Sarina · 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.
Far fewer amenities are within walking distance in Sarina than in other Queensland areas, making it mostly car-dependent. Only 21.8% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed, which is far below the state figure of 59.1%.
All indigenous area areas, 2021. The marker is Sarina — mostly car-dependent of areas.
| Sarina | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 4738, QLD | 0.6 |
| Queensland | 5.0 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Sarina 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 for Sarina is 2.1, which means the area is mostly car-dependent. This is far below the Queensland figure of 5.0, with residents having access to only 2.1 types of amenities within a 15-minute walk compared to 4.8 across the state.
2.1
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.
2.1
Lower than 86% 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.
21.8%
Lower than 79% 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.
Parks are the easiest amenity to reach, with 59.1% of homes within a 15-minute walk. Other services are much harder to access; for example, only 18.6% of homes are within a 15-minute walk of a school and 20.4% are near health services, both far below state figures.
22.0%
Lower than 87% 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.
21.6%
Lower than 61% 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.
18.6%
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.
59.1%
Lower than 71% 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.
20.4%
Lower than 82% 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 6.8%, which is about the same as the Queensland average of 6.0%. There are 0 intersections per square kilometre in terms of street connectivity.
0
Lower than 68% 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.
6.8%
Higher than 80% 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 Sarina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/iare/IARE310011/sarina/topic/walkability
