Warragamba · 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.
No homes in Warragamba are within a 15-minute walk of health services, though almost every other daily need is nearby. This creates a stark contrast for a place that is otherwise very walkable, with 97.4% of homes having a wide range of amenities within a short stroll.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Warragamba — very walkable of areas.
| Warragamba | 6.9 |
|---|---|
| 2752, NSW | 3.6 |
| New South Wales | 6.2 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Warragamba 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.
Warragamba is very walkable with a score of 6.9, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 6.2. On average, there are 6.8 amenity types within a 15-minute walk, slightly more than the state average of 5.8.
6.9
Very 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.
6.8
Higher than 93% 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.
97.4%
Higher 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.
Access to parks, schools, and groceries is far above the state average, with over 96% of homes within a 15-minute walk of each. Public transport is also close by for 95.5% of residents, while health services are completely absent from walking distance.
96.4%
Higher than 98% 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.
95.5%
Higher than 86% 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.
98.1%
Higher than 99% 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.
99.2%
Higher than 85% 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.
The area has 27 intersections per square kilometre and a typical terrain slope of 6.6%, which is about the same as across New South Wales. There are 30.8 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, a figure far above the state average of 14.7.
30.8
Higher than 73% 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.
27
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.
6.6%
Higher than 59% 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 Warragamba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14176/warragamba/topic/walkability
