Viveash · 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.
Only 33% of homes in Viveash pass the 15-minute-city test, a figure far below the Western Australian average of 64%. While the area is considered somewhat walkable, it is a place of contrasts where parks and transport are close by but daily essentials are often far away.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Viveash — somewhat walkable of areas.
| Viveash | 4.5 |
|---|---|
| 6056, WA | 5.5 |
| Western Australia | 5.4 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Viveash 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 Viveash is 4.5, which is a little below the state figure of 5.4. On average, residents have access to 3.8 amenity types within a 15-minute walk, well below the Western Australian average of 5.2.
4.5
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.
3.8
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.
33.0%
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.
Walking to a park, school, or public transport is easy, with 99.6% of homes near a park and 90.2% near transport. However, access to basics is much lower, as only 32.4% of homes are within 15 minutes of groceries and just 6.3% can reach health services on foot.
32.4%
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.
90.2%
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.
83.3%
Higher than 87% 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.
99.6%
Higher than 88% 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.
6.3%
Higher than 73% 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.
There are 43 intersections per square kilometre in Viveash, and the terrain slope is about the same as the state average. There are 10.9 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, which is well below the Western Australian figure of 16.6.
10.9
Lower than 56% 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.
43
Higher than 77% 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.
6.4%
Higher than 58% 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 Viveash [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51494/viveash/topic/walkability
