--- title: "Albert Park, Melbourne walkability score: 89/100" description: "Albert Park in Melbourne scores 89/100 for walkability (Very Walkable). What's within a walk, its street layout, and how it compares with the rest of Melbourne." url: https://howwalkable.com/cities/australia/melbourne/albert-park 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. [Melbourne](https://howwalkable.com/cities/australia/melbourne) 4. Albert Park # How walkable is Albert Park, Melbourne? By [Oscar Higson-Spence](https://howwalkable.com/about#author). Updated 22 October 2026 Albert Park has a walkability score of 89 out of 100 across the 950 m around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot. It is the joint 11th most walkable of the 20 neighbourhoods ranked in Melbourne, with 1 other, which scores 87 as a whole. 89 out of 100: Very Walkable Most errands can be accomplished on foot. * #11 of 20 tied, in Melbourne * 87 Melbourne overall * 90 at the centre [Open on the map](https://howwalkable.com/?lat=-37.84521&lon=144.95711&q=Albert%20Park%2C%20Melbourne) ## What's within walking distance 1,161 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Albert Park. The nearest grocery is about 8 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for shopping, coffee, parks, schools and culture & entertainment. ### Groceries 2.5 of 3 points * Woolworths Metro Albert Park, 8 min * Foodworks on Dundas Place, 8 min * Roh's Food Store, 10 min ### Restaurants & bars 2.6 of 3 points * Rebello - A slice of Italy, 3 min * Albert Park Hotel, 7 min * Pony Boy, 8 min ### Shopping 1.8 of 2 points * Potier, 3 min * Julie Goodwin Couture, 6 min * Headswitch, 7 min ### Coffee 2.0 of 2 points * Miss Colombia Cafe, 2 min * Halcyon Days, 3 min * Mr Danks Bar & Cafe, 8 min ### Banks 0.8 of 1 point * Commonwealth Bank Albert Park Branch, 8 min * Bank of Queensland, 18 min * Beyond Bank, 22 min ### Parks 1.0 of 1 point * Frank & Mary Crean Reserve, 5 min * Albert Park, 7 min * Moubray Street Community Park and Community Garden, 9 min ### Schools 1.0 of 1 point * Middle Park Primary School Council, 5 min * Middle Park Kindergarten, 6 min * Albert Park Preschool Centre, 7 min ### Books & libraries 0.9 of 1 point * The Carmelite Library, 7 min * Albert Park Library, 7 min * Avenue Bookstore, 8 min ### Culture & entertainment 0.9 of 1 point * Roundhouse Entertainment, 6 min * Instinct Music, 11 min * Temperance Hall, 16 min Measured from the mapped centre of Albert Park, Melbourne at -37.8452, 144.9571. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route. ## Street layout Within 800 m of the centre there are about 154 street intersections per km², and blocks average 70 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced. ## Walkability across Albert Park, Melbourne ![Walkability scores across the 950 m around the centre of Albert Park. 94% of points score 70 or more; the lowest, 50, is 950 m to the south-west.](https://howwalkable.com/maps/australia/melbourne/albert-park.svg?v=a0c3566ec28e) Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 950 m around the centre of Albert Park, Melbourne. Rings mark 500 m and 950 m from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets. ## Nearby neighbourhoods in Melbourne | Neighbourhood | Distance | Score | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------- | ----- | | [South Melbourne](https://howwalkable.com/cities/australia/melbourne/south-melbourne) | 1.3 km | 97 | | [Southbank](https://howwalkable.com/cities/australia/melbourne/neighbourhoods#southbank) | 2.3 km | 97 | | [Docklands](https://howwalkable.com/cities/australia/melbourne/neighbourhoods#docklands) | 3.4 km | 86 | | [Melbourne central business district](https://howwalkable.com/cities/australia/melbourne/neighbourhoods#melbourne-central-business-district) | 3.5 km | 97 | | [Richmond](https://howwalkable.com/cities/australia/melbourne/neighbourhoods#richmond) | 4.9 km | 95 | | [Carlton](https://howwalkable.com/cities/australia/melbourne/carlton) | 5.1 km | 99 | | [Fitzroy](https://howwalkable.com/cities/australia/melbourne/fitzroy) | 5.3 km | 99 | | [North Melbourne](https://howwalkable.com/cities/australia/melbourne/neighbourhoods#north-melbourne) | 5.3 km | 94 | See [all 20 neighbourhoods of Melbourne ranked by walkability](https://howwalkable.com/cities/australia/melbourne/neighbourhoods). ## Questions about walking in Albert Park, Melbourne ### Is Albert Park walkable? Yes. Albert Park in Melbourne has a walkability score of 89 out of 100 across the 950 m around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot. ### Is Albert Park more walkable than the rest of Melbourne? Albert Park is about as walkable as Melbourne as a whole: it scores 89, against 87 for the 5 km around Melbourne's centre. It is the joint 11th most walkable of the 20 neighbourhoods ranked in Melbourne, with 1 other on How Walkable. ### What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Melbourne? Of the 20 Melbourne neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Fitzroy (99), Carlton (99) and Collingwood (98). ### How is the walkability score of Albert Park 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 Albert Park it is the average of 57 points spread evenly across the 950 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](https://howwalkable.com/methodology). Places from Overture Maps release 2026-09-23.1. Neighbourhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata. Ask about walking anywhere in ChatGPT with the [How Walkable app](https://chatgpt.com/plugins/plugin_asdk_app_6accc634bcf8819189c1bcaf0e227f0f), for example "How walkable is Albert Park, Melbourne?" 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.