Cann River · 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.
Public transport is the main missing link for Cann River, where 64% of homes are within a 10-minute walk of a stop, a figure far below the Victorian average. While the area is considered somewhat walkable, most residents have easy walking access to essential health services and groceries. This creates a landscape where daily errands are manageable on foot, but travel beyond the town relies on cars.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Cann River — somewhat walkable of areas.
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Cann River 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 80% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed, which is well above the state figure. Despite this, the overall walkability score for Cann River is 5.8, making it somewhat walkable and a little below the Victorian average of 6.4.
5.8
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.
6.5
Higher than 91% 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.
79.9%
Higher than 89% 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.
Residents have excellent access to health services and groceries, with these being far above or well above state levels. In contrast, access to parks is well below the state average, and public transport is far below the national figure.
80.6%
Higher than 89% 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.
64.0%
Higher than 77% 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.
81.7%
Higher than 86% 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.
82.7%
Higher than 76% 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.
79.6%
Higher than 93% 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 terrain in Cann River is a little steeper than across Victoria, with a mean slope of 6.4%. There is 1 intersection per square kilometre, and the area has 86.3 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, which is far above the state figure.
86.3
Higher than 87% 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.
1
Lower than 53% 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.
6.4%
Higher than 58% 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 Cann River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20464/cann-river/topic/walkability
