Menindee · 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.
Fewer homes in Menindee have easy access to a variety of services compared to the state average. While the area is rated as somewhat walkable, only 66.2% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 71.9%. This reflects a mix of good access to some basics but significant gaps in others.
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Menindee — somewhat walkable of areas.
| Menindee | 4.7 |
|---|---|
| 2879, NSW | 3.1 |
| New South Wales | 6.2 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Menindee 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 Menindee is 4.7, making it somewhat walkable. This is well below the New South Wales average of 6.2, with residents having about the same number of amenity types within a 15-minute walk as the state average.
4.7
Somewhat 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.
5.4
Higher than 64% 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.
66.2%
Higher than 55% 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 groceries and health services is about the same as across the state, but access to schools and public transport is far below New South Wales levels. While 68.1% of homes are within 15 minutes of groceries, only 50% can reach a school in that time.
68.1%
Higher than 57% 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.
65.9%
Higher than 60% 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.
50.0%
Lower than 63% 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.
79.2%
Lower than 72% 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.
56.3%
Higher than 66% 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 Menindee is much flatter than the state average, with a mean slope of 2.8%. There are 11 intersections per square kilometre, and the number of walkable amenities per 1,000 residents is far above the New South Wales figure.
47.4
Higher than 87% 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.
11
Lower than 83% 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.
2.8%
Lower than 84% 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 Menindee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122086/menindee/topic/walkability
