Putta Bucca - Bombira · 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 relatively gentle slope of 4.3% defines the landscape of Putta Bucca - Bombira (L), but the area remains car-dependent. Very few residents can reach daily needs on foot, with only 1.3% of homes situated within a 15-minute walk of the services that make up a functional neighbourhood.
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Putta Bucca - Bombira — car-dependent of areas.
| Putta Bucca - Bombira | 1.2 |
|---|---|
| 2850, NSW | 2.8 |
| New South Wales | 6.2 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Putta Bucca - Bombira 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 has a walkability score of 1.2, which is car-dependent and far below the New South Wales figure of 6.2. This is reflected in the fact that only one type of amenity is typically within a 15-minute walk, compared to 5.8 across the state.
1.2
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.
1.0
Lower than 91% 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.
1.3%
Lower than 71% 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, with 0% of homes within a 15-minute walk of health services and only 1.0% near a school. While some residents can reach public transport or parks within 10 to 15 minutes, 86% of homes are more than a 30-minute walk from the nearest groceries.
1.2%
Lower than 71% 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.
22.9%
Lower than 62% 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.
1.0%
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.
14.4%
Lower than 95% 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.
There are 17 intersections per square kilometre in the area. The number of walkable amenities per 1,000 residents is 13.0, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 14.7.
13.0
Lower than 67% 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.
17
Lower than 74% 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.
4.3%
Lower than 54% 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 Putta Bucca - Bombira [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121095/putta-bucca-bombira/topic/walkability
