East Bendigo · Indigenous Location
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.
About 73% of homes in East Bendigo pass the 15-minute city test, meaning residents can reach five or more different types of amenities on foot. This makes the area very walkable, with a score of 6.0 that is about the same as the Victorian average. While parks and transport are very close by, getting to shops or doctors on foot is much harder here than in other parts of the state.
All indigenous location areas, 2021. The marker is East Bendigo — very walkable of areas.
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in East Bendigo 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.
East Bendigo is rated as very walkable with a score of 6.0, which is about the same as the Victorian average. A little below the state figure, 73.1% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed.
6.0
Very walkable of indigenous location 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.
6.0
Higher than 77% of indigenous location 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.
73.1%
Higher than 71% of indigenous location 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 parks and public transport is a major strength, with 97% and 93.7% of homes within a 15-minute walk, both well above the state average. In contrast, walking to groceries (57.5%) and health services (51.6%) is far below the Victorian figures.
57.5%
Higher than 56% of indigenous location areas.
Share of local homes within a 15-minute walk of groceries or everyday shopping. Homes are counted as addresses (G-NAF), not people.
93.7%
Higher than 76% of indigenous location 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.
73.9%
Higher than 60% of indigenous location areas.
Share of local homes within a 15-minute walk of a school. Homes are counted as addresses (G-NAF), not people.
97.0%
Higher than 70% of indigenous location 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.
51.6%
Higher than 63% of indigenous location 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 streets have a connectivity of 168 intersections per square kilometre. The average terrain slope is 5.5%, which is about the same as the figure for Victoria.
168
Higher than 85% of indigenous location areas.
Walkable street intersections per square kilometre. Denser, better-connected street grids give more direct routes on foot than winding, cul-de-sac layouts.
5.5%
Higher than 66% of indigenous location 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 East Bendigo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/iloc/ILOC20200305/east-bendigo/topic/walkability
