Yenda · 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.
Far fewer amenities are within walking distance in Yenda than in other New South Wales areas, with a walkability score of 3.6 making the town mostly car-dependent. While most residents can easily reach public transport, schools, and parks, there is a total lack of nearby health services and groceries. This creates a sharp divide between easy access to some basics and a complete reliance on cars for others.
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Yenda — mostly car-dependent of areas.
| Yenda | 3.6 |
|---|---|
| 2681, NSW | 1.7 |
| New South Wales | 6.2 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Yenda 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.
A walkability score of 3.6 means Yenda is mostly car-dependent, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 6.2. Despite this, 78.8% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed, well above the state's 71.9%.
3.6
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.
4.4
Lower than 54% 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.
78.8%
Higher than 69% 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 essentials is mixed; 93.8% of homes are within a 10-minute walk of public transport and 83.6% are near a school, both well above state figures. However, no homes are within 15 minutes of groceries or health services, which is far below the state averages of 67.7% and 57.1%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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.
93.8%
Higher than 89% 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.
83.6%
Higher than 68% 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.
89.5%
Lower than 58% 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 a mean terrain slope of 2.3%, well below the New South Wales figure of 6.8%, and there are 16 intersections per square kilometre. There are 25.2 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, which is far above the state figure of 14.7.
25.2
Higher than 65% 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.
16
Lower than 75% 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.
2.3%
Lower than 94% 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 Yenda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115165/yenda/topic/walkability
