Hervey Bay · 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.
A mostly car-dependent environment defines Hervey Bay, where only 35.5% of homes have the variety of services needed for a 15-minute city. While nearly everyone can walk to a park, accessing basic health services or transport on foot is very difficult for most residents.
All indigenous location areas, 2021. The marker is Hervey Bay — mostly car-dependent of areas.
| Hervey Bay | 3.2 |
|---|---|
| 4655, QLD | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 5.0 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Hervey Bay 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 Hervey Bay is 3.2, which means the area is mostly car-dependent. This is well below the Queensland figure of 5.0, and only 3.5 types of amenities are typically within a 15-minute walk.
3.2
Mostly 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.
3.5
Lower than 61% 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.
35.5%
Lower than 62% 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.
Parks are the most accessible amenity, with 91.8% of homes within a 15-minute walk, well above the state average. In contrast, access to public transport is non-existent, with 0% of homes within a 10-minute walk, and health services are also far below the state average at 18.6%.
57.7%
Higher than 56% 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.
55.2%
Lower than 59% 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.
91.8%
Higher than 58% 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.
18.6%
Lower than 69% 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 in Hervey Bay is a little flatter than the Queensland average, with a mean slope of 4.1%. There are 87 street intersections per square kilometre.
87
Higher than 75% 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.
4.1%
Lower than 56% 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 Hervey Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/iloc/ILOC30500502/hervey-bay/topic/walkability
