Mildura - Buronga · 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 very flat landscape makes Mildura - Buronga easy to traverse, though its overall walkability is somewhat walkable. While 89.2% of homes are within a 15-minute walk of a park, access to health services is a major gap, with only 40.1% of residents within a short walk of care.
All urban area areas, 2021. The marker is Mildura - Buronga — somewhat walkable of areas.
| Mildura - Buronga | 5.3 |
|---|---|
| 2739, NSW | 4.9 |
| New South Wales | 6.2 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Mildura - Buronga 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 area's walkability score is 5.3, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 6.2. Only 64.8% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed, a result well below the state average.
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 67% 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.
Most people can easily reach a park, with 89.2% of homes within 15 minutes. However, this is contrasted by poor access to health services, which is far below the state average, and public transport access that is also far below the New South Wales figure.
63.1%
Higher than 74% 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.
74.2%
Lower than 67% 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.
67.4%
Higher than 60% 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.
89.2%
Lower than 51% 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.
40.1%
Lower than 51% 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 terrain is very level with a mean slope of 2.7%, well below the state average. There are 21 intersections per square kilometre, and the area has 26.8 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, which is far above the New South Wales figure.
26.8
Higher than 88% 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.
21
Higher than 57% 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.
2.7%
Lower than 95% 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 Mildura - Buronga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/2012/mildura-buronga/topic/walkability
