Mapoon - Napranum - Weipa · 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.
No homes in Mapoon - Napranum - Weipa pass the 15-minute-city test, meaning no one can reach five or more essential amenities on foot. This makes the area car-dependent, with a walkability score of 1.3, which is far below the Queensland figure of 5.0.
All indigenous area areas, 2021. The marker is Mapoon - Napranum - Weipa — car-dependent of areas.
| Mapoon - Napranum - Weipa | 1.3 |
|---|---|
| 4874, QLD | 1.3 |
| Queensland | 5.0 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Mapoon - Napranum - Weipa 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 1.3, far below the Queensland figure of 5.0. On average, residents have access to only 1.7 amenity types within a 15-minute walk, which is far below the state average of 4.8.
1.3
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.
1.7
Lower than 89% 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.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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.
While 62.4% of homes are within 15 minutes of a school—a little above the state figure—most other essentials are far out of reach. Only 18.8% of homes can walk to groceries and 15.7% to health services within 15 minutes, and no homes are within walking distance of public transport.
18.8%
Lower than 89% 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.
62.4%
Higher than 57% 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.
15.2%
Lower than 95% 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.
15.7%
Lower than 87% 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 average terrain slope is 3.5%, which is a little below the Queensland figure of 6.0%. There are 12 street intersections per square kilometre.
12
Higher than 64% 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.
3.5%
Lower than 71% 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 Mapoon - Napranum - Weipa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/iare/IARE303007/mapoon-napranum-weipa/topic/walkability
