Holland Park West · 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.
Only about half of residents in Holland Park West can walk to health services, though almost every other local amenity is within reach. This makes the area very walkable, with 94.5% of homes sitting in a 15-minute-city walkshed, a figure far above the Queensland average of 59.1%.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Holland Park West — very walkable of areas.
| Holland Park West | 7.0 |
|---|---|
| 4121, QLD | 7.4 |
| Queensland | 5.0 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Holland Park West 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 the area is 7.0, which is considered very walkable and well above the Queensland figure of 5.0. On average, residents have 7.1 different types of amenities within a 15-minute walk.
7.0
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.
7.1
Higher than 95% 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.
94.5%
Higher than 97% 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 excellent, with 99.9% of homes within a 10-minute walk of public transport and 100% within 15 minutes of a park. This is far above Queensland averages, though health services are the least accessible, with only 51.3% of homes within a 15-minute walk.
90.1%
Higher than 95% 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.
99.9%
Higher 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.
99.7%
Higher than 99% 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 99% 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.
51.3%
Higher than 84% 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 local terrain is a little steeper than the Queensland average, with a mean slope of 8.4%. There are 179 street intersections per square kilometre, and the area has 10.8 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, which is a little below the state figure of 13.4.
10.8
Lower than 57% 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.
179
Higher than 89% 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.
8.4%
Higher than 73% 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 Holland Park West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31347/holland-park-west/topic/walkability
