How walkable is Hindmarsh, Adelaide?
By Oscar Higson-Spence. Updated
Hindmarsh has a walkability score of 93 out of 100 across the 550 m around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car. It is the joint 2nd most walkable of the 20 neighbourhoods ranked in Adelaide, with 1 other, which scores 81 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
695 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Hindmarsh. The nearest grocery is about 3 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, banks, books & libraries and culture & entertainment.
Groceries
- Morgan Friendly Grocer, 8 min
- IGA Local Grocer Bowden, 13 min
Restaurants & bars
- Whiskey Den Hindmarsh, 4 min
- Houda's Kitchen, 4 min
Shopping
- Clipon Flyscreens, 1 min
- Leg Aids, 1 min
Coffee
- Pony and Cole, 4 min
- Coffee in Common, 5 min
Banks
- Commonwealth Bank Hindmarsh Branch, 4 min
- Westpac Branch/ATM, 4 min
Parks
- McDonnelle Reserve, 10 min
- Bowden Village Reserve, 12 min
Schools
- Immaculate Heart of Mary Primary School, 23 min
- Allenby Gardens Primary School, 25 min
Books & libraries
- Charles Sturt Library Service, 6 min
- Gibson Street Book Exchange, 17 min
Culture & entertainment
- Holden Street Theatres, 5 min
- Red Phoenix Theatre, 5 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Hindmarsh, Adelaide at -34.9066, 138.5700. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 107 street intersections per km², and blocks average 89 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Hindmarsh, Adelaide
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 550 m around the centre of Hindmarsh, Adelaide. Rings mark 250 m and 550 m from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Adelaide
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Thebarton | 1 km | 84 |
| Welland | 1.1 km | 90 |
| Devon Park | 2.3 km | 68 |
| North Adelaide | 2.3 km | 81 |
| Hilton | 2.9 km | 86 |
| Medindie | 3.4 km | 65 |
| Prospect | 3.4 km | 83 |
| Gilberton | 4 km | 76 |
See all 20 neighbourhoods of Adelaide ranked by walkability.
Questions about walking in Hindmarsh, Adelaide
Is Hindmarsh walkable?
Yes. Hindmarsh in Adelaide has a walkability score of 93 out of 100 across the 550 m around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car.
Is Hindmarsh more walkable than the rest of Adelaide?
Hindmarsh is more walkable than Adelaide as a whole: it scores 93, against 81 for the 5 km around Adelaide's centre. It is the joint 2nd most walkable of the 20 neighbourhoods ranked in Adelaide, with 1 other on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Adelaide?
Of the 20 Adelaide neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Goodwood (95), Unley (93) and Hindmarsh (93).
How is the walkability score of Hindmarsh calculated?
The score counts groceries, restaurants, shops, cafés, banks, parks, schools, libraries and cultural venues within a 30 minute walk, gives nearer places more weight, and deducts up to 20% where streets are sparse or blocks are long. For Hindmarsh it is the average of 61 points spread evenly across the 550 m around its mapped centre, leaving out water and land without streets, using open map data from Overture Maps and OpenStreetMap. It measures what is within a walk, not what the walk is like: pavements, traffic, safety, hills and heat are not part of the score.
This page is generated from open map data with a published walkability method, explained in the methodology. Places from Overture Maps release 2026-09-23.1. Neighbourhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata.
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