McMahons Point · 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 9.3 makes McMahons Point a walker's paradise, where every single home is within a 15-minute walk of key amenities. This exceptional access is far above the New South Wales average, with a high density of services and parks available just steps from the front door.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is McMahons Point — a walker's paradise of areas.
| McMahons Point | 9.3 |
|---|---|
| 2060, NSW | 9.6 |
| New South Wales | 6.2 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in McMahons Point 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.
Every home here has a 15-minute-city walkshed, which is far above the state figure of 71.9%. The area offers 8 different types of amenities within a short walk, well above the New South Wales average of 5.8.
9.3
A walker's paradise 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.
8.0
Higher than 99% 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.
100.0%
Higher than 99% 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.
All residents can reach public transport, parks, schools, groceries, and health services within 15 minutes. While 100% of homes are within a 5-minute stroll of parks and cafes, only 38% are that close to a school.
100.0%
Higher 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.
100.0%
Higher than 99% 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.
100.0%
Higher than 99% 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.
100.0%
Higher than 99% 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 495 intersections per square kilometre and a mean terrain slope of 12.7%, which is well above the state average. There are 29.4 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, far above the New South Wales figure of 14.7.
29.4
Higher than 72% 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.
495
Higher than 99% 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.
12.7%
Higher than 88% 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 McMahons Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12557/mcmahons-point/topic/walkability
