Tacoma South · 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 gentle average slope of 5.3% defines the landscape in Tacoma South, but the area remains car-dependent. While public transport is very close for most, almost no homes have a 15-minute walk to schools, shops, or health services. This means virtually no one in the area lives in a 15-minute-city walkshed.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Tacoma South — car-dependent of areas.
| Tacoma South | 1.5 |
|---|---|
| 2259, NSW | 4.5 |
| New South Wales | 6.2 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Tacoma South 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 Tacoma South is 1.5, which is considered car-dependent. This is far below the New South Wales figure of 6.2, with only 1.1 amenity types typically within a 15-minute walk.
1.5
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.
1.1
Higher than 60% 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.
0.0%
Lower 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.
Public transport is the only accessible amenity, with 91.5% of homes within a 10-minute walk—well above the state average. In contrast, access to other needs is very poor; only 4.3% of homes are within 15 minutes of groceries, and no homes are within that distance of health services.
4.3%
Higher than 60% 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.
91.5%
Higher than 85% 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.
1.7%
Higher than 58% 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.
6.8%
Lower than 55% 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.
0.0%
Lower 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.
There is one intersection per square kilometre in the area. Despite the low overall walkability, there are 19.5 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 14.7.
19.5
Higher than 61% 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.
1
Higher than 57% 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.
5.3%
Lower than 54% 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 Tacoma South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13740/tacoma-south/topic/walkability
