Tambo · 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 home in Tambo is within a 15-minute walk of health services, even though most other daily needs are close by. This contrast defines the area's walkability, where 95.8% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed, a figure far above the Queensland average of 59.1%. Overall, the area is considered somewhat walkable.
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Tambo — somewhat walkable of areas.
| Tambo | 5.3 |
|---|---|
| 4478, QLD | 2.9 |
| Queensland | 5.0 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Tambo 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.
Tambo's walkability score is 5.3, which is about the same as the Queensland figure of 5.0. On average, residents have access to 5.8 different types of amenities within a 15-minute walk, which is a little above the state average.
5.3
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.
5.8
Higher than 71% 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.
95.8%
Higher than 92% 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.
Most locals can easily reach groceries, schools, and parks, with 93.8% to 96.3% of homes within a 15-minute walk of these spots—all far above the state average. However, public transport is non-existent here, with 0% of homes within a 10-minute walk, a gap far below the Queensland figure of 63.7%.
96.3%
Higher than 91% 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.
93.8%
Higher than 84% 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.
96.3%
Higher than 63% 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 terrain in Tambo is very flat, with a mean slope of 2.3%, which is well below the Queensland average of 6.0%. There are 17 intersections per square kilometre, and the area has 67.1 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, which is far above the state figure of 13.4.
67.1
Higher than 94% 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.
17
Lower than 74% 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 93% 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 Tambo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322115/tambo/topic/walkability
