South Burnett · Council (LGA)
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 25.6% of homes in South Burnett have a range of services within a 15-minute walk, making the area very reliant on cars. Most residents live far from essential amenities, with a walkability score of 1.9 that classifies the region as car-dependent.
All council (lga) areas, 2021. The marker is South Burnett — car-dependent of areas.
| South Burnett | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Qld | 4.2 |
| Queensland | 5.0 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in South Burnett 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 typical 15-minute walk here reaches only 2.1 amenity types, which is far below the Queensland figure of 4.8. This reflects a general lack of nearby services for the majority of the population.
1.9
Car-dependent of council (lga) 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.
2.1
Lower than 88% of council (lga) 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.
25.6%
Lower than 86% of council (lga) 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 basics is limited, with no homes within a 10-minute walk of public transport and only 23.9% near health services, both far below state levels. While parks are the most accessible amenity at 42%, a huge 64% of homes are more than 30 minutes away from health services.
27.7%
Lower than 83% of council (lga) areas.
Share of local homes within a 15-minute walk of groceries or everyday shopping. Homes are counted as addresses (G-NAF), not people.
0.0%
Lower than 99% of council (lga) 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.
34.2%
Lower than 81% of council (lga) areas.
Share of local homes within a 15-minute walk of a school. Homes are counted as addresses (G-NAF), not people.
42.0%
Lower than 87% of council (lga) 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.
23.9%
Lower than 76% of council (lga) 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. There are 13.7 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents and 0 intersections per square kilometre.
13.7
Lower than 73% of council (lga) areas.
Walkable amenities — shops, cafés, parks, health services, schools, cultural and community places, everyday services and public-transport stops — per 1,000 residents. Measures how much is around, apart from how far it is to walk there.
0
Lower than 59% of council (lga) 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 67% of council (lga) 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 South Burnett [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA36630/south-burnett/topic/walkability
