Bathurst · 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.
Health services are much harder to reach on foot than other amenities in Bathurst. While the area is considered very walkable with a score of 6.1, about 66% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed, which is well below the New South Wales figure.
All urban area areas, 2021. The marker is Bathurst — very walkable of areas.
| Bathurst | 6.1 |
|---|---|
| 2795, NSW | 4.8 |
| New South Wales | 6.2 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Bathurst 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 overall walkability score for Bathurst is 6.1, making it very walkable. This is about the same as the New South Wales average of 6.2.
6.1
Very walkable 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.
5.6
Higher than 82% 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.
66.0%
Higher than 75% 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.
Public transport and parks are easy to reach, with over 92% of homes within a 15-minute walk of both, well above the state average. In contrast, only 52% of homes are within a 15-minute walk of health services, which is well below the state figure.
68.2%
Higher than 81% 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.
92.2%
Higher than 86% 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.
76.5%
Higher than 82% 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.
92.7%
Higher than 69% 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.
52.0%
Higher 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.
There are 19 intersections per square kilometre and a terrain slope of 5.4%, which is a little below the New South Wales average. Bathurst also has 19.7 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, well above the state figure of 14.7.
19.7
Higher than 74% 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.
19
Higher than 50% 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.
5.4%
Higher than 57% 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 Bathurst [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1005/bathurst/topic/walkability
