Gold Coast - Tweed Heads · 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.
Nearly 69% of homes in Gold Coast - Tweed Heads pass the 15-minute-city test, which is well above the Queensland figure. This makes the area very walkable, with the typical resident having access to more types of local amenities within a short walk than people in the rest of the state.
All urban area areas, 2021. The marker is Gold Coast - Tweed Heads — very walkable of areas.
| Gold Coast - Tweed Heads | 6.0 |
|---|---|
| 4228, QLD | 0.6 |
| Queensland | 5.0 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Gold Coast - Tweed Heads 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 Gold Coast - Tweed Heads is 6.0, making it very walkable. This is a little above the Queensland figure of 5.0, and residents typically have access to 5.5 different types of amenities within a 15-minute walk.
6.0
Very walkable 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.
5.5
Higher than 78% 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.
68.5%
Higher than 80% 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.
Access to transport and nature is a major strength, with 85.9% of homes within 10 minutes of public transport and 94% near a park. However, schools are harder to reach on foot, as only 54.8% of homes are within a 15-minute walk, which is well below the state average.
70.4%
Higher than 84% 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.
85.9%
Higher than 62% 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.
54.8%
Lower than 72% 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.
94.0%
Higher than 77% 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.
54.0%
Higher than 86% 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.
The terrain slope is 6.7%, which is about the same as the Queensland average of 6.0%. There are 52 street intersections per square kilometre, and the area has 13.5 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents.
13.5
Lower than 64% 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.
52
Higher than 87% 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.
6.7%
Higher than 77% 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 Gold Coast - Tweed Heads [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/3007/gold-coast-tweed-heads/topic/walkability
