How walkable is Chermside West?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Chermside West has a walkability score of 65 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it somewhat walkable: some errands can be done on foot. It is the 5th most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Brisbane, which scores 82 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
782 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Chermside West. The nearest grocery is Woolworths Chermside Marketplace, about 12 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for shopping and parks. It is weakest for books & libraries and culture & entertainment.
- Woolworths23 min
- Lowes25 min
- Sweet Eats by Karie-Anne3 min
- Creative Cakes by Deborah Feltham3 min
- Ditto Dancewear2 min
- Glazier Brisbane Northside2 min
- The Leisure Centre Cafe15 min
- Xpresso Mobile Coffee18 min
- Credit Union Australia20 min
- Suncorp Bank23 min
- Packer Place7 min
- The John Goss Reserve9 min
- Hamilton Road Early Education Centre11 min
- The Prince Charles Hospital Early Education Centre19 min
- Dymocks Chermside23 min
- Prince Charles Hospital25 min
- V Max Cinemas Chermside22 min
- Event Cinemas23 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Chermside West at -27.3793, 153.0187. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 72 street intersections per km², and blocks average 115 m long. Sparser streets or longer blocks reduce the score by 1%, since they make walks longer than the straight-line distance suggests.
Walkability across Chermside West
- 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 Chermside West. Rings mark 500 m and 1 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Brisbane
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Everton Park | 4.4 km | 77 |
| Spring Hill | 9.2 km | 97 |
| South Bank | 10.8 km | 98 |
| Carindale | 16.2 km | 73 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Brisbane page.
Questions about walking in Chermside West
Is Chermside West walkable?
Partly. Chermside West in Brisbane has a walkability score of 65 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it somewhat walkable: some errands can be done on foot.
Is Chermside West more walkable than the rest of Brisbane?
Chermside West is less walkable than Brisbane as a whole: it scores 65, against 82 for the 5 km around Brisbane's centre. It ranks 5th of the 5 Brisbane neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Brisbane?
Of the 5 Brisbane neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are South Bank (98), Spring Hill (97) and Everton Park (77).
How is the walkability score of Chermside West 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 Chermside West 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.