Cairns - Atherton · 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.
Fewer than half of all homes in Cairns - Atherton are within a 15-minute walk of the services they need. This makes the area somewhat walkable, though it sits well below the Queensland average. While many people can easily reach a park, access to health services and schools is much more limited.
All indigenous region areas, 2021. The marker is Cairns - Atherton — somewhat walkable of areas.
| Cairns - Atherton | 4.0 |
|---|---|
| 4892, QLD | 1.7 |
| Queensland | 5.0 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Cairns - Atherton 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 walkability score of 4.0 means the area is somewhat walkable, which is well below the state figure of 5.0. Only 46.9% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed, a result far below the 59.1% seen across Queensland.
4.0
Somewhat walkable 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.
3.9
Higher than 53% 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.
46.9%
Higher than 52% 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 76% of homes within a 15-minute walk. However, access to other needs is far below state levels, with only 33.9% of homes within a 15-minute walk of health services and 48.1% near a school.
48.9%
Higher than 51% 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.
46.8%
Higher than 53% 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.
48.1%
Lower than 72% 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.
76.0%
Higher than 56% 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.
33.9%
Lower than 62% 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 typical terrain slope here is 5.9%, which is about the same as the Queensland average. There are 0 intersections per square kilometre across the street network.
0
Lower than 54% 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.
5.9%
Higher than 75% 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 Cairns - Atherton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ireg/IREG309/cairns-atherton/topic/walkability
