Hervey Bay · 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 small number of nearby services makes Hervey Bay mostly car-dependent, with a walkability score of 3.0. While most people can easily reach a park, many residents struggle to walk to basic needs like health services or shops. Only 32.4% of homes have the variety of amenities needed for a 15-minute city, which is far below the Queensland figure of 59.1%.
All urban area areas, 2021. The marker is Hervey Bay — mostly car-dependent of areas.
| Hervey Bay | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 4655, QLD | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 5.0 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Hervey Bay 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 mostly car-dependent, scoring 3.0, which is far below the Queensland figure of 5.0. On average, residents have access to only 3.3 amenity types within a 15-minute walk, well below the 4.8 seen across the state.
3.0
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.
3.3
Lower than 89% 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.
32.4%
Lower than 91% 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.
Parks are the easiest to reach, with 86.1% of homes within a 15-minute walk, slightly above the state average. In contrast, access to other needs is poor; 0% of homes are within 10 minutes of public transport and only 18.3% are within 15 minutes of health services, both far below Queensland levels.
54.0%
Lower than 51% 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.
50.9%
Lower than 76% 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.
86.1%
Lower than 61% 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.
18.3%
Lower than 91% 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 is a little flatter than the state average, with a mean slope of 4.3%. There are 56 intersections per square kilometre, and the number of walkable amenities per 1,000 residents is 4.9, which is far below the Queensland figure of 13.4.
4.9
Lower than 99% 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.
56
Higher than 89% 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.
4.3%
Lower than 67% 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 Hervey Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/3009/hervey-bay/topic/walkability
