Tamborine - Canungra · 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.
Zero homes in Tamborine - Canungra are within a 10-minute walk of public transport, highlighting a massive gap in accessibility compared to the rest of the state. Most residents rely on cars to get around, as the typical home has very few amenities within a 15-minute walk.
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Tamborine - Canungra — car-dependent of areas.
| Tamborine - Canungra | 1.7 |
|---|---|
| 4275, QLD | 1.2 |
| Queensland | 5.0 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Tamborine - Canungra 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 1.7, which is far below the Queensland figure of 5.0. Only 19.4% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed, also far below the state average of 59.1%.
1.7
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.
1.8
Lower than 91% 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.
19.4%
Lower than 88% 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.
Access to basic needs is limited; for example, just 11.2% of homes are within a 15-minute walk of a school and 23.3% are near groceries. Parks are the most accessible amenity, with 52% of homes within a 15-minute walk, while 100% of residents live more than 30 minutes from public transport.
23.3%
Lower than 85% 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.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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.
11.2%
Lower than 94% 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.
52.0%
Lower than 86% 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.
17.6%
Lower than 77% 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.
The terrain is quite steep, with a mean slope of 11.8%, which is well above the Queensland figure of 6.0%. There are 2 intersections per square kilometre, and there are 13.2 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, about the same as the state average.
13.2
Lower than 55% 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.
2
Lower than 85% 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.
11.8%
Higher than 95% 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 Tamborine - Canungra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/309041242/tamborine-canungra/topic/walkability
