How walkable is St Kilda?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
St Kilda has a walkability score of 94 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 3rd most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Melbourne, which scores 87 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
1,320 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of St Kilda. The nearest grocery is Shell Coles Express, about 3 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, parks and culture & entertainment.
- ALDI9 min
- Coles9 min
- Flames Pizza1 min
- Asap Room Melbourne1 min
- The Bitch is Back1 min
- Storehouse1 min
- Mrs. Hydes Cafe. St Kilda1 min
- The Studio Beans1 min
- Commonwealth Bank St. Kilda Branch9 min
- NAB9 min
- Unnamed park4 min
- Jim Duggan Reserve8 min
- Headland Montessori13 min
- St Kilda Primary School15 min
- Cosmos Books and Music9 min
- Arts Centre (Melbourne), The9 min
- The National Theatre Melbourne Loading Dock6 min
- The National Theatre Melbourne Stage Door6 min
Measured from the mapped centre of St Kilda at -37.8638, 144.9816. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 150 street intersections per km², and blocks average 71 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across St Kilda
- 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 St Kilda. Rings mark 500 m and 1 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Melbourne
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Fitzroy | 7 km | 99 |
| Carlton | 7.2 km | 99 |
| Kew | 8.1 km | 77 |
| Footscray | 10.4 km | 89 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Melbourne page.
Questions about walking in St Kilda
Is St Kilda walkable?
Yes. St Kilda in Melbourne has a walkability score of 94 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 St Kilda more walkable than the rest of Melbourne?
St Kilda is more walkable than Melbourne as a whole: it scores 94, against 87 for the 5 km around Melbourne's centre. It ranks 3rd 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 St Kilda 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 St Kilda it is the average of 59 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.