Eaglehawk · 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.
Fewer than 63% of homes in Eaglehawk are within a 15-minute walk of groceries, which is far below the Victorian figure. While the area is considered somewhat walkable, there is a clear gap between the ease of reaching parks and the difficulty of accessing daily shopping. This makes the suburb's walkability uneven depending on where you live.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Eaglehawk — somewhat walkable of areas.
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Eaglehawk 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 overall walkability score for Eaglehawk is 6.0, which is described as somewhat walkable and about the same as the Victoria average. However, only 61.9% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed, a figure far below the state average of 74.3%.
6.0
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.
5.7
Higher than 87% 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.
61.9%
Higher than 83% 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.
Walking to a park or public transport is easy, with 98.8% and 88.5% of homes within a 15-minute walk, both well above the state average. In contrast, access to essentials is weaker, as health services and groceries are well below the Victorian average for a 15-minute walk.
62.3%
Higher than 83% 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.
88.5%
Higher than 84% 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.
70.3%
Higher than 82% 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.
98.8%
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.
56.9%
Higher than 86% 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.
Eaglehawk has 101 intersections per square kilometre and a mean terrain slope of 4.3%, which is about the same as the Victorian figure. There are 17.7 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, a little above the state average of 15.7.
17.7
Higher than 59% 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.
101
Higher than 86% 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.
4.3%
Lower than 67% 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 Eaglehawk [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20823/eaglehawk/topic/walkability
