How walkable is Leederville?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Leederville has a walkability score of 91 out of 100 across the 700 m around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car. It is the 2nd most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Perth, which scores 75 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
950 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Leederville. The nearest grocery is Trans Oriental Supermarket, about 5 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, banks, parks and culture & entertainment.
- Dewsons Supermarkets7 min
- The Good Grocer7 min
- Rusty Pig1 min
- Domino's Pizza Leederville1 min
- Pure Hair Extensions1 min
- Hass & Co Botanics1 min
- Cafe L.A1 min
- Aroma Cafe1 min
- Beyond Bank18 min
- Commonwealth Bank Mount Hawthorn Branch20 min
- Brittania Reserve6 min
- Keith Frame Reserve8 min
- West Leederville Primary School17 min
- West Leederville School of Early Learning21 min
- City of Vincent Library7 min
- The Language Centre Bookshop9 min
- The Red Room Leederville7 min
- Helen O'Grady Drama Academy7 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Leederville at -31.9331, 115.8414. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 122 street intersections per km², and blocks average 65 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Leederville
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 700 m around the centre of Leederville. Rings mark 350 m and 700 m from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Perth
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Subiaco | 2.2 km | 93 |
| South Perth | 5.7 km | 76 |
| Bentley | 10.4 km | 67 |
| Bassendean | 10.6 km | 64 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Perth page.
Questions about walking in Leederville
Is Leederville walkable?
Yes. Leederville in Perth has a walkability score of 91 out of 100 across the 700 m around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car.
Is Leederville more walkable than the rest of Perth?
Leederville is more walkable than Perth as a whole: it scores 91, against 75 for the 5 km around Perth's centre. It ranks 2nd 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 Leederville 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 Leederville it is the average of 59 points spread evenly across the 700 m 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.