Lakes Entrance · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
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.
A mean terrain slope of 7.0% makes Lakes Entrance a little steeper than the Victorian average, which sits alongside a walkability score of 3.0. This means the area is mostly car-dependent, with only 26.2% of homes having a 15-minute-city walkshed—a figure far below the state average of 74.3%. Residents generally rely on vehicles to get around the region.
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Lakes Entrance — mostly car-dependent of areas.
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Lakes Entrance 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.
Lakes Entrance is mostly car-dependent with a score of 3.0, which is far below the Victorian figure of 6.4. Only 2.8 types of amenities are typically within a 15-minute walk here, compared to 6.0 across Victoria.
3.0
Mostly car-dependent of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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.
2.8
Lower than 82% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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.
26.2%
Lower than 82% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 everyday needs is far below state levels, with only 28.4% of homes within a 15-minute walk of groceries and 27.1% near health services. While 54.6% of homes are within 10 minutes of public transport, a staggering 66% of residents live more than 30 minutes away from the nearest general services.
28.4%
Lower than 81% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of local homes within a 15-minute walk of groceries or everyday shopping. Homes are counted as addresses (G-NAF), not people.
54.6%
Lower than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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.
37.3%
Lower than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of local homes within a 15-minute walk of a school. Homes are counted as addresses (G-NAF), not people.
58.1%
Lower than 83% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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.
27.1%
Lower than 69% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 area has 6 intersections per square kilometre. While there are 16.8 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents—which is about the same as the Victorian figure of 15.7—the sloping terrain adds to the challenge of walking.
16.8
Higher than 62% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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.
6
Lower than 81% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Walkable street intersections per square kilometre. Denser, better-connected street grids give more direct routes on foot than winding, cul-de-sac layouts.
7.0%
Higher than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Lakes Entrance [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/205021084/lakes-entrance/topic/walkability
