Warwick · 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.
No homes in Warwick are within a 10-minute walk of public transport, a stark contrast to the rest of the state. While the town is mostly car-dependent, many residents can still reach schools, parks, and shops on foot. This creates a mixed experience where basic needs are often accessible, but transit is entirely out of reach.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Warwick — mostly car-dependent of areas.
| Warwick | 3.9 |
|---|---|
| 4370, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 5.0 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Warwick 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.
Warwick is mostly car-dependent with a walkability score of 3.9, which is well below the Queensland figure of 5.0. Only 49.1% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed, well below the state average of 59.1%.
3.9
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.
4.3
Higher than 79% 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.
49.1%
Higher than 79% 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 schools is a highlight, with 74.9% of homes within a 15-minute walk, far above the Queensland figure. Most people can also reach parks (84.9%) and groceries (59.7%) within 15 minutes, though 100% of homes are more than 30 minutes from public transport.
59.7%
Higher than 82% 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.
74.9%
Higher than 84% 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.
84.9%
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.
48.4%
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 area has 72 intersections per square kilometre and a typical terrain slope of 4.9%, which is a little below the Queensland average. There are 13.3 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, about the same as the state figure.
13.3
Lower than 51% 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.
72
Higher than 82% 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.
4.9%
Lower than 59% 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 Warwick [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33000/warwick/topic/walkability
