Townsville - Mackay · 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 the homes in Townsville - Mackay have a 15-minute-city walkshed, which is far below the Queensland figure. This makes the area mostly car-dependent, with a walkability score of 3.9. Residents generally have better access to parks than to essential services like health clinics or grocery stores.
All indigenous region areas, 2021. The marker is Townsville - Mackay — mostly car-dependent of areas.
| Townsville - Mackay | 3.9 |
|---|---|
| 4820, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 5.0 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Townsville - Mackay 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 of 3.9 means the area is mostly car-dependent, which is well below the Queensland figure of 5.0. Only 45% of homes have the amenities needed for a 15-minute-city walkshed, a gap of 14 points compared to the state average.
3.9
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.
3.9
Lower than 51% 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.
45.0%
Lower than 57% 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 76.5% of homes within a 15-minute walk, though this is still well below the state. Health services are the hardest to reach, with only 36.1% of homes within a 15-minute walk, far below the Queensland figure.
46.3%
Lower than 56% 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.
49.4%
Higher than 55% 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.
51.0%
Lower than 66% 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.
76.5%
Higher than 58% 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.
36.1%
Lower than 55% 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 mean terrain slope is 4.6%, which is a little below the Queensland average. There are 0 intersections per square kilometre for street connectivity.
0
Lower than 53% 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.
4.6%
Higher than 52% 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 Townsville - Mackay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ireg/IREG310/townsville-mackay/topic/walkability
