Lismore · 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.
Grocery stores are the biggest gap in walkability for Lismore, where only 52.7% of homes are within a 15-minute walk of food. While the area is considered somewhat walkable, it falls behind the New South Wales average for overall convenience. Most residents can easily reach public transport, but far fewer can walk to a school or a shop.
All urban area areas, 2021. The marker is Lismore — somewhat walkable of areas.
| Lismore | 5.3 |
|---|---|
| 2480, NSW | 3.8 |
| New South Wales | 6.2 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Lismore 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 5.3 means Lismore is somewhat walkable, which is a little below the state figure of 6.2. Only 64.8% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed, well below the New South Wales average of 71.9%.
5.3
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.
5.2
Higher than 68% 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.
64.8%
Higher than 72% 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 public transport is a strong point, with 86.7% of homes within a 10-minute walk. In contrast, access to schools (65.9%) and parks (80.5%) is well below state levels, and grocery access is far below the New South Wales figure.
52.7%
Lower than 54% 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.
86.7%
Higher than 65% 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.
65.9%
Higher than 56% 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.
80.5%
Lower than 74% 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.
59.6%
Higher than 90% 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.
Lismore has 36 intersections per square kilometre and a typical terrain slope of 9.3%, which is a little above the state average. There are 16.8 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, slightly more than the New South Wales figure.
16.8
Higher than 62% 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.
36
Higher than 75% 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.
9.3%
Higher than 96% 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 Lismore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1018/lismore/topic/walkability
