How walkable is Footscray?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Footscray has a walkability score of 89 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 4th most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Melbourne, which scores 87 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
904 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Footscray. The nearest grocery is Tatsing Food Store, about 3 minutes away on foot. Every category earns full or nearly full points.
- KFL Footscray3 min
- Bright Merkato5 min
- Domino's Pizza Footscray2 min
- Encore Pizza Footscray2 min
- Alan Mance Store2 min
- Long's Bottle Shop2 min
- French Baguette Cafe3 min
- The Brew Cafe & Toast5 min
- Commonwealth Bank4 min
- ANZ5 min
- Maddern Reserve5 min
- Unnamed park8 min
- Footscray Primary School7 min
- Hyde St Kindergarten14 min
- Footscray Library4 min
- Western Health5 min
- Footscray Hub Arcade6 min
- Mamma Chen's7 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Footscray at -37.7981, 144.8973. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 139 street intersections per km², and blocks average 73 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Footscray
- 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 Footscray. Rings mark 650 m and 1.3 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Melbourne
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Carlton | 6.3 km | 99 |
| Fitzroy | 7.2 km | 99 |
| St Kilda | 10.4 km | 94 |
| Kew | 12 km | 77 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Melbourne page.
Questions about walking in Footscray
Is Footscray walkable?
Yes. Footscray in Melbourne has a walkability score of 89 out of 100 across the 1.3 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot.
Is Footscray more walkable than the rest of Melbourne?
Footscray is about as walkable as Melbourne as a whole: it scores 89, against 87 for the 5 km around Melbourne's centre. It ranks 4th of the 5 Melbourne neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Melbourne?
Of the 5 Melbourne neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Fitzroy (99), Carlton (99) and St Kilda (94).
How is the walkability score of Footscray 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 Footscray it is the average of 56 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.
Scores follow a published walkability method, explained in the methodology. Neighbourhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata.