Mansfield · Council (LGA)
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.
Only 25.1% of homes in Mansfield pass the 15-minute-city test, a figure far below the Victorian average of 74.3%. This makes the area mostly car-dependent, as very few residents can reach a variety of essential services on foot. The typical home has access to only 2.3 different types of amenities within a 15-minute walk.
All council (lga) areas, 2021. The marker is Mansfield — mostly car-dependent of areas.
| Mansfield | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Vic. | 4.5 |
| Victoria | 6.4 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Mansfield 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 walkability score for Mansfield is 2.2, which means the area is mostly car-dependent. This is far below the Victorian figure of 6.4.
2.2
Mostly car-dependent of council (lga) 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.
2.3
Lower than 87% of council (lga) 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.
25.1%
Lower than 86% of council (lga) 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 limited, with only 21.4% of homes within a 15-minute walk of health services. Parks are the most reachable amenity, with 44.7% of homes nearby, while public transport is the least accessible at 19.5%.
28.0%
Lower than 83% of council (lga) areas.
Share of local homes within a 15-minute walk of groceries or everyday shopping. Homes are counted as addresses (G-NAF), not people.
19.5%
Lower than 69% of council (lga) 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.
24.5%
Lower than 89% of council (lga) areas.
Share of local homes within a 15-minute walk of a school. Homes are counted as addresses (G-NAF), not people.
44.7%
Lower than 86% of council (lga) 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.
21.4%
Lower than 79% of council (lga) 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 average terrain slope is 7.9%, which is well above the Victorian figure of 4.7%. There is 1 intersection per square kilometre, and there are 21.6 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, well above the state average.
21.6
Higher than 57% of council (lga) areas.
Walkable amenities — shops, cafés, parks, health services, schools, cultural and community places, everyday services and public-transport stops — per 1,000 residents. Measures how much is around, apart from how far it is to walk there.
1
Higher than 50% of council (lga) areas.
Walkable street intersections per square kilometre. Denser, better-connected street grids give more direct routes on foot than winding, cul-de-sac layouts.
7.9%
Higher than 87% of council (lga) 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 Mansfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA24250/mansfield/topic/walkability
