Dubbo · 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.
A slightly lower walkability score of 5.6 makes Dubbo somewhat walkable compared to the New South Wales average. While most residents live very close to parks and transport, far fewer can walk to health services or groceries than people in other parts of the state.
All urban area areas, 2021. The marker is Dubbo — somewhat walkable of areas.
| Dubbo | 5.6 |
|---|---|
| 2830, NSW | 5.1 |
| New South Wales | 6.2 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Dubbo 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.
About 63.8% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 71.9%. The overall walkability score of 5.6 is a little below the state average of 6.2.
5.6
Somewhat 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.
5.4
Higher than 74% 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.
63.8%
Higher than 70% 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 mixed; 94.2% of homes are within a 15-minute walk of a park, well above the state average, but access to health services is far below the state figure at 40.6%. Similarly, grocery access is far below the state average, with only 56.5% of homes within a 15-minute walk of a shop.
56.5%
Higher than 57% 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.
92.4%
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.
77.4%
Higher than 84% 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.
94.2%
Higher than 79% 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.
40.6%
Higher than 52% 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 area is quite flat, with a mean terrain slope of 3.2%, which is well below the New South Wales average of 6.8%. There are 22 intersections per square kilometre and 17 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, which is a little above the state figure.
17.0
Higher than 63% 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.
22
Higher than 58% 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.
3.2%
Lower than 85% 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 Dubbo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1012/dubbo/topic/walkability
