Vermont South · 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.
More than 82% of homes in Vermont South pass the 15-minute-city test, meaning residents can reach several key amenities on foot. This makes the area very walkable, with a score of 7.0 that is a little above the Victorian figure of 6.4.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Vermont South — very walkable of areas.
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Vermont South 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 area is very walkable, with 82.3% of homes having a 15-minute-city walkshed, which is well above the 74.3% seen across Victoria. Residents have access to 6.9 different amenity types within a 15-minute walk, slightly more than the state average of 6.0.
7.0
Very 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.
6.9
Higher than 94% 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.
82.3%
Higher than 90% 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 essentials is excellent, with 91.4% of homes within a 15-minute walk of health services, far above the 64.2% state average. While almost every home is near a park or public transport, fewer residents can reach groceries or schools within a short 5-minute walk.
88.1%
Higher than 94% 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.
99.4%
Higher than 98% 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.
88.4%
Higher than 91% 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.
100.0%
Higher than 99% 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.
91.4%
Higher than 97% 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 about the same as the Victorian average with a 5.5% slope, and there are 355 intersections per square kilometre. However, the number of walkable amenities per 1,000 residents is 11.6, which is well below the state figure of 15.7.
11.6
Lower than 55% 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.
355
Higher than 98% 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.
5.5%
Lower than 52% 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 Vermont South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22628/vermont-south/topic/walkability
