Mangerton · 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.
Hills and a mean terrain slope of 9.6% make Mangerton a little steeper than the New South Wales average. Despite the incline, it is very walkable with a score of 6.6, and 75.6% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed, which is well above the state figure.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Mangerton — very walkable of areas.
| Mangerton | 6.6 |
|---|---|
| 2500, NSW | 7.8 |
| New South Wales | 6.2 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Mangerton 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 area's walkability score is 6.6, making it very walkable. This is about the same as the New South Wales average, and residents have access to about 6.2 different types of amenities within a 15-minute walk.
6.6
Very 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.
6.2
Higher than 89% 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.
75.6%
Higher than 86% 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, parks, and schools are all very easy to reach, with 98.6% of homes within a 10-minute walk of transport and 100% within 15 minutes of a park. In contrast, health services are the hardest to reach, with only 56.4% of homes within a 15-minute walk, a figure about the same as the state average.
71.6%
Higher than 85% 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.
98.6%
Higher than 95% 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.
97.2%
Higher than 98% 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.
56.4%
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.
There are 97 intersections per square kilometre. However, Mangerton has 11.2 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 14.7.
11.2
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.
97
Higher than 85% 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.
9.6%
Higher than 79% 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 Mangerton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12478/mangerton/topic/walkability
