Port Kennedy (Thursday Island) · 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.
Steeper slopes than the Queensland average make Port Kennedy (Thursday Island) somewhat walkable. While almost every home is close to a school or park, very few residents can walk to a grocery store. This creates a mixed environment where some daily trips are effortless, but others are quite difficult.
All indigenous location areas, 2021. The marker is Port Kennedy (Thursday Island) — somewhat walkable of areas.
| Port Kennedy (Thursday Island) | 4.2 |
|---|---|
| 4875, QLD | 2.1 |
| Queensland | 5.0 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Port Kennedy (Thursday Island) 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 typical home here has access to 5.3 amenity types within a 15-minute walk, which is a little above the Queensland figure. About 95.3% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed, far above the state average of 59.1%.
4.2
Somewhat walkable 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.
5.3
Higher than 68% 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.
95.3%
Higher than 90% 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.
Access to schools and parks is excellent, with over 99% of homes within a 15-minute walk. However, this contrasts sharply with basic needs; only 2.8% of homes can walk to groceries, and no one lives within a 10-minute walk of public transport.
2.8%
Lower than 84% 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.
99.4%
Higher than 97% 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.
99.2%
Higher than 81% 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.
39.7%
Higher than 52% 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 area has a mean terrain slope of 8.9%, which is a little above the Queensland average of 6.0%. There are 57 intersections per square kilometre.
57
Higher than 70% 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.
8.9%
Higher than 92% 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 Port Kennedy (Thursday Island) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/iloc/ILOC30700104/port-kennedy/topic/walkability
