Jervis Bay · 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.
A gentle terrain slope of 3.6% makes Jervis Bay (L) much flatter than other areas in the territory, yet it remains a car-dependent place. While some homes are within reach of a school, most residents lack walking access to basic services, parks, or health care.
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Jervis Bay — car-dependent of areas.
| Jervis Bay | 0.9 |
|---|---|
| 2540 crosses NSW/OT | 3.9 |
| Other Territories | 3.0 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Jervis Bay 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 is 0.9, which means the area is car-dependent and far below the territory figure. No homes here have a 15-minute-city walkshed, and the number of amenity types within a 15-minute walk is far below the state average.
0.9
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.
0.9
Lower than 92% 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.
How many homes can walk to groceries, transport, schools, parks and health services.
Walking access is mixed; 46.4% of homes are within 15 minutes of a school, which is far above the territory figure, but no homes are within a 15-minute walk of a park or health service. For many, the walk to basic needs is long, with over half of homes taking more than 30 minutes to reach a school or grocery store.
46.4%
Lower than 58% 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.
46.4%
Lower than 65% 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.
0.0%
Lower 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.
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 area has 10 intersections per square kilometre. The number of walkable amenities per 1,000 residents is far below the territory average.
15.6
Lower than 58% 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.
10
Lower than 84% 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.
3.6%
Lower than 68% 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 Jervis Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL922002/jervis-bay/topic/walkability
