San Remo · 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 people can easily reach local services on foot in San Remo than in most Victorian towns. It is considered somewhat walkable, though only 46% of homes have the same range of nearby amenities as a '15-minute city', which is far below the state figure of 74.3%. This makes the area more dependent on cars for daily trips.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is San Remo — somewhat walkable of areas.
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in San Remo 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 San Remo is 4.2, which is well below the Victorian figure of 6.4. Residents have access to about 3.9 different types of amenities within a 15-minute walk, also well below the state average of 6.0.
4.2
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.
3.9
Higher than 77% 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.
46.0%
Higher than 79% 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 essential services is far below state levels, especially for schools where only 42.9% of homes are within a 15-minute walk. While 80.5% of homes can reach a park within 15 minutes, health services are the hardest to reach, with 11% of residents living more than 30 minutes away.
54.3%
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.
65.6%
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.
42.9%
Higher than 73% 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.
80.5%
Higher than 74% 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.
41.8%
Higher than 82% 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 area has 14 intersections per square kilometre and a typical terrain slope of 6.1%, which is a little above the state figure. Despite the layout, there are 30 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, which is far above the Victorian average of 15.7.
30.0
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.
14
Higher than 72% 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.
6.1%
Higher than 55% 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 San Remo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22229/san-remo/topic/walkability
