Salt Ash · 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.
Only 17.1% of homes in Salt Ash can reach five or more essential services within a 15-minute walk, a figure far below the New South Wales average. This makes the area mostly car-dependent for daily needs. While public transport is accessible for many, there is a severe lack of walkable health services and shops.
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Salt Ash — mostly car-dependent of areas.
| Salt Ash | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 2318, NSW | 3.0 |
| New South Wales | 6.2 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Salt Ash 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 Salt Ash is 2.5, which means the area is mostly car-dependent. This is far below the New South Wales figure of 6.2, with residents having access to only 2.2 types of amenities within a 15-minute walk compared to 5.8 across the state.
2.5
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.
2.2
Lower than 80% 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.
17.1%
Lower than 67% 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.
Public transport is the most accessible amenity, with 79.1% of homes within a 10-minute walk. However, other services are much harder to reach; no one can walk to a health service within 15 minutes, and only 25.9% of homes are within a 15-minute walk of groceries, both far below state figures.
25.9%
Lower than 64% 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.
79.1%
Higher than 70% 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.
24.0%
Lower than 76% 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.
55.2%
Lower than 81% 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 in Salt Ash is a little flatter than the New South Wales average, with a mean slope of 4.1%. There are 6 intersections per square kilometre, and the area has 39 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, which is far above the state figure of 14.7.
39.0
Higher than 82% 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.
6
Lower 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.
4.1%
Lower than 58% 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 Salt Ash [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121101/salt-ash/topic/walkability
