Table 11.

Median and interquartile range of distance (m) to closest supermarket, by city and by data source (ordered by median difference).

City	Median [Interquartile range] of distance (m) to closest supermarket for residential addresses
	State/Territory	Major chain supermarkets (web scraped)	OpenStreetMap-derived	Difference (Major Chain - OpenStreetMap)	Combined (Closest of either)
Sunshine Coast	Queensland	1,284 [785–1,961]	2,022 [1,187–3,487]	−203 [−1,677, 10]	1,213 [732–1,799]
Wollongong	New South Wales	1,493 [942–2,124]	2,254 [1,265–3,669]	−198 [−1,874, 26]	1,379 [859–2,031]
Townsville	Queensland	1,543 [980–2,367]	2,081 [1,227–4,185]	−154 [−1,233, 6]	1,507 [928–2,338]
Cairns	Queensland	1,595 [1,023–2,434]	2,078 [1,236–3,252]	−123 [−1,084, 74]	1,418 [863–2,117]
Gold Coast – Tweed Heads	Queensland - New South Wales	1,454 [940–2,183]	1,751 [1,135–2,762]	−85 [−558, 14]	1,350 [866–2,047]
Perth	Western Australia	1,207 [806–1,740]	1,587 [988–2,507]	−76 [−773, 8]	1,157 [765–1,682]
Brisbane	Queensland	1,286 [825–1,904]	1,531 [959–2,379]	−53 [−381, 45]	1,184 [753–1,760]
Newcastle - Maitland	New South Wales	1,408 [857–2,161]	1,647 [991–2,703]	−31 [−300, 29]	1,360 [815–2,082]
Albury – Wodonga	New South Wales - Victoria	1,388 [905–1,998]	1,497 [973–2,397]	−22 [−174, 52]	1,292 [848–1,916]
Sydney	New South Wales	1,188 [762–1,746]	1,378 [855–2,057]	−20 [−232, 40]	1,111 [698–1,647]
Melbourne	Victoria	1,151 [742–1,677]	1,269 [809–1,882]	−12 [−171, 55]	1,068 [680–1,567]
Geelong	Victoria	1,237 [790–1,844]	1,273 [809–1,990]	−10 [−76, 34]	1,151 [719–1,770]
Darwin	Northern Territory	1,508 [965–2,264]	1,459 [968–2,068]	−9 [−95, 200]	1,340 [852–1,968]
Hobart	Tasmania	1,597 [895–2,672]	1,613 [874–2,706]	−9 [−104, 110]	1,366 [762–2,243]
Toowoomba	Queensland	1,546 [1,002–2,301]	1,336 [868–2,159]	0 [−76, 122]	1,207 [786–2,005]
Ballarat	Victoria	1,378 [898–1,993]	1,369 [898–1,965]	0 [−47, 52]	1,285 [830–1,847]
Canberra	Australian Capital Territory	1,222 [823–1,701]	1,105 [739–1,575]	8 [−94, 164]	1,001 [668–1,398]
Launceston	Tasmania	1,047 [684–1,616]	855 [551–1,254]	14 [−14, 271]	834 [528–1,234]
Adelaide	South Australia	1,281 [847–1,879]	1,193 [771–1,771]	19 [−96, 328]	1,029 [679–1,458]
Mackay	Queensland	1,595 [1,005–2,807]	1,454 [868–2,231]	23 [−98, 265]	1,359 [808–2,104]
Bendigo	Victoria	2,098 [1,324–3,115]	1,704 [1,092–2,567]	99 [−42, 412]	1,660 [1,053–2,528]
Total		1,241 [800–1,836]	1,398 [876–2,150]	−22 [−240, 56]	1,134 [722–1,683]