Morisset - Cooranbong · 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 in Morisset - Cooranbong are within a short walk of basic services compared to the rest of New South Wales. This is a mostly car-dependent area where only 30.9% of households have a 15-minute-city walkshed, which is far below the state figure.
All urban area areas, 2021. The marker is Morisset - Cooranbong — mostly car-dependent of areas.
| Morisset - Cooranbong | 3.4 |
|---|---|
| 2265, NSW | 3.0 |
| New South Wales | 6.2 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Morisset - Cooranbong 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 walkability score for Morisset - Cooranbong is 3.4, meaning it is mostly car-dependent. On average, residents can reach only 3.3 different types of amenities within a 15-minute walk, which is far below the state average of 5.8.
3.4
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.
30.9%
Lower than 93% 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 is the most accessible amenity, with 71.5% of homes within a 10-minute walk. In contrast, health services are the hardest to reach on foot; only 25.8% of homes are within a 15-minute walk, and nearly half of all residents live more than 30 minutes away from the nearest clinic.
29.5%
Lower than 96% 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.
71.5%
Lower than 71% 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.
32.6%
Lower than 94% 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.
61.0%
Lower than 94% 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.
25.8%
Lower than 86% 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 has 10 street intersections per square kilometre, and the terrain slope is 6.5%, which is about the same as the New South Wales average. There are 11.1 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, a figure that is well below the state average.
11.1
Lower than 85% 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.
10
Lower 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.
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 Morisset - Cooranbong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1021/morisset-cooranbong/topic/walkability
