Karuah · 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.
A mostly car-dependent layout defines Karuah, where a low walkability score of 3.9 reflects a lack of local services. While many people can reach a park or the shops on foot, there are no health services within a 15-minute walk of any home.
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Karuah — mostly car-dependent of areas.
| Karuah | 3.9 |
|---|---|
| 2324, NSW | 4.2 |
| New South Wales | 6.2 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Karuah 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 well below the New South Wales figure of 6.2. Only 66% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed, which is also well below the state average.
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.
4.6
Higher than 50% 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.
66.0%
Higher than 55% 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 parks is the strongest, with 76.7% of homes within a 15-minute walk, but public transport is far below the state average at 35.7%. No one in Karuah lives within a 15-minute walk of health services, and 100% of homes are more than 30 minutes away from a clinic.
66.5%
Higher than 56% 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.
35.7%
Lower than 57% 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.
57.7%
Lower than 59% 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.
76.7%
Lower than 73% 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.
Street connectivity sits at 49 intersections per square kilometre. With 9.0 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, this is far below the New South Wales figure of 14.7, while the terrain slope is about the same as the state average.
9.0
Lower than 80% 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.
49
Higher than 72% 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.
6.6%
Higher than 74% 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 Karuah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115091/karuah/topic/walkability
