Not in any Significant Urban Area · Urban Area
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.
Far fewer homes have easy walking access to daily needs in Not in any Significant Urban Area (NSW) compared to the rest of the state. Most people here are mostly car-dependent, with only 38.6% of homes sitting within a 15-minute walk of a handful of amenities. This is far below the New South Wales figure of 71.9%.
All urban area areas, 2021. The marker is Not in any Significant Urban Area — mostly car-dependent of areas.
| Not in any Significant Urban Area | 3.1 |
|---|---|
| 2835, NSW | 4.0 |
| New South Wales | 6.2 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Not in any Significant Urban Area 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.
A walkability score of 3.1 means this area is mostly car-dependent, which is far below the state average of 6.2. On average, residents can reach only 3.3 types of amenities within a 15-minute walk, compared to 5.8 across New South Wales.
3.1
Mostly car-dependent of urban area 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.
3.3
Lower than 89% of urban area 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.
38.6%
Lower than 84% of urban area 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 essentials is much lower than the state average, particularly for health services, where only 29.2% of homes are within a 15-minute walk. While 56.3% of homes are near a park, this is still far below the state figure of 89.0%.
35.8%
Lower than 86% of urban area areas.
Share of local homes within a 15-minute walk of groceries or everyday shopping. Homes are counted as addresses (G-NAF), not people.
41.0%
Lower than 83% of urban area 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.
40.2%
Lower than 86% of urban area areas.
Share of local homes within a 15-minute walk of a school. Homes are counted as addresses (G-NAF), not people.
56.3%
Lower than 96% of urban area 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.
29.2%
Lower than 81% of urban area 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 average terrain slope is 6.5%, which is about the same as the state average. There are 19.1 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, though there are zero street intersections per square kilometre.
19.1
Higher than 72% of urban area 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.
0
Lower than 99% of urban area areas.
Walkable street intersections per square kilometre. Denser, better-connected street grids give more direct routes on foot than winding, cul-de-sac layouts.
6.5%
Higher than 73% of urban area 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 Not in any Significant Urban Area [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1000/not-in-any-significant-urban-area/topic/walkability
