Nowra Hill · 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.
A little less steep than the state average, Nowra Hill (L) remains heavily car-dependent with a walkability score of 0.5. No homes in the area have a 15-minute-city walkshed, and the typical resident has very few amenities within reach on foot. This makes it much harder to get around without a vehicle than in most other parts of New South Wales.
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Nowra Hill — car-dependent of areas.
| Nowra Hill | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| 2540 crosses NSW/OT | 3.9 |
| New South Wales | 6.2 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Nowra Hill 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 area is rated as car-dependent, with a walkability score of 0.5 which is far below the state figure of 6.2. Only 0.4 amenity types are found within a 15-minute walk, compared to 5.8 across New South Wales.
0.5
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.
0.4
Lower than 97% 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.
How many homes can walk to groceries, transport, schools, parks and health services.
Access to essentials is very limited; no homes are within a 15-minute walk of groceries or health services. While 12.8% of homes are near a park, this is far below the state figure of 89%, and 51% of residents live more than 30 minutes away from the nearest park.
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.
9.7%
Lower than 68% 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.
0.7%
Lower than 85% 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.
12.8%
Lower 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 average terrain slope is 4.4%, which is a little below the New South Wales average of 6.8%. There are 5 intersections per square kilometre, and the 4.8 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents is far below the state figure of 14.7.
4.8
Lower than 90% 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.
5
Lower than 94% 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.
4.4%
Lower than 53% 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 Nowra Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121090/nowra-hill/topic/walkability
