Remainder of State/Territory · 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.
Only 2.9% of homes in Remainder of State/Territory (Qld) pass the 15-minute-city test, a figure far below the Queensland average of 59.1%. This makes the area heavily car-dependent, with a walkability score of 0.5. Most residents live far from the basic services they need for daily life.
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Remainder of State/Territory — car-dependent of areas.
| Remainder of State/Territory | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| 4730, QLD | 3.4 |
| Queensland | 5.0 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Remainder of State/Territory 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 this area is 0.5, which is car-dependent and far below the Queensland figure of 5.0. On average, there are only 0.5 amenity types within a 15-minute walk, compared to 4.8 across the state.
0.5
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.
0.5
Lower than 96% 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.
2.9%
Lower than 71% 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.
Daily destinations are mostly out of reach, with 95% of homes more than 30 minutes' walk from health services. Access to parks is the strongest, though only 16.1% of homes are within a 15-minute walk, which is far below the state's 84%.
3.7%
Lower than 70% 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.
2.1%
Lower than 71% 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.
8.2%
Lower than 82% 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.
16.1%
Lower than 95% 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.
1.6%
Lower than 57% 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 average terrain slope is 7.5%, a little above the Queensland figure of 6.0%. There are 13.7 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, which is about the same as the state average, and there are 0 intersections per square kilometre.
13.7
Lower than 65% 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.
0
Lower 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.
7.5%
Higher than 81% 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 Remainder of State/Territory [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL331001/remainder-of-state-territory/topic/walkability
