Leichhardt · Federal Electorate
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 somewhat walkable score of 4.9 defines Leichhardt, where many residents can easily reach a park but struggle to find health services on foot. While 86% of homes are within a 15-minute walk of a park, access to doctors and clinics is much lower than across Queensland.
All federal electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Leichhardt — somewhat walkable of areas.
| Leichhardt | 4.9 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Qld | 4.2 |
| Queensland | 5.0 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Leichhardt 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.
About 56.8% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed, which is a little below the Queensland figure of 59.1%. On average, residents have access to 4.7 different types of amenities within a 15-minute walk, about the same as the state average.
4.9
Somewhat walkable of federal electorate 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.
4.7
Lower than 66% of federal electorate 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.
56.8%
Lower than 59% of federal electorate 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 is easy for most, with 58% of homes just 5 minutes away. In contrast, reaching health services or schools is harder, with those amenities being well below the state average for 15-minute walking access.
60.1%
Lower than 55% of federal electorate areas.
Share of local homes within a 15-minute walk of groceries or everyday shopping. Homes are counted as addresses (G-NAF), not people.
63.2%
Lower than 78% of federal electorate 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.
54.4%
Lower than 73% of federal electorate areas.
Share of local homes within a 15-minute walk of a school. Homes are counted as addresses (G-NAF), not people.
86.0%
Lower than 67% of federal electorate 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.
39.5%
Lower than 64% of federal electorate 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 14.7 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, which is a little above the Queensland figure. The terrain slope is 5.8% and there are 0 intersections per square kilometre.
14.7
Higher than 51% of federal electorate 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.
0
Lower than 98% of federal electorate areas.
Walkable street intersections per square kilometre. Denser, better-connected street grids give more direct routes on foot than winding, cul-de-sac layouts.
5.8%
Higher than 56% of federal electorate 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 Leichhardt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED318/leichhardt/topic/walkability
