Silverdale - Warragamba · Urban Centre
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.
Zero homes in Silverdale - Warragamba are within a 15-minute walk of health services, highlighting a major gap in local access. While many residents can easily reach parks and transport, the area is mostly car-dependent for most daily needs. Only 27% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed, which is far below the state figure of 71.9%.
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Silverdale - Warragamba — mostly car-dependent of areas.
| Silverdale - Warragamba | 3.9 |
|---|---|
| 2752, NSW | 3.6 |
| New South Wales | 6.2 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Silverdale - Warragamba 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 is 3.9, meaning the area is mostly car-dependent. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 6.2, with an average of only 3.4 amenity types within a 15-minute walk.
3.9
Mostly car-dependent of urban centre 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.
3.4
Lower than 67% of urban centre 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.
27.0%
Lower than 64% of urban centre 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 and parks is strong, with about 90% of homes within a 15-minute walk of both. However, other essentials are harder to reach, as only 31.1% of homes are near groceries and 40% are near a school.
31.1%
Lower than 63% of urban centre areas.
Share of local homes within a 15-minute walk of groceries or everyday shopping. Homes are counted as addresses (G-NAF), not people.
89.9%
Higher than 83% of urban centre 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.
40.0%
Lower than 69% of urban centre areas.
Share of local homes within a 15-minute walk of a school. Homes are counted as addresses (G-NAF), not people.
90.6%
Lower than 56% of urban centre 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.
0.0%
Lower than 99% of urban centre 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 39 intersections per square kilometre and a mean terrain slope of 6.2%, which is about the same as the state. There are 12.7 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, a little below the New South Wales figure of 14.7.
12.7
Lower than 68% of urban centre 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.
39
Higher than 60% of urban centre areas.
Walkable street intersections per square kilometre. Denser, better-connected street grids give more direct routes on foot than winding, cul-de-sac layouts.
6.2%
Higher than 70% of urban centre 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 Silverdale - Warragamba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL114029/silverdale-warragamba/topic/walkability
