Babinda · Urban Centre
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.
Zero homes are within a short walk of public transport, which is the biggest gap in Babinda's otherwise accessible layout. Most residents can easily reach schools, health services, and shops on foot, making the area somewhat walkable. About 67% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed, a figure well above the Queensland average.
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Babinda — somewhat walkable of areas.
| Babinda | 4.8 |
|---|---|
| 4861, QLD | 3.0 |
| Queensland | 5.0 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Babinda 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 rated as somewhat walkable with a score of 4.8, which is about the same as the Queensland figure of 5.0. Residents have an average of 5.1 amenity types within a 15-minute walk.
4.8
Somewhat walkable of urban centre 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.
5.1
Higher than 58% of urban centre 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.
67.4%
Higher than 56% of urban centre 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 schools, groceries, and health services is far easier here than in the rest of the state, with over 67% of homes within a 15-minute walk of each. However, access to parks is well below the state average, and the complete lack of nearby public transport is a major outlier.
70.7%
Higher than 60% of urban centre 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 centre 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.
81.1%
Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.
Share of local homes within a 15-minute walk of a school. Homes are counted as addresses (G-NAF), not people.
74.4%
Lower than 74% of urban centre 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.
67.6%
Higher than 73% of urban centre 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.
Babinda has 26.1 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, which is far above the Queensland figure. The terrain slope is 6.3%, about the same as the state average, and there are 24 intersections per square kilometre.
26.1
Higher than 67% of urban centre 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.
24
Lower than 63% of urban centre areas.
Walkable street intersections per square kilometre. Denser, better-connected street grids give more direct routes on foot than winding, cul-de-sac layouts.
6.3%
Higher than 71% of urban centre 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 Babinda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315005/babinda/topic/walkability
