Harcourt · Urban Centre
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 slope of 5.7% makes Harcourt slightly hillier than the Victorian average, contributing to an environment that is mostly car-dependent. While almost every home is within a 15-minute walk of a park, very few residents can reach basic services or groceries on foot. This creates a landscape where nature is accessible, but daily errands usually require a vehicle.
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Harcourt — mostly car-dependent of areas.
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Harcourt 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 Harcourt is 3.9, which means it is mostly car-dependent. This is far below the Victorian figure of 6.4, and only 70.4% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed.
3.9
Mostly car-dependent of urban centre 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.
4.6
Lower than 51% of urban centre 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.
70.4%
Higher than 59% of urban centre 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 access is a mix of extremes; 99.5% of homes are within 15 minutes of a park and 91.1% are near public transport, both well above the state average. However, access to health services is nonexistent, and only 7.1% of homes are within walking distance of groceries, which is far below the state figure.
7.1%
Lower than 69% of urban centre areas.
Share of local homes within a 15-minute walk of groceries or everyday shopping. Homes are counted as addresses (G-NAF), not people.
91.1%
Higher than 84% of urban centre 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.
79.6%
Higher than 62% of urban centre areas.
Share of local homes within a 15-minute walk of a school. Homes are counted as addresses (G-NAF), not people.
99.5%
Higher than 84% of urban centre 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.
0.0%
Lower than 99% of urban centre 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 28 intersections per square kilometre across the area. Despite the car-dependency, there are 24.6 walkable amenities per 1,000 residents, which is well above the Victorian average of 15.7.
24.6
Higher than 64% of urban centre 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.
28
Lower than 56% of urban centre 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 64% of urban centre 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 Harcourt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221032/harcourt/topic/walkability
