Orbost · 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.
Only 40% of homes in Orbost can reach a variety of daily needs within a 15-minute walk, which is far below the Victorian figure of 74.3%. This makes the area mostly car-dependent. While there are many amenities per person, they are not evenly spread, leaving many residents far from essential services.
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Orbost — mostly car-dependent of areas.
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Orbost 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 Orbost is 3.0, meaning it is mostly car-dependent. This is far below the Victorian average of 6.4, with typical residents having access to far fewer amenity types within a 15-minute walk than those in the rest of the state.
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.
3.2
Lower than 78% 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.
40.0%
Lower than 71% 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 basic needs is much lower than across Victoria, with only 40.7% of homes within a 15-minute walk of groceries and 32.7% near health services. Parks are the most accessible amenity for 65.5% of the area, while health services are the hardest to reach, with 57% of homes more than a 30-minute walk away.
40.7%
Lower than 70% 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.
29.5%
Lower than 82% 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.
40.6%
Lower than 76% 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.
53.9%
Lower than 85% 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.
32.7%
Lower than 63% 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 terrain in Orbost is steeper than the state average, with a mean slope of 7.9%. There are 54.7 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, which is far above the Victorian figure of 15.7, and the area has 0 intersections per square kilometre.
54.7
Higher than 86% 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.
0
Lower than 96% 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.
7.9%
Higher than 81% 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 Orbost [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/205021085/orbost/topic/walkability
