Vale Of Clwydd · 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.
Almost every home in Vale Of Clwydd is within a short stroll of public transport and parks, yet very few are near basic services. This creates a gap where the area is somewhat walkable but lacks the shops and schools needed for daily life, leaving only 19.6% of homes with a full 15-minute-city walkshed.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Vale Of Clwydd — somewhat walkable of areas.
| Vale Of Clwydd | 4.9 |
|---|---|
| 2790, NSW | 5.1 |
| New South Wales | 6.2 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Vale Of Clwydd 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 the area is 4.9, which is considered somewhat walkable. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 6.2, with residents having access to far fewer amenity types within a 15-minute walk than the state average.
4.9
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.
19.6%
Higher than 72% 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.
While 99.7% of homes are within a 10-minute walk of transport and a 15-minute walk of a park, access to other essentials is much lower. Only 15.4% of homes are near groceries and 14% are near health services, both figures being far below the state average.
15.4%
Higher than 69% 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.
99.7%
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.
3.6%
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.
99.7%
Higher than 90% 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.
14.0%
Higher than 75% 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 landscape is steeper than the New South Wales average, with a mean terrain slope of 10.4%. There are 31 intersections per square kilometre, and the area has 25.8 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, which is far above the state figure.
25.8
Higher than 69% 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.
31
Higher than 75% 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.
10.4%
Higher than 82% 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 Vale Of Clwydd [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14082/vale-of-clwydd/topic/walkability
