Macleay Island · 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.
Far fewer homes have easy access to shops and services than in other Queensland areas, making Macleay Island mostly car-dependent. Only 28.2% of households can reach a variety of amenities within a 15-minute walk, which is far below the state figure of 59.1%. This means most residents rely on vehicles for their daily needs.
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Macleay Island — mostly car-dependent of areas.
| Macleay Island | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 4184, QLD | 1.9 |
| Queensland | 5.0 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Macleay Island 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 walkability score of 2.9 marks the area as mostly car-dependent, which is far below the Queensland figure of 5.0. On average, residents have access to only 3.5 amenity types within a 15-minute walk, compared to 4.8 across the state.
2.9
Mostly car-dependent 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.
3.5
Lower than 66% 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.
28.2%
Lower than 63% 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.
Parks are the easiest to reach, with 71.8% of homes within a 15-minute walk. In contrast, public transport is the hardest to access, as only 3.6% of homes are within a 10-minute walk and 62% are more than 30 minutes away.
42.9%
Lower than 59% 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.
3.6%
Lower than 70% 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.
37.2%
Lower than 71% 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.
71.8%
Lower than 75% 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.
21.9%
Higher than 50% 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 area has 47 street intersections per square kilometre and a terrain slope of 6.7%, which is about the same as the state average. There are 11.6 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, a little below the Queensland figure of 13.4.
11.6
Lower than 72% 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.
47
Higher than 70% 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.
6.7%
Higher than 75% 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 Macleay Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315055/macleay-island/topic/walkability
