Burdekin - Ayr · 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.
Flat terrain with a slope of only 2.6% makes moving around Burdekin - Ayr easy, yet the area remains mostly car-dependent. Only 35.5% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed, which is far below the Queensland figure of 59.1%.
All indigenous area areas, 2021. The marker is Burdekin - Ayr — mostly car-dependent of areas.
| Burdekin - Ayr | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 4806, QLD | 2.8 |
| Queensland | 5.0 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Burdekin - Ayr 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 2.6, meaning the area is mostly car-dependent and far below the Queensland average of 5.0. On average, residents can reach only 3.0 types of amenities within a 15-minute walk, far below the state figure of 4.8.
2.6
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.
3.0
Lower than 74% 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.
35.5%
Lower than 68% 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.
Walking access is far below state levels across the board, most notably for public transport, which is within a 10-minute walk for 0.0% of homes. While parks are the most accessible amenity for 56% of residents, health services are among the hardest to reach, with 52% of homes more than 30 minutes away.
37.7%
Lower than 68% 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.
50.6%
Lower than 61% 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.
56.0%
Lower than 74% 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.
34.8%
Lower than 56% 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 land is very flat, with a mean terrain slope of 2.6%, which is well below the Queensland average of 6.0%. Street connectivity is recorded at 0 intersections per square kilometre.
0
Lower than 69% 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 Burdekin - Ayr [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/iare/IARE310002/burdekin-ayr/topic/walkability
