Brewarrina · 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 a major gap in Brewarrina (L), where only 71% of homes are within a 10-minute walk of a stop, far below the state figure. Despite this, the area is very walkable, with 81.3% of homes having a good mix of amenities within a 15-minute stroll, which is well above the New South Wales average.
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Brewarrina — very walkable of areas.
| Brewarrina | 6.6 |
|---|---|
| 2839, NSW | 4.5 |
| New South Wales | 6.2 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Brewarrina 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 for the area is 6.6, making it very walkable. This is about the same as the state average, with residents having access to a little more amenity types within 15 minutes than the New South Wales figure.
6.6
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.
6.8
Higher than 89% 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.
81.3%
Higher than 72% 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.
Most residents can easily reach essential services, with 89.5% within a 15-minute walk of health services and 92.1% near groceries, both far above state levels. In contrast, access to public transport is much lower than across New South Wales.
92.1%
Higher than 84% 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.
71.0%
Higher than 64% 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.
82.5%
Higher than 67% 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.
99.0%
Higher than 80% 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.
89.5%
Higher than 89% 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 land is very flat, with a mean terrain slope of 3.0% which is well below the state average. There are 38 intersections per square kilometre and 40.4 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, far above the New South Wales figure.
40.4
Higher than 84% 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.
38
Higher 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.
3.0%
Lower than 79% 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 Brewarrina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121013/brewarrina/topic/walkability
