Halls Gap · 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 27% of homes in Halls Gap are within a 15-minute walk of a school, a far lower figure than the state average. While many residents can easily reach parks or cafes, the area is generally mostly car-dependent. Only 31% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed, which is far below the Victorian figure.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Halls Gap — mostly car-dependent of areas.
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Halls Gap 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 Halls Gap is 4.0, meaning it is mostly car-dependent. This is far below the Victorian figure of 6.4, and residents have access to far fewer amenity types within a 15-minute walk than people across the state.
4.0
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.
4.2
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.
31.1%
Higher than 75% 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 homes are within a 15-minute walk of a park, but access to health services and groceries is far below state levels. While 34% of homes are within a 5-minute walk of a park, 45% are more than 30 minutes away from health services.
31.0%
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.
63.9%
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.
26.7%
Higher than 67% 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.
83.8%
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.
24.8%
Higher than 78% 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 Halls Gap is steeper than the state average, with a mean slope of 7.8%. There are 6 intersections per square kilometre, and the area has far more walkable amenities per 1,000 residents than the Victorian figure.
86.9
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.
6
Higher than 69% 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.
7.8%
Higher than 69% 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 Halls Gap [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21127/halls-gap/topic/walkability
