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Walkability in Purfleet

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 typical slope of 7.5% makes Purfleet about the same as the state average, though it is only somewhat walkable. While every home is within a short walk of health services and parks, no one can reach a school on foot.

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Where Purfleet sits — Walkability score

4.1 Somewhat walkable
  • 0.0–0.4: 7643 areas
  • 0.4–0.7: 936 areas
  • 0.7–1.1: 607 areas
  • 1.1–1.4: 409 areas
  • 1.4–1.8: 339 areas
  • 1.8–2.1: 286 areas
  • 2.1–2.5: 268 areas
  • 2.5–2.9: 253 areas
  • 2.9–3.2: 267 areas
  • 3.2–3.6: 273 areas
  • 3.6–3.9: 281 areas
  • 3.9–4.3: 291 areas
  • 4.3–4.6: 311 areas
  • 4.6–5.0: 280 areas
  • 5.0–5.4: 308 areas
  • 5.4–5.7: 296 areas
  • 5.7–6.1: 271 areas
  • 6.1–6.4: 257 areas
  • 6.4–6.8: 245 areas
  • 6.8–7.1: 204 areas
  • 7.1–7.5: 211 areas
  • 7.5–7.9: 167 areas
  • 7.9–8.2: 188 areas
  • 8.2–8.6: 145 areas
  • 8.6–8.9: 126 areas
  • 8.9–9.3: 95 areas
  • 9.3–9.6: 62 areas
  • 9.6–10.0: 23 areas

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Purfleet — somewhat walkable of areas.

Walkability score compared with the state and national average
Purfleet4.1
2430, NSW 3.8
New South Wales 6.2

Walking times to everyday amenities

Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Purfleet by walking time to the nearest amenity of each type, on an elevation-aware pedestrian network. How we calculate this →

The score

The overall walkability score and how much of daily life is a short walk away.

The area's walkability score is 4.1, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 6.2. Only 32.1% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed, a result far below the state's 71.9%.

4.1

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.

3.9

Higher than 77% 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.

32.1%

Higher than 75% 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.

What's in walking distance

How many homes can walk to groceries, transport, schools, parks and health services.

Every home is within a 15-minute walk of public transport, parks, and health services, which is far above state figures. However, access to schools is far below the state average, with 0% of homes within a 15-minute walk.

Streets & terrain

Amenity density, how well the streets connect, and how hilly the walk is.

There are 79 intersections per square kilometre. Purfleet has 37.4 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, which is far above the state average of 14.7.

37.4

Higher than 76% 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.

7.5%

Higher than 66% 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.

Sources

  • Walkability (OpenStreetMap, GTFS, ACARA & G-NAF, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, state transport agencies, ACARA & Geoscape Australia, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Walkability in Purfleet [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13288/purfleet/topic/walkability