--- title: "Ferreirasdorp, Johannesburg walkability score: 94/100" description: "Ferreirasdorp in Johannesburg scores 94/100 for walkability (Walker's Paradise): what's within a walk and how it compares with Johannesburg." url: https://howwalkable.com/cities/south-africa/johannesburg/ferreirasdorp updated: 2026-10-22 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ --- 1. [Cities](https://howwalkable.com/cities) 2. [South Africa](https://howwalkable.com/cities/south-africa) 3. [Johannesburg](https://howwalkable.com/cities/south-africa/johannesburg) 4. Ferreirasdorp # How walkable is Ferreirasdorp, Johannesburg? By [Oscar Higson-Spence](https://howwalkable.com/about#author). Updated 22 October 2026 Ferreirasdorp 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 one of 2 neighbourhoods tied as the most walkable of the 16 ranked in Johannesburg, which scores 61 as a whole. 94 out of 100: Walker's Paradise Daily errands do not require a car. * #1 of 16 tied, in Johannesburg * 61 Johannesburg overall * 97 at the centre [Open on the map](https://howwalkable.com/?lat=-26.20366&lon=28.03354&q=Ferreirasdorp%2C%20Johannesburg) ## What's within walking distance 1,131 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Ferreirasdorp. The nearest grocery is about 3 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, banks, parks, schools, books & libraries and culture & entertainment. ### Groceries 3.0 of 3 points * SPAR, 3 min * Sui Hing Hong, 5 min * Cambridge Food Newgate, 5 min ### Restaurants & bars 3.0 of 3 points * Niki's Oasis, 3 min * Sausage Saloon, 4 min * Dee Oyster & Champagne Bar, 4 min ### Shopping 2.0 of 2 points * Rage, 3 min * Market Square Market, 3 min * AFYA PHARMACY (FORDSBURG), 4 min ### Coffee 1.7 of 2 points * Seattle Coffee Company, 6 min * City Perk Cafe, 10 min * Starbucks, 11 min ### Banks 1.0 of 1 point * South African Reserve Bank, 2 min * Standard Bank, 6 min * Old Mutual, 6 min ### Parks 1.0 of 1 point * Beyers Naudé Square, 8 min * Queen Elizabeth Bridge Park, 9 min * Ernest Oppenheimer Park, 15 min ### Schools 0.9 of 1 point * Fnb Kidz First, 6 min * Eclah Pre-School, 7 min * Creative Kids College/South Point, 12 min ### Books & libraries 1.0 of 1 point * Limbada & Company, 5 min * Lenasia Ext 1 Library, 7 min * Johannesburg City Library, 8 min ### Culture & entertainment 1.0 of 1 point * Sci-Bono Discovery Centre, 2 min * The Workers' Museum, 3 min * Market Theatre, 3 min Measured from the mapped centre of Ferreirasdorp, Johannesburg at -26.2037, 28.0335. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route. ## Street layout Within 800 m of the centre there are about 99 street intersections per km², and blocks average 90 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced. ## Walkability across Ferreirasdorp, Johannesburg ![Walkability scores across the 1 km around the centre of Ferreirasdorp. 100% of points score 70 or more; the lowest, 75, is 900 m to the south-west.](https://howwalkable.com/maps/south-africa/johannesburg/ferreirasdorp.svg?v=b1e3f5f79ada) Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 1 km around the centre of Ferreirasdorp, Johannesburg. Rings mark 500 m and 1 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets. ## Nearby neighbourhoods in Johannesburg | Neighbourhood | Distance | Score | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------- | ----- | | [Marshalltown](https://howwalkable.com/cities/south-africa/johannesburg/neighbourhoods#marshalltown) | 1 km | 92 | | [Fordsburg](https://howwalkable.com/cities/south-africa/johannesburg/neighbourhoods#fordsburg) | 1.2 km | 82 | | [Braamfontein](https://howwalkable.com/cities/south-africa/johannesburg/braamfontein) | 1.3 km | 92 | | [Hillbrow](https://howwalkable.com/cities/south-africa/johannesburg/hillbrow) | 2.3 km | 94 | | [Parktown](https://howwalkable.com/cities/south-africa/johannesburg/parktown) | 2.5 km | 68 | | [Booysens](https://howwalkable.com/cities/south-africa/johannesburg/neighbourhoods#booysens) | 3 km | 52 | | [Richmond](https://howwalkable.com/cities/south-africa/johannesburg/neighbourhoods#richmond) | 3 km | 91 | | [Jeppestown](https://howwalkable.com/cities/south-africa/johannesburg/jeppestown) | 3.7 km | 77 | See [all 16 neighbourhoods of Johannesburg ranked by walkability](https://howwalkable.com/cities/south-africa/johannesburg/neighbourhoods). ## Questions about walking in Ferreirasdorp, Johannesburg ### Is Ferreirasdorp walkable? Yes. Ferreirasdorp in Johannesburg 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 Ferreirasdorp more walkable than the rest of Johannesburg? Ferreirasdorp is more walkable than Johannesburg as a whole: it scores 94, against 61 for the 5 km around Johannesburg's centre. It is one of 2 neighbourhoods tied as the most walkable of the 16 ranked in Johannesburg on How Walkable. ### What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Johannesburg? Of the 16 Johannesburg neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Ferreirasdorp (94), Hillbrow (94), Marshalltown (92) and Braamfontein (92). ### How is the walkability score of Ferreirasdorp 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 Ferreirasdorp it is the average of 51 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](https://howwalkable.com/methodology). Places from Overture Maps release 2026-09-23.1. Neighbourhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata. 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