Cairns - White Rock - Mt Sheridan · 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.
Only 35.2% of homes in Cairns - White Rock - Mt Sheridan meet the 15-minute-city test, a figure far below the Queensland average. While the area is considered somewhat walkable, most residents can easily reach parks and transport but struggle to walk to shops or health services.
All indigenous location areas, 2021. The marker is Cairns - White Rock - Mt Sheridan — somewhat walkable of areas.
| Cairns - White Rock - Mt Sheridan | 4.4 |
|---|---|
| 4868, QLD | 4.8 |
| Queensland | 5.0 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Cairns - White Rock - Mt Sheridan 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 4.4, which is a little below the Queensland figure of 5.0. On average, people here have access to 3.8 amenity types within a 15-minute walk, well below the state average of 4.8.
4.4
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.
3.8
Lower than 57% 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.
35.2%
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.
Walking to nature and transport is easy, with 99.5% of homes near a park and 86% near public transport, both far above the state average. However, access to other needs is much lower, with only 42.2% of homes within a 15-minute walk of groceries and 27.6% near health services.
42.2%
Lower than 59% 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.
86.0%
Higher than 68% 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.
50.0%
Lower than 63% 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.
99.5%
Higher than 83% 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.
27.6%
Lower than 60% 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 113 intersections per square kilometre. The average terrain slope is 6.4%, which is about the same as the Queensland average.
113
Higher than 78% 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.
6.4%
Higher than 78% 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 Cairns - White Rock - Mt Sheridan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/iloc/ILOC30900205/cairns-white-rock-mt-sheridan/topic/walkability
