Algester · Suburb / Locality
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.
Almost every home in Algester is within a 15-minute walk of a park, school or transport, though health services are slightly harder to reach. The suburb is very walkable, with 90.5% of homes having a 15-minute-city walkshed, a figure far above the Queensland average of 59.1%. Most residents can easily reach daily essentials on foot.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Algester — very walkable of areas.
| Algester | 6.3 |
|---|---|
| 4115, QLD | 5.5 |
| Queensland | 5.0 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Algester 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 for Algester is 6.3, which makes it very walkable and a little above the Queensland figure of 5.0. On average, there are 6.4 different types of amenities within a 15-minute walk, well above the state average of 4.8.
6.3
Very walkable of suburb / locality 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.
6.4
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality 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.
90.5%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality 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.
Walking access is strongest for parks, with 100% of homes within 15 minutes, and public transport, where 95.9% of homes are close by. This is far above state figures. However, health services are the least accessible, with 46.8% of homes within a 15-minute walk, which is a little below the Queensland average.
83.3%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of local homes within a 15-minute walk of groceries or everyday shopping. Homes are counted as addresses (G-NAF), not people.
95.9%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality 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.
93.7%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of local homes within a 15-minute walk of a school. Homes are counted as addresses (G-NAF), not people.
100.0%
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality 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.
46.8%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality 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 in Algester is about the same as the rest of the state, with a typical slope of 5.8%. There are 136 intersections per square kilometre, and there are 9.0 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, which is well below the Queensland figure of 13.4.
9.0
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality 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.
136
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality 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 51% of suburb / locality 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 Algester [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30032/algester/topic/walkability
