Emerald · Urban Area
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.
A gentle terrain slope of 3% makes Emerald easier to walk than the Queensland average, yet the area remains mostly car-dependent. While many homes are near schools and parks, a walkability score of 3.8 reflects a lack of nearby daily services. This means most residents still rely on vehicles for their primary needs.
All urban area areas, 2021. The marker is Emerald — mostly car-dependent of areas.
| Emerald | 3.8 |
|---|---|
| 4720, QLD | 3.4 |
| Queensland | 5.0 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Emerald 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.
Fewer than half of all homes (49.6%) have a 15-minute-city walkshed, which is well below the Queensland figure of 59.1%. On average, there are 4.1 amenity types within a 15-minute walk, a little below the state average.
3.8
Mostly car-dependent of urban area 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.
4.1
Lower than 72% of urban area 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.
49.6%
Lower than 60% of urban area 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.
Walking to parks and schools is common, with 92.7% of homes near a park and 77.2% near a school, both far above the state average. However, access is much poorer for other needs; only 46.7% of homes are within 15 minutes of groceries and 0% are near public transport.
46.7%
Lower than 72% of urban area 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 urban area 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.
77.2%
Higher than 83% of urban area areas.
Share of local homes within a 15-minute walk of a school. Homes are counted as addresses (G-NAF), not people.
92.7%
Higher than 70% of urban area 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.
36.5%
Lower than 65% of urban area 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.
There are 49 intersections per square kilometre in Emerald. The number of walkable amenities per 1,000 residents is 11.0, which is a little below the Queensland average of 13.4.
11.0
Lower than 86% of urban area 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.
49
Higher than 86% of urban area areas.
Walkable street intersections per square kilometre. Denser, better-connected street grids give more direct routes on foot than winding, cul-de-sac layouts.
3.0%
Lower than 90% of urban area 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 Emerald [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/3005/emerald/topic/walkability
