Monash · Indigenous Area
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 gentle slope of 4.5% makes Monash a very walkable area. Almost every home here is part of a 15-minute city, with 96.7% of residents able to reach a variety of local services on foot. This puts the area a little above the Victorian average for walkability.
All indigenous area areas, 2021. The marker is Monash — very walkable of areas.
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Monash 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 area is rated as very walkable, with a score of 7.7. This is a little above the Victorian figure of 6.4, with residents typically having 7.4 different types of amenities within a 15-minute walk.
7.7
Very walkable of indigenous area 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.
7.4
Higher than 97% of indigenous area 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.
96.7%
Higher than 97% of indigenous area 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 to essentials is far above the state average, especially for health services (87.8%) and groceries (93.8%). While 100% of homes are near a park, only 22% of residents can reach general services within a 5-minute stroll.
93.8%
Higher than 94% of indigenous area areas.
Share of local homes within a 15-minute walk of groceries or everyday shopping. Homes are counted as addresses (G-NAF), not people.
98.1%
Higher than 94% of indigenous area 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.
97.6%
Higher than 96% of indigenous area areas.
Share of local homes within a 15-minute walk of a school. Homes are counted as addresses (G-NAF), not people.
100.0%
Higher than 99% of indigenous area 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.
87.8%
Higher than 93% of indigenous area 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 is about the same as the rest of Victoria, with a mean slope of 4.5%. There are 307 street intersections per square kilometre.
307
Higher than 97% of indigenous area areas.
Walkable street intersections per square kilometre. Denser, better-connected street grids give more direct routes on foot than winding, cul-de-sac layouts.
4.5%
Lower than 53% of indigenous area 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 Monash [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/iare/IARE201014/monash/topic/walkability
