Bundaberg · Indigenous Area

Walkability in Bundaberg

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 score of 3.6 makes Bundaberg mostly car-dependent, as residents generally lack easy walking access to daily needs. Only 40.2% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed, which is far below the Queensland figure of 59.1%. This means most people will need a vehicle for their basic errands.

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Where Bundaberg sits — Walkability score

3.6 Mostly car-dependent
  • 0.0–0.4: 11 areas
  • 0.4–0.7: 11 areas
  • 0.7–1.1: 6 areas
  • 1.1–1.4: 14 areas
  • 1.4–1.8: 9 areas
  • 1.8–2.1: 19 areas
  • 2.1–2.5: 20 areas
  • 2.5–2.9: 26 areas
  • 2.9–3.2: 31 areas
  • 3.2–3.6: 42 areas
  • 3.6–3.9: 34 areas
  • 3.9–4.3: 33 areas
  • 4.3–4.6: 21 areas
  • 4.6–5.0: 19 areas
  • 5.0–5.4: 20 areas
  • 5.4–5.7: 14 areas
  • 5.7–6.1: 15 areas
  • 6.1–6.4: 8 areas
  • 6.4–6.8: 7 areas
  • 6.8–7.1: 9 areas
  • 7.1–7.5: 13 areas
  • 7.5–7.9: 12 areas
  • 7.9–8.2: 6 areas
  • 8.2–8.6: 5 areas
  • 8.6–8.9: 3 areas
  • 8.9–9.3: 3 areas
  • 9.3–9.6: 1 area
  • 9.6–10.0: 1 area

All indigenous area areas, 2021. The marker is Bundaberg — mostly car-dependent of areas.

Walkability score compared with the state and national average
Bundaberg3.6
4670, QLD 4.3
Queensland 5.0

Walking times to everyday amenities

Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Bundaberg by walking time to the nearest amenity of each type, on an elevation-aware pedestrian network. How we calculate this →

The score

The overall walkability score and how much of daily life is a short walk away.

The walkability score of 3.6 is well below the Queensland figure of 5.0. On average, there are only 3.5 amenity types within a 15-minute walk, which is also well below the state average of 4.8.

3.6

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.

3.5

Lower than 62% 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.

40.2%

Lower than 61% 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.

What's in walking distance

How many homes can walk to groceries, transport, schools, parks and health services.

Walking access is far below the state average across most services, especially for health services and schools. While 64.3% of homes are within a 15-minute walk of a park, only 28.8% can reach health services in the same time.

Streets & terrain

Amenity density, how well the streets connect, and how hilly the walk is.

The average terrain slope is 5.6%, which is about the same as the Queensland figure of 6.0%. There are 2 intersections per square kilometre.

5.6%

Higher than 64% 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.

Sources

  • Walkability (OpenStreetMap, GTFS, ACARA & G-NAF, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, state transport agencies, ACARA & Geoscape Australia, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Walkability in Bundaberg [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/iare/IARE305003/bundaberg/topic/walkability