Royal National Park · 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 11.6% of homes in Royal National Park can reach five key amenities within a 15-minute walk, a figure far below the New South Wales average of 71.9%. This is a car-dependent area where most residents cannot easily access basic services on foot. While parks are the most common nearby feature, most other essential destinations remain distant for the typical home.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Royal National Park — car-dependent of areas.
| Royal National Park | 1.7 |
|---|---|
| 2232, NSW | 7.5 |
| New South Wales | 6.2 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Royal National Park 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 Royal National Park is 1.7, which is car-dependent and far below the state figure of 6.2. On average, residents have access to only 1.9 amenity types within a 15-minute walk, compared to 5.8 across New South Wales.
1.7
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.
1.9
Higher than 65% 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.
11.6%
Higher than 66% 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.
Parks are the easiest to reach, with 54.5% of homes within a 15-minute walk. In contrast, access to basics is very limited; only 11.6% of homes are within a 15-minute walk of groceries or health services, both of which are far below state figures.
11.6%
Higher than 66% 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.
18.2%
Higher than 63% 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.
33.1%
Higher than 69% 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.
54.5%
Higher than 65% 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.
11.6%
Higher than 74% 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 terrain in Royal National Park is quite steep, with a mean slope of 15.4%, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 6.8%. There are 5 intersections per square kilometre and 1,214.3 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, which is far above the state average.
1,214.3
Higher than 99% 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.
5
Higher than 66% 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.
15.4%
Higher than 93% 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 Royal National Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13448/royal-national-park/topic/walkability
