Bonshaw · 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.
Far fewer homes in Bonshaw have easy access to local services than in other Victorian areas. The area is mostly car-dependent, with a walkability score of 3.2. While most residents can easily reach a park or school, very few can walk to a grocery store or health service.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Bonshaw — mostly car-dependent of areas.
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Bonshaw 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 Bonshaw is 3.2, which means it is mostly car-dependent. This is far below the Victorian figure of 6.4, and only 20.6% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed, compared to 74.3% across the state.
3.2
Mostly car-dependent 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.
3.7
Higher than 76% 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.
20.6%
Higher than 72% 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.
Most people can walk to a park or school within 15 minutes, but access to other needs is much lower. Only 15.1% of homes are within a 15-minute walk of groceries and 19.9% can reach health services, both figures being far below the Victorian averages.
15.1%
Higher than 68% 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.
21.3%
Higher than 64% 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.
79.5%
Higher than 85% 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.
90.2%
Higher than 80% 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.
19.9%
Higher than 76% 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.
There are 131 intersections per square kilometre, and the terrain slope is about the same as the state average at 5.5%. With only 7.4 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, this is far below the state figure of 15.7.
7.4
Lower than 65% 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.
131
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.
5.5%
Lower than 53% 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 Bonshaw [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20284/bonshaw/topic/walkability
