Ariah Park · 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.
Almost every home in Ariah Park is within a 15-minute walk of daily needs, making it very walkable. The area's walkability score of 7.1 is a little above the New South Wales figure of 6.2. This convenience is driven by a high number of local amenities, with far more per 1,000 residents than the state average.
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Ariah Park — very walkable of areas.
| Ariah Park | 7.1 |
|---|---|
| 2665, NSW | 3.0 |
| New South Wales | 6.2 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Ariah Park 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.
A very high 98.2% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed, which is far above the 71.9% seen across New South Wales. Residents have access to about 7.8 different types of amenities within a 15-minute walk, well above the state figure of 5.8.
7.1
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.
7.8
Higher than 99% 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.
98.2%
Higher than 97% 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 basics is exceptional, with 99.2% of homes within a 15-minute walk of a park and 95.6% near health services, both far above state levels. The biggest gap from the state average is for groceries, where 97.4% of homes are within a 15-minute walk. Most residents can reach these spots even faster, with 68% of homes just 5 minutes from cultural sites and 44% within 5 minutes of groceries.
97.4%
Higher than 94% 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.
89.6%
Higher than 82% 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.
95.3%
Higher than 86% 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.
99.2%
Higher than 82% 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.
95.6%
Higher than 96% 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 Ariah Park is quite flat, with a mean slope of 2.9%, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 6.8%. There are 44 intersections per square kilometre across the street network.
58.8
Higher than 91% 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.
44
Higher than 66% 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.
2.9%
Lower than 82% 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 Ariah Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122006/ariah-park/topic/walkability
