How walkable is Norwood?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Norwood has a walkability score of 90 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car. It is the most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Adelaide, which scores 81 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
862 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Norwood. The nearest grocery is Orange Lane Market, about 3 minutes away on foot. Every category earns full or nearly full points.
- Coles5 min
- Norwood Fine Foods5 min
- Enjoy Cafe Bakery1 min
- Finn MacCool's1 min
- Cash N Trade1 min
- Dan Murphy's1 min
- T Life3 min
- Pave Cafe3 min
- NAB3 min
- Westpac ATM4 min
- James Coke Park5 min
- Hutchinson Park5 min
- Saint Ignatius' College Junior School11 min
- Wendy's Nursery School12 min
- Dillons Bookshop4 min
- S Australia Mineral & Petroleum Research Library16 min
- Norwood Concert Hall (Venue)7 min
- Theatre Bugs7 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Norwood at -34.9213, 138.6321. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 132 street intersections per km², and blocks average 74 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Norwood
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 1 km around the centre of Norwood. Rings mark 500 m and 1 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Adelaide
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Prospect | 5.6 km | 83 |
| Enfield | 7.2 km | 71 |
| Gilles Plains | 8.3 km | 75 |
| Belair | 8.7 km | 31 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Adelaide page.
Questions about walking in Norwood
Is Norwood walkable?
Yes. Norwood in Adelaide has a walkability score of 90 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car.
Is Norwood more walkable than the rest of Adelaide?
Norwood is more walkable than Adelaide as a whole: it scores 90, against 81 for the 5 km around Adelaide's centre. It ranks 1st of the 5 Adelaide neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Adelaide?
Of the 5 Adelaide neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Norwood (90), Prospect (83) and Gilles Plains (75).
How is the walkability score of Norwood 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 Norwood it is the average of 61 points spread evenly across the 1 km around its mapped centre, leaving out water and land without streets, using open map data from Overture Maps and OpenStreetMap.
Scores follow a published walkability method, explained in the methodology. Neighbourhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata.