Nyngan · 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.
Public transport is the only major gap in an otherwise very walkable Nyngan, where nearly 93% of homes have a 15-minute walk to a variety of local amenities. This makes the area very walkable, with a score of 6.5 that is about the same as the New South Wales figure.
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Nyngan — very walkable of areas.
| Nyngan | 6.5 |
|---|---|
| 2825, NSW | 4.4 |
| New South Wales | 6.2 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Nyngan 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.
About 93% of homes here have a 15-minute-city walkshed, which is far above the state figure of 71.9%. Residents also have a little more variety in their local amenities, with 7.2 types within a 15-minute walk compared to 5.8 across New South Wales.
6.5
Very walkable 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.
7.2
Higher than 94% 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.
92.8%
Higher than 86% 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.
Daily essentials are close by, with homes far more likely to be within a 15-minute walk of health services and groceries than in the rest of the state. However, access to public transport is a weak point, as only 45.1% of homes are within a 10-minute walk, which is far below the state average of 85.7%.
92.9%
Higher than 85% 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.
45.1%
Lower than 52% 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.
79.8%
Higher than 62% 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.
95.0%
Higher than 57% 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.
90.5%
Higher than 90% 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 terrain in Nyngan is very flat, with a mean slope of 1.9% that is well below the New South Wales figure of 6.8%. There are 26 intersections per square kilometre and 27.8 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, which is far above the state rate of 14.7.
27.8
Higher than 70% 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.
26
Lower than 59% 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.
1.9%
Lower than 99% 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 Nyngan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115113/nyngan/topic/walkability
