Table 1.
Spearman’s rho correlations between population density, environmental variables and walkability indexes
| Population density | Residential dwelling density | Intersection density | Land use mix | Retail floor area ratio | Full index score | Abridged index score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population density |
1.00 |
0.76† |
0.41† |
0.42† |
0.00 |
0.58† |
0.70† |
| Residential dwelling density |
0.82† |
1.00 |
0.23† |
0.51† |
0.16* |
0.70† |
0.78† |
| Intersection density |
0.77† |
0.66† |
1.00 |
0.26† |
0.14* |
0.60† |
0.66† |
| Land use mix |
0.24† |
0.44† |
0.26† |
1.00 |
0.33† |
0.78† |
0.79† |
| Retail floor area ratio |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
1.00 |
0.59† |
0.28† |
| Full index score |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
1.00 |
0.93† |
| Abridged index score | 0.76† | 0.89† | 0.80† | 0.69† | -- | -- | 1.00 |
Upper diagonal shows data for the 263 City of Sydney Census Collection Districts and lower diagonal shows data for the 5,585 Sydney Metropolitan Region Census Collection Districts.
*p < 0.05, †p < 0.0001.