Warwick · 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.
Only 39.8% of homes in Warwick are within a 15-minute walk of local amenities, making it far less walkable than the Queensland average. The area is mostly car-dependent, with a walkability score of 3.3. While schools are relatively accessible, other essential services and public transport are much harder to reach on foot.
All urban area areas, 2021. The marker is Warwick — mostly car-dependent of areas.
| Warwick | 3.3 |
|---|---|
| 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.
The walkability score for Warwick is 3.3, which means the area is mostly car-dependent. This is well below the Queensland figure of 5.0, and residents have far fewer amenity types within a 15-minute walk than the state average.
3.3
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.
3.6
Lower than 85% 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.
39.8%
Lower than 81% 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 school is common, with 63.3% of homes within 15 minutes, slightly above the state figure. However, access to other needs is much lower; for example, 0% of homes are within 10 minutes of public transport, and only 39.2% can reach health services in 15 minutes.
48.3%
Lower than 67% 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.
63.3%
Lower than 52% 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.
76.3%
Lower than 81% 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.
39.2%
Lower than 56% 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 in Warwick is about the same as the Queensland average, with a mean slope of 5.2%. There are 17 street intersections per square kilometre, and the number of walkable amenities per 1,000 residents is a little below the state average.
11.2
Lower than 85% 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.
17
Lower than 58% 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.
5.2%
Higher than 52% 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 Warwick [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/3018/warwick/topic/walkability
