Thrumster · 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.
Very few everyday services are within a short walk for people in Thrumster, making the area mostly car-dependent. While many homes are close to a school or park, almost no one can walk to a health service. This lack of local options is reflected in a walkability score of 3.3, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 6.2.
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Thrumster — mostly car-dependent of areas.
| Thrumster | 3.3 |
|---|---|
| 2444, NSW | 5.4 |
| New South Wales | 6.2 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Thrumster 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.
Only 23.7% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed, a figure far below the 71.9% seen across New South Wales. On average, residents have access to only 3.6 amenity types within a 15-minute walk, which is well below the state average of 5.8.
3.3
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.
3.6
Lower than 64% 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.
23.7%
Lower than 65% 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.
Walking to a school is common, with 87.7% of homes within 15 minutes, far above the state figure. However, access to other needs is limited; 0% of homes are within a 15-minute walk of health services, and only 16.8% are near public transport, which is far below the New South Wales average.
58.0%
Lower than 51% 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.
16.8%
Lower than 65% 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.
87.7%
Higher than 75% 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.
87.0%
Lower than 61% 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 82 intersections per square kilometre, and the typical terrain slope is 7.5%, which is about the same as the rest of the state. There are 8.5 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, far below the New South Wales figure of 14.7.
8.5
Lower than 81% 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.
82
Higher than 88% 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.
7.5%
Higher than 81% 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 Thrumster [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115138/thrumster/topic/walkability
