Esk - Kilcoy · Indigenous Area
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.
Only 22.4% of homes in Esk - Kilcoy pass the 15-minute-city test, a figure far below the Queensland average of 59.1%. This makes the area car-dependent, as very few residents can reach a variety of daily needs on foot. Most people here rely on vehicles for almost every trip.
All indigenous area areas, 2021. The marker is Esk - Kilcoy — car-dependent of areas.
| Esk - Kilcoy | 1.8 |
|---|---|
| 4313, QLD | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 5.0 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Esk - Kilcoy 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 Esk - Kilcoy is 1.8, which means the area is car-dependent. This is far below the Queensland figure of 5.0, with residents having access to fewer than two types of amenities within a 15-minute walk.
1.8
Car-dependent of indigenous area 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.
1.9
Lower than 88% of indigenous area 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.
22.4%
Lower than 79% of indigenous area 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.
Access to essentials is much lower than across the state, with only 23.7% of homes near groceries and just 11.1% near public transport. Parks are the most reachable amenity, yet 53% of homes are still beyond a 30-minute walk from one; health services are the hardest to reach, with 68% of homes more than 30 minutes away.
23.7%
Lower than 85% of indigenous area areas.
Share of local homes within a 15-minute walk of groceries or everyday shopping. Homes are counted as addresses (G-NAF), not people.
11.1%
Lower than 66% of indigenous area 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.
20.4%
Lower than 91% of indigenous area areas.
Share of local homes within a 15-minute walk of a school. Homes are counted as addresses (G-NAF), not people.
35.2%
Lower than 88% of indigenous area 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.
21.0%
Lower than 81% of indigenous area 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 landscape is a little steeper than the Queensland average, with a mean terrain slope of 8.3%. There is one intersection per square kilometre.
1
Lower than 63% of indigenous area areas.
Walkable street intersections per square kilometre. Denser, better-connected street grids give more direct routes on foot than winding, cul-de-sac layouts.
8.3%
Higher than 90% of indigenous area 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 Esk - Kilcoy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/iare/IARE301005/esk-kilcoy/topic/walkability
