Gold Coast Hinterland · Indigenous Location
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.
Steep hills and a mean terrain slope of 17.1% make the Gold Coast Hinterland a challenging place to get around on foot. It is a car-dependent area where no homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed. This is far below the Queensland figure of 59.1%.
All indigenous location areas, 2021. The marker is Gold Coast Hinterland — car-dependent of areas.
| Gold Coast Hinterland | 0.7 |
|---|---|
| 4213, QLD | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 5.0 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Gold Coast Hinterland 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.
A walkability score of 0.7 means the area is car-dependent, which is far below the Queensland figure of 5.0. Only 0.8 amenity types are typically within a 15-minute walk, compared to 4.8 across the state.
0.7
Car-dependent of indigenous location 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.
0.8
Lower than 91% of indigenous location 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.
0.0%
Lower than 99% of indigenous location 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.
Most residents lack easy access to essentials, with 0% within walking distance of public transport or health services. While 38.2% of homes are near a park, this is far below the state figure of 84.0%. Groceries and schools are also scarce, with 87% of homes more than 30 minutes away from either.
9.4%
Lower than 81% of indigenous location 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 location 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.
8.4%
Lower than 88% of indigenous location areas.
Share of local homes within a 15-minute walk of a school. Homes are counted as addresses (G-NAF), not people.
38.2%
Lower than 76% of indigenous location 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.
0.0%
Lower than 99% of indigenous location 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 quite steep, with a mean slope of 17.1%, which is far above the Queensland figure of 6.0%. There are 2 intersections per square kilometre.
2
Lower than 69% of indigenous location areas.
Walkable street intersections per square kilometre. Denser, better-connected street grids give more direct routes on foot than winding, cul-de-sac layouts.
17.1%
Higher than 99% of indigenous location 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 Gold Coast Hinterland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/iloc/ILOC30100705/gold-coast-hinterland/topic/walkability
