Not in any Significant Urban Area · Urban Area
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 37.9% of homes in Not in any Significant Urban Area (Vic.) can reach five or more key amenities within a 15-minute walk, which is far below the Victorian figure of 74.3%. This makes the area mostly car-dependent, as the typical resident has far fewer services within walking distance than people in the rest of the state.
All urban area areas, 2021. The marker is Not in any Significant Urban Area — mostly car-dependent of areas.
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Not in any Significant Urban Area 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 is 3.2, meaning the area is mostly car-dependent, which is far below the Victorian average of 6.4. On average, there are only 3.4 amenity types within a 15-minute walk, also far below the state figure of 6.0.
3.2
Mostly car-dependent of urban area 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 88% of urban area 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.
37.9%
Lower than 85% of urban area 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 basic needs is limited, with only 29.2% of homes within a 15-minute walk of health services and 38.9% near groceries, both far below the state. While parks are the most accessible amenity for 62.8% of homes, health services are the hardest to reach, with 56% of residents living more than 30 minutes away.
38.9%
Lower than 82% of urban area areas.
Share of local homes within a 15-minute walk of groceries or everyday shopping. Homes are counted as addresses (G-NAF), not people.
41.7%
Lower than 83% of urban area 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.
40.2%
Lower than 86% of urban area areas.
Share of local homes within a 15-minute walk of a school. Homes are counted as addresses (G-NAF), not people.
62.8%
Lower than 92% of urban area 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.
29.2%
Lower than 81% of urban area 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 has a mean slope of 5.3%, which is about the same as the Victorian average of 4.7%. There is one intersection per square kilometre, and there are 23.2 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, which is well above the state figure of 15.7.
23.2
Higher than 85% of urban area 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.
1
Lower than 98% of urban area areas.
Walkable street intersections per square kilometre. Denser, better-connected street grids give more direct routes on foot than winding, cul-de-sac layouts.
5.3%
Higher than 55% of urban area 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 Not in any Significant Urban Area [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/2000/not-in-any-significant-urban-area/topic/walkability
