Wentworth Falls · 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.
Fewer people can reach daily needs on foot in Wentworth Falls compared to the state average, with a walkability score of 4.6, making it only somewhat walkable. While public transport and parks are often close by, many residents struggle to reach shops or doctors without a car.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Wentworth Falls — somewhat walkable of areas.
| Wentworth Falls | 4.6 |
|---|---|
| 2782, NSW | 4.6 |
| New South Wales | 6.2 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Wentworth Falls 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 43.9% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 71.9%. This is reflected in a walkability score of 4.6, well below the state average of 6.2.
4.6
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.
4.3
Higher than 79% 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.
43.9%
Higher than 78% 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.
Most residents have easy access to transit and nature, with 90.3% of homes within a 10-minute walk of public transport and 88.4% near a park. However, access to essentials is much lower, as only 36.7% of homes are within a 15-minute walk of groceries and 32.4% are near health services.
36.7%
Higher than 76% 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.
90.3%
Higher than 84% 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.
46.2%
Higher than 74% 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.
88.4%
Higher than 79% 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.
32.4%
Higher than 80% 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 Wentworth Falls is steeper than the state average, with a mean slope of 10.6%. There are 48 intersections per square kilometre and 22.4 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 14.7.
22.4
Higher than 65% 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.
48
Higher than 78% 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.
10.6%
Higher than 84% 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 Wentworth Falls [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14243/wentworth-falls/topic/walkability
