How walkable is North Adelaide?
By Oscar Higson-Spence. Updated
North Adelaide has a walkability score of 81 out of 100 across the 1.3 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot. It is the joint 10th most walkable of the 20 neighbourhoods ranked in Adelaide, with 1 other, which scores 81 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
1,520 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of North Adelaide. The nearest grocery is about 3 minutes away on foot. Every category earns full or nearly full points.
Groceries
- Foodworks, 5 min
- IGA Local Grocer Bowden, 25 min
Restaurants & bars
- Sector 17 Indian Cuisine, 2 min
- Piccoli Piatti, 2 min
Shopping
- Nina Stephanie, 2 min
- Metropolitan Fresh Fruiterers, 2 min
Coffee
- Chocolatree, 2 min
- CIBO Espresso, 2 min
Banks
- Commonwealth Bank, 3 min
- Bendigo Bank, 3 min
Parks
- Palmer Gardens / Pangki Pangki (Park 28), 3 min
- Wellington Square, 4 min
Schools
- North Adelaide Primary School, 7 min
- Lucy Morice Kindergarten, 18 min
Books & libraries
- North Adelaide Community Centre and Library, 5 min
- Women's Studies Resource Centre, 7 min
Culture & entertainment
- Adelaide Male Voice Choir, 2 min
- Fleetwood Digital, 5 min
Measured from the mapped centre of North Adelaide at -34.9085, 138.5953. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 117 street intersections per km², and blocks average 72 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across North Adelaide
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 1.3 km around the centre of North Adelaide. Rings mark 650 m and 1.3 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Adelaide
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Medindie | 1.5 km | 65 |
| Gilberton | 1.8 km | 76 |
| Thebarton | 2.2 km | 84 |
| Hindmarsh | 2.3 km | 93 |
| Devon Park | 2.7 km | 68 |
| Prospect | 2.9 km | 83 |
| Welland | 3.4 km | 90 |
| Norwood | 3.6 km | 90 |
See all 20 neighbourhoods of Adelaide ranked by walkability.
Questions about walking in North Adelaide
Is North Adelaide walkable?
Yes. North Adelaide has a walkability score of 81 out of 100 across the 1.3 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot.
Is North Adelaide more walkable than the rest of Adelaide?
North Adelaide is about as walkable as Adelaide as a whole: it scores 81, against 81 for the 5 km around Adelaide's centre. It is the joint 10th 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 North Adelaide 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 North Adelaide it is the average of 57 points spread evenly across the 1.3 km 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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