Toowoomba - Roma · Indigenous Region
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.
Far fewer homes have easy access to basic services in Toowoomba - Roma compared to the state average, making the area mostly car-dependent. Only 40.4% of homes are within a 15-minute walk of a few local amenities, which is far below the Queensland figure of 59.1%.
All indigenous region areas, 2021. The marker is Toowoomba - Roma — mostly car-dependent of areas.
| Toowoomba - Roma | 3.2 |
|---|---|
| 4489, QLD | 3.3 |
| Queensland | 5.0 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Toowoomba - Roma 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 Toowoomba - Roma is 3.2, which means the area is mostly car-dependent. This is well below the Queensland score of 5.0.
3.2
Mostly car-dependent of indigenous region 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.
3.3
Lower than 78% of indigenous region 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.
40.4%
Lower than 66% of indigenous region 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 60.5% of homes within a 15-minute walk, while health services are the hardest to reach, with only 31.5% of homes nearby. Both figures are far below Queensland averages, and 51% of homes are more than 30 minutes away from health care.
40.7%
Lower than 72% of indigenous region areas.
Share of local homes within a 15-minute walk of groceries or everyday shopping. Homes are counted as addresses (G-NAF), not people.
27.7%
Lower than 58% of indigenous region 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.
46.6%
Lower than 74% of indigenous region areas.
Share of local homes within a 15-minute walk of a school. Homes are counted as addresses (G-NAF), not people.
60.5%
Lower than 85% of indigenous region 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.
31.5%
Lower than 70% of indigenous region 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 average terrain slope is 5.8%, which is about the same as the Queensland figure of 6.0%. There are 0 intersections per square kilometre.
0
Lower than 62% of indigenous region areas.
Walkable street intersections per square kilometre. Denser, better-connected street grids give more direct routes on foot than winding, cul-de-sac layouts.
5.8%
Higher than 74% of indigenous region 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 Toowoomba - Roma [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ireg/IREG306/toowoomba-roma/topic/walkability
