Eildon · 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.
Zero homes in Eildon are within a five-minute walk of a cultural amenity, highlighting a gap in local access. The area is mostly car-dependent, with only 56.3% of homes having a 15-minute-city walkshed, which is far below the Victorian figure of 74.3%. Most residents rely on vehicles to reach essential services.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Eildon — mostly car-dependent of areas.
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Eildon 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 Eildon is 3.9, meaning it is mostly car-dependent. This is far below the Victorian score of 6.4, and there are typically only 4.3 amenity types within a 15-minute walk, which is well below the state figure of 6.0.
3.9
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.
4.3
Higher than 79% 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.
56.3%
Higher than 81% 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 to a park is the strongest for locals, with 69.1% of homes within a 15-minute walk. Conversely, health services are the hardest to reach, with only 46.0% of homes within a 15-minute walk, far below the 64.2% seen across Victoria.
56.4%
Higher than 81% 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.
73.2%
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.
70.1%
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.
69.1%
Higher than 70% 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.
46.0%
Higher than 83% 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 has a mean slope of 7.1%, which is a little above the Victorian average of 4.7%. There is one intersection per square kilometre, and the area has 28.6 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, far above the state figure of 15.7.
28.6
Higher than 72% 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
Higher 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.
7.1%
Higher than 64% 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 Eildon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20850/eildon/topic/walkability
