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.
Few essential services are within a short walk for residents in postcode 3115, despite many homes being close to transit. This area is considered somewhat walkable, with a score of 4.1, which is well below the Victorian figure of 6.4. Only 47% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed, a result far below the state average.
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Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in 3115, VIC by walking time to the nearest
amenity of each type, on an elevation-aware pedestrian network.
How we calculate this →
The score
The overall walkability score and how much of daily life is a short walk away.
The walkability score for the area is 4.1, which means it is somewhat walkable. This is well below the Victorian average of 6.4, and the typical number of amenity types within a 15-minute walk is also well below the state figure.
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.
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.
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.
What's in walking distance
How many homes can walk to groceries, transport, schools, parks and health services.
While 77.9% of homes are within a 10-minute walk of public transport, access to other services is far below the state average. Most notably, only 1.9% of homes are within a 15-minute walk of health services, and just 48.5% can reach groceries in the same time.
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.
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.
Streets & terrain
Amenity density, how well the streets connect, and how hilly the walk is.
The terrain here is steeper than the state average, with a mean slope of 8.6%. There are 18 intersections per square kilometre and 19.3 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, which is a little above the Victorian figure.
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.
Walkable street intersections per square kilometre. Denser, better-connected street grids give more direct routes on foot than winding, cul-de-sac layouts.
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.
Sources
Walkability (OpenStreetMap, GTFS, ACARA & G-NAF, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, state transport agencies, ACARA & Geoscape Australia, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Walkability in 3115, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3115/3115-vic/topic/walkability