The Ponds · 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.
Every single home in The Ponds is within a 10-minute walk of public transport, yet the area remains somewhat walkable overall. While parks and schools are very close, the local walkability score of 5.6 is a little below the New South Wales figure of 6.2.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is The Ponds — somewhat walkable of areas.
| The Ponds | 5.6 |
|---|---|
| 2769, NSW | 5.6 |
| New South Wales | 6.2 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in The Ponds 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.
Only 56.3% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed, which is far below the state figure of 71.9%. On average, residents can reach 5.4 types of amenities within a 15-minute walk, a little below the New South Wales average of 5.8.
5.6
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.
5.4
Higher than 85% 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.
56.3%
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.
Access to parks and schools is far above the state average, with 100% of homes within 15 minutes of a park. However, grocery access is far below the state figure, with only 39.2% of homes within a 15-minute walk of a shop.
39.2%
Higher than 77% 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.
100.0%
Higher than 99% 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.
93.6%
Higher than 95% 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.
100.0%
Higher than 99% 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.
50.1%
Higher than 84% 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 467 intersections per square kilometre and a mean terrain slope of 4.5%, which is a little below the state average. There are 6.5 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, a figure far below the New South Wales average of 14.7.
6.5
Lower than 67% 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.
467
Higher than 99% 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.
4.5%
Lower than 64% 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 The Ponds [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13851/the-ponds/topic/walkability
