How walkable is Bassendean?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Bassendean has a walkability score of 64 out of 100 across the 1.5 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 Perth, which scores 75 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
425 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Bassendean. The nearest grocery is The 5 Four Store, about 4 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, parks, schools, books & libraries and culture & entertainment.
- Wasteless Pantry Bassendean7 min
- Coles8 min
- Pizza Hut1 min
- Bassendean Hotel1 min
- It Takes a Village1 min
- Mayhem Gifts2 min
- O2 Cafe2 min
- Toe Beans Bassendean2 min
- Westpac Branch Bassendean8 min
- Palmerston Square5 min
- Unnamed park8 min
- Bassendean Primary School9 min
- Cyril Jackson Senior Campus19 min
- Bassendean Memorial Library1 min
- Bassendean Town Council Libraries2 min
- Science Alive12 min
- The Railway Museum18 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Bassendean at -31.9047, 115.9489. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 110 street intersections per km², and blocks average 78 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Bassendean
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 1.5 km around the centre of Bassendean. Rings mark 750 m and 1.5 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Perth
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Leederville | 10.6 km | 91 |
| South Perth | 11.7 km | 76 |
| Bentley | 12.2 km | 67 |
| Subiaco | 12.7 km | 93 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Perth page.
Questions about walking in Bassendean
Is Bassendean walkable?
Partly. Bassendean in Perth has a walkability score of 64 out of 100 across the 1.5 km around its centre, which makes it somewhat walkable: some errands can be done on foot.
Is Bassendean more walkable than the rest of Perth?
Bassendean is less walkable than Perth as a whole: it scores 64, against 75 for the 5 km around Perth's centre. It ranks 5th of the 5 Perth neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Perth?
Of the 5 Perth neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Subiaco (93), Leederville (91) and South Perth (76).
How is the walkability score of Bassendean 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 Bassendean it is the average of 56 points spread evenly across the 1.5 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.