Maleny · 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.
A high number of local amenities per person makes Maleny a place where many services are close by, though the area is only somewhat walkable. Most residents can easily reach a park or health clinic on foot, but public transport is completely out of reach for everyone.
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Maleny — somewhat walkable of areas.
| Maleny | 4.2 |
|---|---|
| 4552, QLD | 2.0 |
| Queensland | 5.0 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Maleny 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 Maleny is 4.2, which is considered somewhat walkable and a little below the Queensland figure of 5.0. Around 55.8% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed, which is well below the state average.
4.2
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.
4.7
Higher than 52% 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.
55.8%
Lower than 52% 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 a park is very easy, with 99.5% of homes within 15 minutes, and health services are far more accessible than the state average. In contrast, no one can walk to public transport, and access to schools and groceries is far below or well below Queensland levels.
51.9%
Lower than 56% 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.
46.9%
Lower than 65% 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.
99.5%
Higher than 84% 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.
76.9%
Higher than 79% 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 terrain in Maleny is steeper than most of Queensland, with a mean slope of 10.3%. There are 159 intersections per square kilometre, and the area has 26.2 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, which is far above the state figure.
26.2
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.
159
Higher than 99% 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.
10.3%
Higher than 91% 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 Maleny [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315057/maleny/topic/walkability
