North Batemans Bay · 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.
Only 57.1% of homes in North Batemans Bay pass the 15-minute-city test, a figure far below the New South Wales average. While the area is considered somewhat walkable, it struggles to provide a wide variety of services on foot, with residents having access to far fewer types of amenities than those in other parts of the state.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is North Batemans Bay — somewhat walkable of areas.
| North Batemans Bay | 5.1 |
|---|---|
| 2536, NSW | 4.2 |
| New South Wales | 6.2 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in North Batemans Bay 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 North Batemans Bay is 5.1, which is a little below the state figure of 6.2. This means the area is considered somewhat walkable, though it provides far fewer amenity types within a 15-minute walk than is typical for New South Wales.
5.1
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.
4.5
Higher than 80% 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.
57.1%
Higher than 81% 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.
Grocery stores are very accessible, with 82.2% of homes within a 15-minute walk, far above the state average. However, school access is far below the state figure, with only 22.5% of homes within a 15-minute walk and no homes within five minutes of a school.
82.2%
Higher than 90% 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.
85.5%
Higher than 83% 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.
22.5%
Higher than 65% 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.
82.7%
Higher than 76% 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.
36.0%
Higher than 80% 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 15 intersections per square kilometre and a mean terrain slope of 8.9%, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 6.8%. Despite the slope, there are far more walkable amenities per 1,000 residents than in the rest of the state.
27.7
Higher than 71% 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.
15
Higher than 73% 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.
8.9%
Higher than 75% 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 North Batemans Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12992/north-batemans-bay/topic/walkability
