Tyabb · 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 five different types of amenities are within a 15-minute walk for most people in Tyabb, making it well below the Victorian average. While the area is considered somewhat walkable, it lacks essential services nearby. The most striking gap is in healthcare, with no homes within a 15-minute walk of a health service.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Tyabb — somewhat walkable of areas.
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Tyabb 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 Tyabb is 4.4, which is described as somewhat walkable and well below the state figure of 6.4. Only 64.9% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed, which is well below the Victorian average of 74.3%.
4.4
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.
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.
64.9%
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.
Public transport and parks are the most accessible amenities, with 75.6% and 76.7% of homes within a 15-minute walk respectively. However, access to schools (62.2%) and groceries (65.6%) is well below state levels, and there is a total lack of health services within a 15-minute walk.
65.6%
Higher than 84% 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.
75.6%
Higher than 80% 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.
62.2%
Higher than 79% 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.
76.7%
Higher than 72% 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 is slightly flatter than the state average, with a mean slope of 3.5%. There are 19 intersections per square kilometre, while the number of walkable amenities per 1,000 residents is well below the Victorian figure.
12.5
Lower than 53% 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.
19
Higher than 73% 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.
3.5%
Lower than 79% 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 Tyabb [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22594/tyabb/topic/walkability
