Lowood · 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 people can reach local services on foot in Lowood than in other Queensland areas. Most residents are mostly car-dependent, with only 40% of homes having a 15-minute-city walkshed, which is far below the state figure of 59.1%. This makes the area much less walkable than the typical Queensland suburb.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Lowood — mostly car-dependent of areas.
| Lowood | 3.6 |
|---|---|
| 4311, QLD | 1.6 |
| Queensland | 5.0 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Lowood 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.
Lowood has a walkability score of 3.6, meaning it is mostly car-dependent. This is well below the Queensland figure of 5.0, with residents having access to only 3.8 amenity types within a 15-minute walk compared to 4.8 across the state.
3.6
Mostly 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.
3.8
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.
40.0%
Higher than 77% 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 far below the state average; for example, only 24.9% of homes are within a 10-minute walk of public transport. While 71.5% of people can walk to a park in 15 minutes, just 41% can reach groceries and 40.6% can reach a school in that time.
41.0%
Higher than 77% 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.
24.9%
Higher than 65% 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.
40.6%
Higher than 72% 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.
71.5%
Higher than 70% 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.
40.4%
Higher than 82% 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 area has 13 street intersections per square kilometre and a mean terrain slope of 5.7%, which is about the same as the Queensland average. There are 12 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, a little below the state figure of 13.4.
12.0
Lower than 54% 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.
13
Higher than 72% 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.
5.7%
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 Lowood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31700/lowood/topic/walkability
