Warragul - Drouin · 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 walkability score of 4.1 makes Warragul - Drouin somewhat walkable, though most residents lack a full range of local services. While many homes are close to parks and transport, only 38.3% of dwellings have a 15-minute-city walkshed, which is far below the Victorian figure of 74.3%.
All urban area areas, 2021. The marker is Warragul - Drouin — somewhat walkable of areas.
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Warragul - Drouin 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 is considered somewhat walkable with a score of 4.1, well below the Victorian average of 6.4. On average, people here have access to 3.9 amenity types within a 15-minute walk, which is well below the state's 6.0.
4.1
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.
3.9
Lower than 77% 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.
38.3%
Lower than 84% 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 daily needs is far below state levels, with only 29.7% of homes within a 15-minute walk of health services and 39.5% near groceries. In contrast, parks and public transport are more reachable, with 80.8% and 64.5% of homes within a 15-minute walk respectively.
39.5%
Lower than 81% 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.
64.5%
Lower than 74% 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.
51.3%
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.
80.8%
Lower than 74% 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.
29.7%
Lower than 80% 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 typical terrain slope is 7.4%, a little above the Victorian average of 4.7%. There are 7 intersections per square kilometre, and the number of walkable amenities per 1,000 residents is a little below the state figure.
12.9
Lower than 71% 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.
7
Lower than 85% 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.
7.4%
Higher than 88% 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 Warragul - Drouin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/2020/warragul-drouin/topic/walkability
