--- title: "Most walkable neighbourhoods in Adelaide (2026)" description: "20 neighbourhoods of Adelaide ranked by walkability score, from Goodwood (95) to Medindie (65), with each one's distance from the centre. From open map data." url: https://howwalkable.com/cities/australia/adelaide/neighbourhoods updated: 2026-10-22 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ --- 1. [Cities](https://howwalkable.com/cities) 2. [Australia](https://howwalkable.com/cities/australia) 3. [Adelaide](https://howwalkable.com/cities/australia/adelaide) 4. Neighbourhoods # The most walkable neighbourhoods in Adelaide By [Oscar Higson-Spence](https://howwalkable.com/about#author). Updated 22 October 2026 20 neighbourhoods of Adelaide ranked by walkability, each scored across the area around its own centre. Goodwood leads with 95/100, then Unley (93) and Hindmarsh (93). 16 of the 20 score 70 or more, where most errands can be done on foot, and the lowest we rank is Medindie (65). | # | Neighbourhood | From the centre | Area scoring 70+ | Score | | -- | ----------------------------------------------------------- | --------------- | ---------------- | ----- | | 1 | Goodwood | 3.5 km | 100% | 95 | | 2 | [Unley](https://howwalkable.com/cities/australia/adelaide/unley) | 3.1 km | 100% | 93 | | 2 | [Hindmarsh](https://howwalkable.com/cities/australia/adelaide/hindmarsh) | 3.5 km | 100% | 93 | | 4 | Wayville | 2.9 km | 100% | 92 | | 5 | [Norwood](https://howwalkable.com/cities/australia/adelaide/norwood) | 2.6 km | 96% | 90 | | 5 | Welland | 4.6 km | 100% | 90 | | 7 | Hilton | 3.7 km | 100% | 86 | | 8 | Thebarton | 3 km | 96% | 84 | | 9 | [Prospect](https://howwalkable.com/cities/australia/adelaide/prospect) | 4.4 km | 80% | 83 | | 10 | Glenunga | 4.6 km | 90% | 81 | | 10 | [North Adelaide](https://howwalkable.com/cities/australia/adelaide/north-adelaide) | 1.6 km | 82% | 81 | | 12 | Linden Park | 4.7 km | 81% | 80 | | 13 | Millswood | 4.3 km | 65% | 79 | | 14 | Forestville | 4 km | 81% | 78 | | 15 | Gilberton | 2.4 km | 72% | 76 | | 16 | Fullarton | 4.2 km | 50% | 72 | | 17 | Devon Park | 4.3 km | 36% | 68 | | 17 | Paradise | 8.6 km | 49% | 68 | | 19 | Kings Park | 4.9 km | 40% | 66 | | 20 | Medindie | 2.6 km | 24% | 65 | "From the centre" is the distance from Adelaide's busiest point to the neighbourhood's centre. "Area scoring 70+" is the share of points across the neighbourhood where most errands can be done on foot. ## The top 5 up close ### Goodwood Goodwood lies the furthest out of these five, 3.5 km south of Adelaide's busiest point, and scores 95/100. 691 everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of its middle, the nearest grocery about 4 minutes away. ### Unley Unley scores 93/100, 3.1 km south of Adelaide's busiest point. None of the others has as many schools, with 19 in a 30 minute walk; Cedars Montessori Preschool is the nearest, about 5 minutes away. [More on Unley](https://howwalkable.com/cities/australia/adelaide/unley). ### Hindmarsh Hindmarsh scores 93/100, 3.5 km north-west of Adelaide's busiest point. Parks are where it leads the others, 234 of them within a 30 minute walk, starting with Langman Reserve, about 10 minutes away. It has the fewest banks of the five, 3. [More on Hindmarsh](https://howwalkable.com/cities/australia/adelaide/hindmarsh). ### Wayville Wayville scores 92/100, 2.9 km south-west of Adelaide's busiest point. It has the most banks of the five: 21 within a 30 minute walk, the nearest Medfin Australia, about 5 minutes away. ### Norwood Norwood is the most central of these five, 2.6 km east of Adelaide's busiest point, and scores 90/100. 862 everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of its middle, the nearest grocery about 3 minutes away. 96% of its area scores 70 or more. [More on Norwood](https://howwalkable.com/cities/australia/adelaide/norwood). ## Centre and outskirts The 6 neighbourhoods within 3 km of Adelaide's centre average 81, and the 14 further out average 81, so walkability holds up away from the centre. The nearest to the centre, North Adelaide, 1.6 km away, scores 81, and the farthest, Paradise, 8.6 km out, scores 68. ![Map of Adelaide's 20 ranked neighbourhoods around its centre, numbered by rank and coloured by score, with rings every 2 km. The most walkable is Goodwood, 3.5 km to the south; the least, Medindie, 2.6 km to the north.](https://howwalkable.com/maps/australia/adelaide/neighbourhoods.svg?v=5cc7dc43cc08) Each dot is a ranked neighbourhood, numbered by rank and coloured by score, placed by its distance and direction from the centre of Adelaide. Adelaide as a whole scores [81 out of 100](https://howwalkable.com/cities/australia/adelaide) across the 5 km around its centre. Other cities in Australia with ranked neighbourhoods: [Melbourne](https://howwalkable.com/cities/australia/melbourne/neighbourhoods), [Brisbane](https://howwalkable.com/cities/australia/brisbane/neighbourhoods), [Sydney](https://howwalkable.com/cities/australia/sydney/neighbourhoods), [Perth](https://howwalkable.com/cities/australia/perth/neighbourhoods). ## Questions about Adelaide's neighbourhoods ### What is the most walkable neighbourhood in Adelaide? Goodwood is the most walkable of the 20 neighbourhoods we rank in Adelaide, with a walkability score of 95 out of 100 (Walker's Paradise). It is followed by Unley (93) and Hindmarsh (93). ### Which neighbourhoods of Adelaide are least walkable? Of the 20 neighbourhoods we rank, the lowest scoring are Medindie (65), Kings Park (66) and Paradise (68). These are the best-known neighbourhoods with their own Wikipedia articles, so less walkable outer suburbs that are not ranked may score lower still. ### How are Adelaide's neighbourhoods ranked? Each neighbourhood is scored at points 100 m to 500 m apart across a circle around its centre, sized to its area, and its score is the mean of those points. Each point's score counts the groceries, restaurants, shops, schools, parks and other everyday places within a 30 minute walk, as described in the methodology. Adelaide scores 81 across the 5 km around its centre. This page is generated from open map data with a published walkability method, explained in the [methodology](https://howwalkable.com/methodology). Places from Overture Maps release 2026-09-23.1. Neighbourhoods and where they lie from Overture Maps and Wikidata. Scores, rankings and text by How Walkable (https://howwalkable.com), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/); credit How Walkable and link to this page when reusing them.