# Walkability — Castlemaine - Kerang

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.

Area: Castlemaine - Kerang (Indigenous Area)

Fewer than half of homes in Castlemaine - Kerang are within a 15-minute walk of basic services. This makes the area mostly car-dependent, with a walkability score of 3.7, which is far below the Victorian figure of 6.4.

The typical home here has access to only 3.9 amenity types within a 15-minute walk, well below the 6.0 seen across Victoria. Only 44.6% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed, a figure far below the state's 74.3%.

Parks are the most accessible amenity, with 68.8% of homes within a 15-minute walk, while health services are the hardest to reach, with only 32.3% of homes nearby. These figures are all far below the state averages, including schools (45.7%), groceries (42.0%), and public transport (48.3%).

The area has one intersection per square kilometre. The mean terrain slope is 4.9%, which is about the same as the Victorian figure of 4.7%.

## Statistics

| Statistic | Value | Change since |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Walkability score | 3.7 | — |
| Amenity types within a 15-minute walk | 3.9 | — |
| Homes with a 15-minute-city walkshed | 44.6% | — |
| Homes within 15 min walk of groceries | 42.0% | — |
| Homes within 10 min walk of public transport | 48.3% | — |
| Homes within 15 min walk of a school | 45.7% | — |
| Homes within 15 min walk of a park | 68.8% | — |
| Homes within 15 min walk of health services | 32.3% | — |
| Street connectivity (intersections/km²) | 1 | — |
| Mean terrain slope | 4.9% | — |

Interactive: https://censusatlas.au/region/iare/IARE202005/castlemaine-kerang/topic/walkability