Blackbutt North · 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.
Far fewer amenities are within reach for residents of Blackbutt North compared to other Queensland areas, making the location car-dependent. Only 1% of homes have the basic services and shops associated with a 15-minute-city within a short walk. Most residents must drive to reach essential needs.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Blackbutt North — car-dependent of areas.
| Blackbutt North | 0.1 |
|---|---|
| 4314, QLD | 1.5 |
| Queensland | 5.0 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Blackbutt North 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 Blackbutt North is 0.1, which means it is car-dependent. This is far below the Queensland figure of 5.0, with only 0.1 amenity types available within a 15-minute walk for most people.
0.1
Car-dependent 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.
0.1
Lower than 63% 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.
1.0%
Higher than 58% 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.
Access to essentials is very limited, with 0% of homes within a 10-minute walk of public transport. While some residents can reach cultural sites, 98% of homes are more than 30 minutes away from the nearest school and 100% are over 30 minutes from transport.
1.0%
Higher than 58% 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.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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.
0.5%
Higher than 57% 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.
1.0%
Lower than 67% 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.
0.7%
Higher than 72% 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.
There are 2 intersections per square kilometre in the area. The terrain slope is 6.2%, which is about the same as the Queensland average, but there are no walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, far below the state figure of 13.4.
0.0
Lower than 99% 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.
2
Higher than 59% 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.
6.2%
Higher than 56% 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 Blackbutt North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30273/blackbutt-north/topic/walkability
