How walkable is East Perth?
By Oscar Higson-Spence. Updated
East Perth has a walkability score of 88 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot. It is the joint 4th most walkable of the 20 neighbourhoods ranked in Perth, with 1 other, which scores 75 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
1,518 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of East Perth. The nearest grocery is about 2 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, banks, parks, books & libraries and culture & entertainment.
Groceries
- Carlton Fresh, 12 min
- Rise Supermarket, 14 min
Restaurants & bars
- La Moon Thai Cuisine, 2 min
- The Royal on the Waterfront, 3 min
Shopping
- GreenCross Pharmacy, 2 min
- Vintage Cellars, 2 min
Coffee
- Toast, 3 min
- Kinky Lizard Espresso Bar, 3 min
Banks
- Bank of Queensland, 6 min
- Commonwealth Bank East Perth Branch, 11 min
Parks
- Pioneer Gardens, 2 min
- Claisebrook Creek, 3 min
Schools
- The Akidamy School of Early Learning, 17 min
- CBD College Perth RTO:91399, 20 min
Books & libraries
- Western Australia - Minerals and Energy, 1 min
- Child Education Services, 3 min
Culture & entertainment
- The Impossible Triangle, 5 min
- The Actors' Hub Australia, 9 min
Measured from the mapped centre of East Perth at -31.9543, 115.8779. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 107 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 East Perth
- 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 East Perth. Rings mark 500 m and 1 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Perth
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Burswood | 1.9 km | 67 |
| Northbridge | 2.1 km | 98 |
| Victoria Park | 2.6 km | 88 |
| Mount Lawley | 2.9 km | 83 |
| Maylands | 2.9 km | 63 |
| South Perth | 3.2 km | 76 |
| Leederville | 4.2 km | 91 |
| West Leederville | 4.7 km | 83 |
See all 20 neighbourhoods of Perth ranked by walkability.
Questions about walking in East Perth
Is East Perth walkable?
Yes. East Perth has a walkability score of 88 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot.
Is East Perth more walkable than the rest of Perth?
East Perth is more walkable than Perth as a whole: it scores 88, against 75 for the 5 km around Perth's centre. It is the joint 4th most walkable of the 20 neighbourhoods ranked in Perth, with 1 other on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Perth?
Of the 20 Perth neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Northbridge (98), Subiaco (93) and Leederville (91).
How is the walkability score of East Perth 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 East Perth it is the average of 50 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. 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. Places from Overture Maps release 2026-09-23.1. Neighbourhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata.
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