/walkability
