Harkness · 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 per cent of homes in Harkness are within a 15-minute walk of groceries, creating a sharp contrast with the easy access residents have to green spaces. While parks and transport are often just minutes away, the area is mostly car-dependent for almost every other daily need. This means that while the environment is walkable for leisure, it is not yet a walkable neighbourhood for living.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Harkness — mostly car-dependent of areas.
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Harkness 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.
Harkness is mostly car-dependent with a walkability score of 3.2, which is far below the Victorian figure of 6.4. No homes in the area have a 15-minute-city walkshed, and the typical number of amenity types within a 15-minute walk is just 2.7.
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.
2.7
Higher than 70% 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.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 parks is excellent, with 98.7% of homes within a 15-minute walk and 82% within five minutes. Public transport is also nearby for 88% of residents, but health services and groceries are far below state levels, with no homes within a 15-minute walk of either.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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.
88.0%
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.
69.2%
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.
98.7%
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.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Harkness is a little flatter than the Victorian average, with a mean slope of 2.9%. There are 109 intersections per square kilometre, while the number of walkable amenities per 1,000 residents is far below the state figure.
6.4
Lower than 67% 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.
109
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.
2.9%
Lower than 89% 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 Harkness [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21140/harkness/topic/walkability
