West Haven · 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.
Public transport is widely available but almost no other services are within reach in West Haven. This car-dependent area has a walkability score of 1.9, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 6.2. Most residents must drive for basic needs, as no homes are within a 15-minute walk of groceries or health services.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is West Haven — car-dependent of areas.
| West Haven | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| 2443, NSW | 4.3 |
| New South Wales | 6.2 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in West Haven 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 area is rated as car-dependent with a score of 1.9, far below the state average of 6.2. No homes here have a 15-minute-city walkshed, and the typical number of amenity types within a 15-minute walk is just 1.6, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 5.8.
1.9
Car-dependent 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.
1.6
Higher than 63% 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.
0.0%
Lower 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.
While 81.9% of homes are within a 10-minute walk of public transport, other essentials are far more distant. For example, no one can walk to groceries or health services within 15 minutes, and only 17.5% of homes are within a 15-minute walk of a park.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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.
81.9%
Higher than 82% 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.
21.0%
Higher than 65% 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.
17.5%
Higher than 51% 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 terrain is a little steeper than the state average, with a mean slope of 8.8%. There are 27 intersections per square kilometre, and there are only 2.6 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, which is far below the state figure of 14.7.
2.6
Lower than 78% 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.
8.8%
Higher 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 West Haven [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14262/west-haven/topic/walkability
