Palmwoods · 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 homes have easy access to health services and shops compared to the state average, though Palmwoods remains somewhat walkable. Only 31.1% of residents can walk to health services within 15 minutes, which is far below the Queensland figure of 47.8%. While parks are widely available, other essential services are much harder to reach on foot.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Palmwoods — somewhat walkable of areas.
| Palmwoods | 4.1 |
|---|---|
| 4555, QLD | 3.5 |
| Queensland | 5.0 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Palmwoods 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 area's walkability score is 4.1, which is considered somewhat walkable. This is a little below the Queensland figure of 5.0, and far fewer homes here have a 15-minute-city walkshed than in the rest of the state.
4.1
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.
4.0
Higher than 78% 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.
35.6%
Higher than 76% 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 85.3% of homes within a 15-minute walk. In contrast, access to groceries is far below the state average, with only 46.6% of homes within a 15-minute walk of food.
46.6%
Higher than 79% 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.
60.4%
Higher than 76% 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.
53.9%
Higher than 77% 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.
85.3%
Higher than 77% 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.
31.1%
Higher than 79% 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 is a little steeper than the Queensland average, with a mean slope of 8.1%. There are 24 intersections per square kilometre and 42.5 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, which is far above the state figure.
42.5
Higher than 78% 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.
24
Higher than 74% 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.
8.1%
Higher than 71% 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 Palmwoods [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32265/palmwoods/topic/walkability
