Melbourne (Northern Metropolitan) · 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.
Almost every home in Melbourne (Northern Metropolitan) is within a short stroll of essential services, making it a walker's paradise. While almost everyone can reach a park or the shops quickly, schools are the only amenity that are less conveniently located for nearly half the population.
All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Melbourne (Northern Metropolitan) — a walker's paradise of areas.
| Melbourne (Northern Metropolitan) | 9.5 |
|---|---|
| Greater Melbourne | 7.1 |
| Victoria | 6.4 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Melbourne (Northern Metropolitan) 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 earns a walkability score of 9.5, which is well above the Victorian figure of 6.4. This reflects the fact that 99.9% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed, far above the 74.3% seen across the state.
9.5
A walker's paradise 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.
8.0
Higher than 99% 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.
99.9%
Higher than 99% 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 exceptional, with health services (99.5%) and groceries (99.9%) far above state figures. Most residents can reach food, parks, and transport within five minutes, though schools are the least accessible, with only 45% of homes within a five-minute walk.
99.9%
Higher than 99% 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.
100.0%
Higher than 99% 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.
98.3%
Higher than 95% 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.
99.9%
Higher than 82% 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.
99.5%
Higher than 99% 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.
There are 767 intersections per square kilometre and 21.9 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, which is well above the state figure of 15.7. However, the terrain is steeper than the Victorian average, with a mean slope of 9.6%.
21.9
Higher than 86% 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.
767
Higher than 99% 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.
9.6%
Higher than 93% 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 Melbourne (Northern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED24703/melbourne/topic/walkability
