Goodooga · 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 Goodooga is within a 15-minute walk of a school, park or health clinic, though there are very few different types of services available. While the area is mostly car-dependent with a score of 3.6, the small size of the town means a huge share of residents live very close to the few amenities that exist.
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Goodooga — mostly car-dependent of areas.
| Goodooga | 3.6 |
|---|---|
| 2838, NSW | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 6.2 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Goodooga 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.
Nearly 97% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 71.9%. However, the variety of nearby amenities is a little below the state average, with only 5 types of services within a short walk.
3.6
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.
5.0
Higher than 56% 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.
96.8%
Higher than 94% 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.
Walking to a park, school or health service is easy for almost everyone, but no one can walk to groceries or public transport. Most people can reach food, drink, parks and general services within five minutes, yet 100% of homes are more than 30 minutes from a grocery store.
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.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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.
100.0%
Higher than 99% 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.
100.0%
Higher than 99% 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.
96.8%
Higher than 97% 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 Goodooga is very flat, with a slope of 1.9% that is well below the state average. There are 24 intersections per square kilometre, and the area has 27.9 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 14.7.
27.9
Higher than 71% 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.
24
Lower than 64% 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.
1.9%
Lower than 99% 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 Goodooga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122061/goodooga/topic/walkability
