Coombabah · 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.
Public transport and parks are incredibly close for most people in Coombabah, but very few homes have a full range of services within reach. While the area is considered somewhat walkable, only 13% of homes have the variety of amenities needed for a 15-minute city, which is far below the Queensland figure of 59.1%.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Coombabah — somewhat walkable of areas.
| Coombabah | 4.3 |
|---|---|
| 4216, QLD | 5.3 |
| Queensland | 5.0 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Coombabah 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.
Coombabah has a walkability score of 4.3, making it somewhat walkable. This is a little below the Queensland figure of 5.0, and residents have well fewer amenity types within a 15-minute walk than the state average.
4.3
Somewhat 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.
3.7
Higher than 76% 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.
13.0%
Higher than 68% 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 is easiest for transport and nature, with 98.3% of homes near public transport and 99.9% near a park, both far above state levels. However, groceries are a major gap, with only 2.2% of homes within a 15-minute walk, far below the 60.6% seen across Queensland.
2.2%
Higher than 59% 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.
98.3%
Higher than 94% 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.
69.1%
Higher than 82% 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.
99.9%
Higher than 97% 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.
52.2%
Higher than 85% 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 Coombabah is a little flatter than the Queensland average, with a mean slope of 3.5%. There are 60 intersections per square kilometre, but the number of walkable amenities per 1,000 residents is far below the state figure.
8.3
Lower than 63% 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.
60
Higher than 80% 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.
3.5%
Lower than 79% 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 Coombabah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30687/coombabah/topic/walkability
