Brisbane Port - Lytton · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
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 little flatter than the state average with a slope of 4.2%, Brisbane Port - Lytton remains car-dependent. Very few residents can reach daily needs on foot, with only 8.7% of homes sitting within a 15-minute walk of a variety of amenities.
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Brisbane Port - Lytton — car-dependent of areas.
| Brisbane Port - Lytton | 1.4 |
|---|---|
| 4178, QLD | 6.8 |
| Queensland | 5.0 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Brisbane Port - Lytton 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 with a walkability score of 1.4, which is far below the Queensland figure of 5.0. On average, residents have access to just 1.2 amenity types within a 15-minute walk.
1.4
Car-dependent of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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.
1.2
Lower than 95% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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.
8.7%
Lower than 94% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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.
Essential services are hard to reach on foot; no homes are within a 15-minute walk of health services, and only 5.7% can walk to groceries in that time. Access to parks is slightly better at 31.4%, though 43% of homes are still more than 30 minutes away from one.
5.7%
Lower than 96% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of local homes within a 15-minute walk of groceries or everyday shopping. Homes are counted as addresses (G-NAF), not people.
23.7%
Lower than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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.
23.9%
Lower than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of local homes within a 15-minute walk of a school. Homes are counted as addresses (G-NAF), not people.
31.4%
Lower than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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.
0.0%
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 are 17 street intersections per square kilometre. While there are 1,500 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, which is far above the state figure, the terrain is slightly flatter than the Queensland average.
1,500.0
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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.
17
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Walkable street intersections per square kilometre. Denser, better-connected street grids give more direct routes on foot than winding, cul-de-sac layouts.
4.2%
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Brisbane Port - Lytton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/301031014/brisbane-port-lytton/topic/walkability
