Stanwell Tops · Urban Centre

Walkability in Stanwell Tops

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.

Zero homes are within a 15-minute walk of a school in Stanwell Tops, highlighting a significant gap in local access. While everyone can easily reach a park, the area is mostly car-dependent for almost everything else. This is reflected in a walkability score of 3.1, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 6.2.

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📍 Stanwell Tops, Urban Centre

Where Stanwell Tops sits — Walkability score

3.1 Mostly car-dependent
  • 0.0–0.3: 67 areas
  • 0.3–0.6: 47 areas
  • 0.6–0.9: 42 areas
  • 0.9–1.1: 49 areas
  • 1.1–1.4: 52 areas
  • 1.4–1.7: 48 areas
  • 1.7–2.0: 50 areas
  • 2.0–2.3: 49 areas
  • 2.3–2.6: 57 areas
  • 2.6–2.9: 51 areas
  • 2.9–3.1: 67 areas
  • 3.1–3.4: 64 areas
  • 3.4–3.7: 71 areas
  • 3.7–4.0: 96 areas
  • 4.0–4.3: 85 areas
  • 4.3–4.6: 89 areas
  • 4.6–4.9: 105 areas
  • 4.9–5.1: 100 areas
  • 5.1–5.4: 105 areas
  • 5.4–5.7: 124 areas
  • 5.7–6.0: 100 areas
  • 6.0–6.3: 92 areas
  • 6.3–6.6: 66 areas
  • 6.6–6.9: 56 areas
  • 6.9–7.1: 32 areas
  • 7.1–7.4: 19 areas
  • 7.4–7.7: 9 areas
  • 7.7–8.0: 6 areas

All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Stanwell Tops — mostly car-dependent of areas.

Walkability score compared with the state and national average
Stanwell Tops3.1
2508, NSW 5.1
New South Wales 6.2

Walking times to everyday amenities

Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Stanwell Tops by walking time to the nearest amenity of each type, on an elevation-aware pedestrian network. How we calculate this →

The score

The overall walkability score and how much of daily life is a short walk away.

The area is mostly car-dependent, with a walkability score of 3.1. No homes here have a 15-minute-city walkshed, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 71.9%.

3.1

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.

2.1

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.

0.0%

Lower than 99% 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.

What's in walking distance

How many homes can walk to groceries, transport, schools, parks and health services.

Access is split between nature and necessity; 100% of homes are within a 15-minute walk of a park, and 90.6% are near public transport. However, no homes are within a 15-minute walk of groceries, health services, or schools.

Streets & terrain

Amenity density, how well the streets connect, and how hilly the walk is.

The average terrain slope is 6.5%, which is about the same as the state average. There are 37 intersections per square kilometre, and the area has 26.9 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, far above the New South Wales figure of 14.7.

26.9

Higher than 69% 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.

6.5%

Higher than 72% 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.

Sources

  • Walkability (OpenStreetMap, GTFS, ACARA & G-NAF, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, state transport agencies, ACARA & Geoscape Australia, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Walkability in Stanwell Tops [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122122/stanwell-tops/topic/walkability