Tolga · 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.
No homes in Tolga pass the 15-minute-city test, meaning no one can reach five of the eight main amenity types on foot. The area is car-dependent, with a walkability score of 1.9, which is far below the Queensland figure of 5.0. While some residents are close to schools, most lack easy walking access to basic services.
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Tolga — car-dependent of areas.
| Tolga | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| 4882, QLD | 0.9 |
| Queensland | 5.0 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Tolga 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 1.9 makes Tolga car-dependent, far below the Queensland figure of 5.0. Only 2.9 amenity types are within a 15-minute walk, which is far below the state average of 4.8.
1.9
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.
2.9
Lower than 73% 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.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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.
Access is mixed, with 80.8% of homes within a 15-minute walk of a school—far above the Queensland figure of 61.3%—but 0% of homes are within a similar walk of groceries, health services, or public transport. About 51.8% of homes are within a 15-minute walk of a park, which is far below the state figure of 84%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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.
80.8%
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.
51.8%
Lower than 83% 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.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 19 intersections per square kilometre and a mean terrain slope of 5.0%, which is about the same as the Queensland average of 6.0%. There are 4.7 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, far below the state figure of 13.4.
4.7
Lower than 90% 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.
19
Lower than 71% 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.
5.0%
Higher than 55% 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 Tolga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321106/tolga/topic/walkability
