Bentley Park · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Walkability in Bentley Park

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 30% of homes in Bentley Park are within a 15-minute walk of groceries, which is far below the Queensland figure. While many residents can easily walk to parks and public transport, the area is only somewhat walkable overall because essential shops and health services are often too far away.

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📍 Bentley Park, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Where Bentley Park sits — Walkability score

4.3 Somewhat walkable
  • 0.0–0.4: 41 areas
  • 0.4–0.7: 31 areas
  • 0.7–1.1: 51 areas
  • 1.1–1.4: 56 areas
  • 1.4–1.8: 55 areas
  • 1.8–2.1: 65 areas
  • 2.1–2.5: 78 areas
  • 2.5–2.9: 65 areas
  • 2.9–3.2: 93 areas
  • 3.2–3.6: 90 areas
  • 3.6–3.9: 82 areas
  • 3.9–4.3: 119 areas
  • 4.3–4.6: 122 areas
  • 4.6–5.0: 113 areas
  • 5.0–5.4: 127 areas
  • 5.4–5.7: 140 areas
  • 5.7–6.1: 127 areas
  • 6.1–6.4: 149 areas
  • 6.4–6.8: 137 areas
  • 6.8–7.1: 130 areas
  • 7.1–7.5: 121 areas
  • 7.5–7.9: 99 areas
  • 7.9–8.2: 79 areas
  • 8.2–8.6: 103 areas
  • 8.6–8.9: 69 areas
  • 8.9–9.3: 52 areas
  • 9.3–9.6: 44 areas
  • 9.6–10.0: 15 areas

All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Bentley Park — somewhat walkable of areas.

Walkability score compared with the state and national average
Bentley Park4.3
4869, QLD 4.3
Queensland 5.0

Walking times to everyday amenities

Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Bentley Park by walking time to the nearest amenity of each type, on an elevation-aware pedestrian network. How we calculate this →

The score

The overall walkability score and how much of daily life is a short walk away.

The area has a walkability score of 4.3, making it somewhat walkable. This is a little below the Queensland figure, and only 30.3% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed, which is far below the state average.

4.3

Somewhat walkable 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.

3.7

Lower than 72% 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.

30.3%

Lower than 79% 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.

What's in walking distance

How many homes can walk to groceries, transport, schools, parks and health services.

Access to parks and transport is excellent, with 99.5% of homes within a 15-minute walk of a park and 84.6% near public transport. However, the area struggles with essential services; only 29.8% of homes can walk to groceries and 28.1% to health services within 15 minutes, both far below Queensland levels.

Streets & terrain

Amenity density, how well the streets connect, and how hilly the walk is.

The terrain has a mean slope of 6.0%, which is about the same as the Queensland average. There are 87 intersections per square kilometre, while the number of walkable amenities per 1,000 residents is far below the state figure.

8.1

Lower than 88% 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.

6.0%

Higher than 60% 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.

Sources

  • Walkability (OpenStreetMap, GTFS, ACARA & G-NAF, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, state transport agencies, ACARA & Geoscape Australia, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Walkability in Bentley Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/306021144/bentley-park/topic/walkability