Bacchus Marsh · 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.
A mean terrain slope of 5.7% makes Bacchus Marsh about the same as the state average, yet the area is only somewhat walkable. Only 55% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed, which is far below the Victorian figure of 74.3%. This means most residents rely more on cars than those in other parts of the state.
All urban area areas, 2021. The marker is Bacchus Marsh — somewhat walkable of areas.
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Bacchus Marsh 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 the area is 5.0, which is considered somewhat walkable and well below the Victorian average of 6.4. Residents have access to about 4.7 types of amenities within a 15-minute walk, which is also well below the state figure.
5.0
Somewhat walkable 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.
4.7
Lower than 52% 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.
55.0%
Higher than 53% 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.
Walking to a park is easy for most, with 94.3% of homes within a 15-minute walk. However, access to other services is much harder, as only 47.7% of homes are within a 15-minute walk of health services, a figure far below the state average.
65.7%
Higher than 78% 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.
80.2%
Lower than 58% 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.
51.5%
Lower than 75% 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.
94.3%
Higher than 79% 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.
47.7%
Higher than 69% 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.
There are 21 intersections per square kilometre and 15.9 walkable amenities for every 1,000 residents. This number of amenities is about the same as the Victorian average.
15.9
Higher than 57% 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.
21
Higher than 55% 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.
5.7%
Higher than 61% 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 Bacchus Marsh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/2001/bacchus-marsh/topic/walkability
