Swan Hill · 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.
Almost every home in Swan Hill is within a 15-minute walk of a park, making it a very walkable area. While most residents can easily reach transport and shops, access to health services is a notable weakness, falling far below the Victorian average.
All indigenous location areas, 2021. The marker is Swan Hill — very walkable of areas.
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Swan Hill 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.
Swan Hill is rated as very walkable with a score of 6.6, which is about the same as the state figure. About 80.4% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed, a result well above the 74.3% seen across Victoria.
6.6
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.
6.1
Higher than 78% 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.
80.4%
Higher than 76% 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.
Public transport is highly accessible, with 93% of homes within a 10-minute walk. This ease of access extends to groceries (79.5% of homes), but health services are much harder to reach, with only 52.2% of homes within a 15-minute walk.
79.5%
Higher than 74% 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.
93.0%
Higher than 75% 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.
80.5%
Higher than 66% 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.
100.0%
Higher than 92% 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.
52.2%
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 terrain is mostly flat, with a mean slope of 2.5%, which is a little below the Victorian average. There are 82 street intersections per square kilometre.
82
Higher than 74% 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.
2.5%
Lower than 91% 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 Swan Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/iloc/ILOC20201401/swan-hill/topic/walkability
