Aireys Inlet · Suburb / Locality
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 slightly steeper landscape than the state average makes Aireys Inlet somewhat walkable, with a score of 5.0. While most homes are within a 15-minute walk of a variety of local amenities, the area struggles with a total lack of nearby health services.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Aireys Inlet — somewhat walkable of areas.
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Aireys Inlet 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.
About 85% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed, which is far above the Victorian figure. However, the overall walkability score is well below the state average, and there are slightly fewer amenity types within a 15-minute walk than in other Victorian areas.
5.0
Somewhat walkable of suburb / locality 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.
5.1
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality 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.
84.9%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality 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 is mixed; almost every home is within a short walk of a park and 86.5% can reach groceries within 15 minutes, both well above state levels. In contrast, no one can walk to health services in 15 minutes, and school and public transport access is far below the state average.
86.5%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of local homes within a 15-minute walk of groceries or everyday shopping. Homes are counted as addresses (G-NAF), not people.
70.8%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality 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.
59.8%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of local homes within a 15-minute walk of a school. Homes are counted as addresses (G-NAF), not people.
99.1%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality 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.
0.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality 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 a mean terrain slope of 7.3%, which is a little above the Victorian average. There are 9 intersections per square kilometre, and the number of walkable amenities per 1,000 residents is far above the state figure.
55.2
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality 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.
9
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Walkable street intersections per square kilometre. Denser, better-connected street grids give more direct routes on foot than winding, cul-de-sac layouts.
7.3%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality 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 Aireys Inlet [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20013/aireys-inlet/topic/walkability
