Home Hill · 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.
Almost completely flat land with a 2.3% slope makes Home Hill an easy place to get around on foot. Most residents can reach a wide range of amenities within 15 minutes, making it somewhat walkable. While daily needs are close by, the area lacks any nearby public transport options.
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Home Hill — somewhat walkable of areas.
| Home Hill | 5.2 |
|---|---|
| 4806, QLD | 2.8 |
| Queensland | 5.0 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Home Hill 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.
A typical home in Home Hill has about 6 types of amenities within a 15-minute walk, which is well above the Queensland figure of 4.8. Because of this, 86.1% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed, far above the state average of 59.1%.
5.2
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.
6.2
Higher than 79% 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.
86.1%
Higher than 78% 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.
Almost every home is within 15 minutes of a park, school, grocery store, or health service, far exceeding Queensland's rates. However, there is a total lack of public transport, with 0% of homes within a 10-minute walk of a stop.
83.7%
Higher than 74% 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.
91.5%
Higher than 80% 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.
99.9%
Higher than 96% 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.
84.6%
Higher than 85% 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.
The town has 113 intersections per square kilometre. There are 13.3 walkable amenities for every 1,000 residents, which is about the same as the Queensland figure of 13.4.
13.3
Lower than 66% 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.
113
Higher than 93% 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.
2.3%
Lower than 94% 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 Home Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315042/home-hill/topic/walkability
