Townview · 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 9.3% of homes in Townview pass the 15-minute-city test, a figure far below the Queensland average of 59.1%. While every home is within a 15-minute walk of a park or school, most residents are mostly car-dependent for other daily needs. This creates a stark gap between easy access to greenery and the difficulty of reaching shops or health services on foot.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Townview — mostly car-dependent of areas.
| Townview | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 4825 crosses QLD/NT | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 5.0 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Townview 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 is considered mostly car-dependent with a walkability score of 2.5, which is far below the Queensland figure of 5.0. On average, residents can reach only 2.4 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.
2.4
Higher than 68% 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.
9.3%
Higher than 65% 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.
Everyone here can walk to a park or school within 15 minutes, but 0% of homes are within a 10-minute walk of public transport. Access to essentials is limited, with only 12.1% of homes near groceries and 9.7% near health services, both of which are far below state figures.
12.1%
Higher than 66% 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.
0.0%
Lower 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.
100.0%
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.
9.7%
Higher than 74% 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.
Townview has 79 intersections per square kilometre and a typical terrain slope of 3.9%, which is a little below the Queensland average of 6.0%. There are 1.9 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, far below the state figure of 13.4.
1.9
Lower than 80% 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.
79
Higher than 83% 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.
3.9%
Lower 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 Townview [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32868/townview/topic/walkability
