How walkable is Kew?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Kew has a walkability score of 77 out of 100 across the 1.8 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot. It is the 5th most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Melbourne, which scores 87 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
668 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Kew. The nearest grocery is Woolworths, about 6 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, banks, schools and books & libraries.
- Coles7 min
- Kew War Memorial7 min
- Frank and Harri4 min
- The Roast Kitchen4 min
- Dan Murphy's4 min
- The Cleaning Shop4 min
- Via Verona6 min
- Sparechair Cafe6 min
- ANZ5 min
- Commonwealth Bank Kew Branch6 min
- Petrie Square8 min
- Eglinton Reserve9 min
- Sacred Heart Primary School Kew11 min
- HEI Schools Kew Early Education Centre12 min
- Kew Library8 min
- Kew Toy Library14 min
- Eldon Hogan Performing Arts Centre16 min
- James Tatoulis Auditorium20 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Kew at -37.8034, 145.0333. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 124 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 Kew
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 1.8 km around the centre of Kew. Rings mark 900 m and 1.8 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Melbourne
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Fitzroy | 4.8 km | 99 |
| Carlton | 5.7 km | 99 |
| St Kilda | 8.1 km | 94 |
| Footscray | 12 km | 89 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Melbourne page.
Questions about walking in Kew
Is Kew walkable?
Yes. Kew in Melbourne has a walkability score of 77 out of 100 across the 1.8 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot.
Is Kew more walkable than the rest of Melbourne?
Kew is less walkable than Melbourne as a whole: it scores 77, against 87 for the 5 km around Melbourne's centre. It ranks 5th 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 Kew 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 Kew it is the average of 53 points spread evenly across the 1.8 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.