Lara (Western 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.
Health services are the hardest amenity to reach on foot in Lara, where only 55.9% of homes are within a 15-minute walk of a clinic. Despite this gap, the area is very walkable overall, with 74.6% of residents living in a 15-minute-city walkshed.
All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Lara (Western Victoria) — very walkable of areas.
| Lara (Western Victoria) | 6.0 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Vic. | 4.5 |
| Victoria | 6.4 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Lara (Western 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.
Lara has a walkability score of 6.0, which is considered very walkable and about the same as the Victorian average. Most homes have around six different types of amenities within a 15-minute walk.
6.0
Very walkable 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.
5.8
Higher than 56% 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.
74.6%
Higher than 57% 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 parks is a highlight, with 94% of homes within a 15-minute walk, a little above the state figure. In contrast, access to schools and public transport is well below the state average, with 72.5% and 80.4% of homes within a 15-minute walk respectively.
73.1%
Higher than 59% 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.
80.4%
Lower than 61% 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.
72.5%
Lower than 54% 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.
94.0%
Lower than 58% 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.
55.9%
Higher than 58% 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 terrain in Lara is a little flatter than the Victorian average, with a typical slope of 3.3%. There are 20 intersections per square kilometre, and the number of walkable amenities per 1,000 residents is about the same as the state figure.
15.9
Higher than 61% 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.
20
Lower than 68% 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.
3.3%
Lower than 89% 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 Lara (Western Victoria) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED24308/lara/topic/walkability
