Barcaldine - Blackall - Longreach · 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.
Zero homes in Barcaldine - Blackall - Longreach are within a 10-minute walk of public transport, while other daily needs are often reachable. This makes the area mostly car-dependent, with only 54.8% of homes situated within a 15-minute walk of basic amenities.
All indigenous area areas, 2021. The marker is Barcaldine - Blackall - Longreach — mostly car-dependent of areas.
| Barcaldine - Blackall - Longreach | 3.3 |
|---|---|
| 4725, QLD | 3.8 |
| Queensland | 5.0 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Barcaldine - Blackall - Longreach 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 is 3.3, which means the area is mostly car-dependent. This is well below the Queensland figure of 5.0, and the number of amenity types within a 15-minute walk is a little below the state average.
3.3
Mostly 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.
3.9
Lower than 53% 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.
54.8%
Higher than 62% 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.
Health services are well above the state average for accessibility, with 53.4% of homes within a 15-minute walk. In contrast, access to parks and groceries is far below the state figures, and no one lives within a 10-minute walk of public transport.
49.3%
Higher than 51% 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.
58.5%
Higher than 51% 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.
62.2%
Lower than 66% 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.
53.4%
Higher than 71% 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 is very flat, with a mean slope of 2.6% which is well below the Queensland figure. There are 0 intersections per square kilometre for street connectivity.
0
Lower than 96% 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.
2.6%
Lower than 92% 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 Barcaldine - Blackall - Longreach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/iare/IARE305002/barcaldine-blackall-longreach/topic/walkability
