Cape York · 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 2.8% of homes in Cape York can reach five or more key amenities within a 15-minute walk, a figure far below the Queensland average of 59.1%. This makes the region overwhelmingly car-dependent, with a walkability score of 0.5. Most residents live far from the essential services they need for daily life.
All indigenous area areas, 2021. The marker is Cape York — car-dependent of areas.
| Cape York | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| 4892, QLD | 1.7 |
| Queensland | 5.0 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Cape York 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 area is car-dependent with a walkability score of 0.5, which is far below the Queensland figure of 5.0. On average, residents have access to only 0.6 amenity types within a 15-minute walk, compared to 4.8 across the state.
0.5
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.
0.6
Lower than 96% 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.
2.8%
Lower than 97% 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 services is very limited, with 100% of homes located more than 30 minutes from public transport. While 12.3% of homes are within 15 minutes of groceries, only 3% are that close to health services, both of which are far below state levels.
12.3%
Lower than 92% 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.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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.
6.4%
Lower than 97% 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.
3.4%
Lower than 99% 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.
3.0%
Lower than 98% 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 terrain in Cape York is a little steeper than the Queensland average, with a mean slope of 7.5%. There are 0 intersections per square kilometre.
0
Lower than 92% 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.
7.5%
Higher than 86% 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 Cape York [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/iare/IARE303002/cape-york/topic/walkability
