Gippsland South (Eastern Victoria) · State Electorate
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 40% of homes in Gippsland South (Eastern Victoria) meet the 15-minute-city test, a figure far below the 74.3% seen across Victoria. This makes the area mostly car-dependent, as the typical resident has access to far fewer nearby amenities than those in other parts of the state.
All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Gippsland South (Eastern Victoria) — mostly car-dependent of areas.
| Gippsland South (Eastern Victoria) | 3.3 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Vic. | 4.5 |
| Victoria | 6.4 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Gippsland South (Eastern Victoria) 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 Gippsland South (Eastern Victoria) is 3.3, which is far below the Victorian figure of 6.4 and means the area is mostly car-dependent. On average, there are only 3.4 amenity types within a 15-minute walk, compared to 6.0 for the state.
3.3
Mostly car-dependent of state electorate 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.
3.4
Lower than 86% of state electorate 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.
40.0%
Lower than 82% of state electorate 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 much lower than the state average; for example, only 30.5% of homes are within a 15-minute walk of health services. While 61.2% of homes can reach a park in 15 minutes, a larger gap exists for schools, where only 39.7% of households are within a similar walking distance.
45.9%
Lower than 74% of state electorate areas.
Share of local homes within a 15-minute walk of groceries or everyday shopping. Homes are counted as addresses (G-NAF), not people.
42.8%
Lower than 87% of state electorate 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.
39.7%
Lower than 87% of state electorate areas.
Share of local homes within a 15-minute walk of a school. Homes are counted as addresses (G-NAF), not people.
61.2%
Lower than 89% of state electorate 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.
30.5%
Lower than 77% of state electorate 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 average terrain slope is 4.8%, which is about the same as the Victorian average of 4.7%. There are 2 intersections per square kilometre and 17.1 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, a little above the state figure of 15.7.
17.1
Higher than 69% of state electorate 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.
2
Lower than 85% of state electorate areas.
Walkable street intersections per square kilometre. Denser, better-connected street grids give more direct routes on foot than winding, cul-de-sac layouts.
4.8%
Lower than 62% of state electorate 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 Gippsland South (Eastern Victoria) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED23602/gippsland-south/topic/walkability
