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How walkable is Avoca, Durban?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Avoca, Durban has a walkability score of 37 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it car-dependent: most errands require a car. It is the 4th most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Durban, which scores 68 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
74 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Avoca, Durban. The nearest grocery is Located behind Maharajhs Prayer Shop, about 14 minutes away on foot. It is weakest for restaurants & bars, coffee, banks and culture & entertainment.
- Top of the Rock Parking19 min
- Usave21 min
- McDonald's22 min
- Legacy Lounge22 min
- Arcadia Butchery12 min
- Zip-Code Clothing15 min
- Avoca Secondary School14 min
- Ndovela Creche16 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Avoca, Durban at -29.7708, 31.0167. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 48 street intersections per km², and blocks average 125 m long. Sparser streets or longer blocks reduce the score by 3%, since they make walks longer than the straight-line distance suggests.
Walkability across Avoca, Durban
- 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 Avoca, Durban. Rings mark 500 m and 1 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Durban
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Athlone, Durban | 3.7 km | 57 |
| Sydenham | 6.8 km | 73 |
| Stamford Hill, Durban | 6.8 km | 71 |
| Cato Manor | 11.9 km | 22 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Durban page.
Questions about walking in Avoca, Durban
Is Avoca, Durban walkable?
Not very. Avoca, Durban has a walkability score of 37 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it car-dependent: most errands require a car.
Is Avoca, Durban more walkable than the rest of Durban?
Avoca, Durban is less walkable than Durban as a whole: it scores 37, against 68 for the 5 km around Durban's centre. It ranks 4th of the 5 Durban neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Durban?
Of the 5 Durban neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Sydenham (73), Stamford Hill, Durban (71) and Athlone, Durban (57).
How is the walkability score of Avoca, Durban 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 Avoca, Durban it is the average of 61 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.