Killingworth · Urban Centre

Walkability in Killingworth

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.

Only two types of amenities are within a 15-minute walk for residents of Killingworth (L), making the area mostly car-dependent. While public transport and parks are very close to home, there is no local access to schools, health services, or groceries.

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📍 Killingworth, Urban Centre

Where Killingworth sits — Walkability score

2.4 Mostly car-dependent
  • 0.0–0.3: 67 areas
  • 0.3–0.6: 47 areas
  • 0.6–0.9: 42 areas
  • 0.9–1.1: 49 areas
  • 1.1–1.4: 52 areas
  • 1.4–1.7: 48 areas
  • 1.7–2.0: 50 areas
  • 2.0–2.3: 49 areas
  • 2.3–2.6: 57 areas
  • 2.6–2.9: 51 areas
  • 2.9–3.1: 67 areas
  • 3.1–3.4: 64 areas
  • 3.4–3.7: 71 areas
  • 3.7–4.0: 96 areas
  • 4.0–4.3: 85 areas
  • 4.3–4.6: 89 areas
  • 4.6–4.9: 105 areas
  • 4.9–5.1: 100 areas
  • 5.1–5.4: 105 areas
  • 5.4–5.7: 124 areas
  • 5.7–6.0: 100 areas
  • 6.0–6.3: 92 areas
  • 6.3–6.6: 66 areas
  • 6.6–6.9: 56 areas
  • 6.9–7.1: 32 areas
  • 7.1–7.4: 19 areas
  • 7.4–7.7: 9 areas
  • 7.7–8.0: 6 areas

All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Killingworth — mostly car-dependent of areas.

Walkability score compared with the state and national average
Killingworth2.4
2278, NSW 2.7
New South Wales 6.2

Walking times to everyday amenities

Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Killingworth by walking time to the nearest amenity of each type, on an elevation-aware pedestrian network. How we calculate this →

The score

The overall walkability score and how much of daily life is a short walk away.

The walkability score for Killingworth (L) is 2.4, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 6.2. No homes here have a 15-minute-city walkshed, a result far below the state average of 71.9%.

2.4

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.

2.0

Lower than 82% 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.

0.0%

Lower than 99% 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.

What's in walking distance

How many homes can walk to groceries, transport, schools, parks and health services.

Access to nature and transport is strong, with every home within 15 minutes of a park and 89.2% near public transport. However, there is a total lack of walking access to groceries, health services, and schools, all of which are more than 30 minutes away for every resident.

Streets & terrain

Amenity density, how well the streets connect, and how hilly the walk is.

The terrain is a little steeper than the state average, with a mean slope of 8.0%. There are 38 intersections per square kilometre, and the number of walkable amenities per 1,000 residents is well below the state figure.

11.7

Lower than 72% 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.

8.0%

Higher than 84% 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.

Sources

  • Walkability (OpenStreetMap, GTFS, ACARA & G-NAF, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, state transport agencies, ACARA & Geoscape Australia, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Walkability in Killingworth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121057/killingworth/topic/walkability