Crescent Head · 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.
Nearly all homes in Crescent Head pass the 15-minute-city test, with 96.1% of residents able to reach several key amenities on foot. This makes the area very walkable, though the ease of getting around is balanced by a lack of local health services.
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Crescent Head — very walkable of areas.
| Crescent Head | 6.1 |
|---|---|
| 2440, NSW | 3.4 |
| New South Wales | 6.2 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Crescent Head 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 is 6.1, which is considered very walkable and about the same as the New South Wales figure. On average, residents have access to 6.8 different types of amenities within a 15-minute walk, slightly above the state average.
6.1
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.
96.1%
Higher than 92% 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 have excellent access to essentials, with 96.6% within a 15-minute walk of groceries and 99.9% near a park, both far above state figures. However, there is a major gap in healthcare, as no homes are within 15 minutes of health services and every home is more than 30 minutes away.
96.6%
Higher than 92% 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.
89.9%
Higher than 83% 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.
90.4%
Higher than 79% 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.
99.9%
Higher than 96% 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 terrain is noticeably steeper than the state average, with a mean slope of 9.9%. There are 115 intersections per square kilometre, and the number of walkable amenities per 1,000 residents is about the same as across New South Wales.
14.3
Lower than 63% 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.
115
Higher than 93% 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.
9.9%
Higher than 90% 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 Crescent Head [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121026/crescent-head/topic/walkability
