Cairns - Southern Hinterlands · 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.
A car-dependent lifestyle is the norm in Cairns - Southern Hinterlands, where the walkability score is just 1.0. Very few residents can reach daily essentials on foot, with only 11.9% of homes having a 15-minute-city walkshed, a figure far below the Queensland average.
All indigenous area areas, 2021. The marker is Cairns - Southern Hinterlands — car-dependent of areas.
| Cairns - Southern Hinterlands | 1.0 |
|---|---|
| 4861, QLD | 3.0 |
| Queensland | 5.0 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Cairns - Southern Hinterlands 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 1.0, which is far below the Queensland figure of 5.0. On average, there is only one type of amenity within a 15-minute walk, compared to 4.8 across the state.
1.0
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.
1.0
Lower than 94% 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.
11.9%
Lower than 86% 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; for example, 0% of homes are within a 10-minute walk of public transport. While parks are the most common nearby amenity, 82% of homes are more than 30 minutes away from groceries, health services, and general services.
12.6%
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.
19.5%
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.
18.4%
Lower than 94% 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.
11.9%
Lower than 90% 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 a little steeper than the Queensland average, with a mean slope of 7.5%. There are 0 intersections per square kilometre.
0
Lower than 73% 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 Cairns - Southern Hinterlands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/iare/IARE309004/cairns-southern-hinterlands/topic/walkability
