Townsville - Southern Rangelands · 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 mean terrain slope of 5.7% is about the same as the Queensland figure, but Townsville - Southern Rangelands remains car-dependent. Most residents lack easy access to daily needs on foot, with a walkability score of 1.7 and only 19.3% of homes within a 15-minute walk of a variety of amenities.
All indigenous location areas, 2021. The marker is Townsville - Southern Rangelands — car-dependent of areas.
| Townsville - Southern Rangelands | 1.7 |
|---|---|
| 4816, QLD | 0.8 |
| Queensland | 5.0 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Townsville - Southern Rangelands 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 area is car-dependent, scoring 1.7, which is far below the Queensland figure of 5.0. Only 1.8 amenity types are typically within a 15-minute walk, far below the state average of 4.8.
1.7
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.
1.8
Lower than 80% 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.
19.3%
Lower than 74% 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 services is very limited; only 2.5% of homes are within 10 minutes of public transport, far below the 63.7% seen across Queensland. While parks are the most common nearby amenity, 77% of homes are more than 30 minutes away from the nearest school.
25.4%
Lower than 72% 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.
2.5%
Lower than 70% 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.
15.2%
Lower than 83% 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.
47.6%
Lower than 73% 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.
15.4%
Lower than 72% 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.
There is 1 intersection per square kilometre. The terrain slope is 5.7%, which is about the same as the state average of 6.0%.
1
Lower 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.
5.7%
Higher than 69% 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 Townsville - Southern Rangelands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/iloc/ILOC31001402/townsville-southern-rangelands/topic/walkability
