Tea Gardens · 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.
More homes in Tea Gardens are within a 15-minute walk of groceries than the state figure, but the area is generally less walkable. The typical resident has a somewhat walkable environment, though fewer people can easily reach a variety of services on foot compared to the rest of New South Wales.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Tea Gardens — somewhat walkable of areas.
| Tea Gardens | 4.3 |
|---|---|
| 2324, NSW | 4.2 |
| New South Wales | 6.2 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Tea Gardens 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.
Tea Gardens is described as somewhat walkable, with a score of 4.3, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 6.2. Only 67% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed, a result well below the state average.
4.3
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.
4.4
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.
67.0%
Higher than 84% 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.
Access to parks and groceries is a strength, with 91.9% of homes near a park and 77.6% near groceries. In contrast, access to public transport and schools is far below state levels, with only 27% of homes within a 10-minute walk of transport and 31.3% near a school.
77.6%
Higher than 88% 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.
27.0%
Higher than 66% 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.
31.3%
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.
91.9%
Higher than 81% 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.
37.4%
Higher than 81% 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 Tea Gardens is flatter than most of the state, with a mean slope of 3.8%. There are 4 intersections per square kilometre, and the area has about the same number of walkable amenities per 1,000 residents as the state average.
14.0
Higher than 51% 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.
4
Higher than 64% 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.
3.8%
Lower 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 Tea Gardens [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13794/tea-gardens/topic/walkability
