Armstrong Creek · 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.
Only 39.6% of homes in Armstrong Creek pass the 15-minute-city test, a figure far below the Victorian average of 74.3%. This makes the area somewhat walkable, though it lags well behind the state average for general walkability. Most people can easily reach parks and transport, but basic daily needs are often too far to reach on foot.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Armstrong Creek — somewhat walkable of areas.
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Armstrong Creek 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 Armstrong Creek is 4.5, which is considered somewhat walkable. This is well below the Victorian figure of 6.4, as the average home has only 4.2 amenity types within a 15-minute walk compared to 6.0 across the state.
4.5
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.
4.2
Higher than 78% 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.
39.6%
Higher than 77% 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.
Getting to a park or public transport is easy, with over 86% of homes within a 15-minute walk of both. However, access to essentials is much harder, as only 30.9% of homes are within a 15-minute walk of groceries and 36.5% can reach health services, both of which are far below state figures.
30.9%
Higher than 75% 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.
86.8%
Higher than 83% 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.
75.3%
Higher than 84% 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.
92.6%
Higher than 82% 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.
36.5%
Higher than 81% 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 local terrain is slightly flatter than the Victorian average, with a mean slope of 3.6%. There are 132 street intersections per square kilometre, while the number of walkable amenities per 1,000 residents is well below the state average.
11.9
Lower than 54% 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.
132
Higher than 87% 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.
3.6%
Lower than 77% 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 Armstrong Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20068/armstrong-creek/topic/walkability
