Pallara · 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.
Zero homes in Pallara are within a 15-minute walk of health services, highlighting a significant gap in local access. While almost 89% of residents can walk to a park, the area is generally mostly car-dependent for almost everything else. Only 13.3% of homes have a variety of amenities within a 15-minute walk, which is far below the Queensland figure of 59.1%.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Pallara — mostly car-dependent of areas.
| Pallara | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 4110, QLD | 4.6 |
| Queensland | 5.0 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Pallara 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 Pallara is 2.5, meaning it is mostly car-dependent. This is far below the Queensland figure of 5.0, with residents having access to only 2.3 types of amenities within a 15-minute walk compared to 4.8 across the state.
2.5
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.
2.3
Higher than 67% 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.
13.3%
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.
Parks are the most accessible amenity, with 88.8% of homes nearby—well above the state average. In contrast, access to essentials is poor; only 13.5% of homes are within a 15-minute walk of groceries, and 46.1% can reach public transport in that time, both far below Queensland levels.
13.5%
Higher than 67% 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.
46.1%
Higher than 72% 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.
37.1%
Higher than 71% 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.
88.8%
Higher than 79% 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.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 61 intersections per square kilometre and a terrain slope of 4.4%, which is a little below the Queensland average of 6.0%. There are 9.6 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, a figure that is well below the state average of 13.4.
9.6
Lower than 60% 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.
61
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.
4.4%
Lower than 66% 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 Pallara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32255/pallara/topic/walkability
