Walkability ranking · Greater Melbourne
By walk score, the ten most walkable Greater Melbourne suburbs are Alphington, Ashburton, Balwyn, Berwick, Brunswick East, Carlton North, Carnegie, Caulfield, Caulfield East and Caulfield South.
Updated 1 October 2026. Medians for the latest published quarter (updated May 2026). Ranked from 243 Greater Melbourne suburbs.
The ten, in order
Alphington (3078) is about 6 km from the Melbourne CBD. Its walk score is 100 out of 100, the highest in Greater Melbourne, from the shops, transport stops and footpaths within walking distance of its centre. The median house price is $2,025,000. 5,702 people lived there at the 2021 Census.
Ashburton (3147) is about 12 km from the Melbourne CBD. Its walk score is 100 out of 100, the 2nd highest in Greater Melbourne, from the shops, transport stops and footpaths within walking distance of its centre. The median house price is $1,905,000. 7,952 people lived there at the 2021 Census.
Balwyn (3103) is about 10 km from the Melbourne CBD. Its walk score is 100 out of 100, the 3rd highest in Greater Melbourne, from the shops, transport stops and footpaths within walking distance of its centre. The median house price is $3,128,000. 13,495 people lived there at the 2021 Census.
Berwick (3806) is about 41 km from the Melbourne CBD. Its walk score is 100 out of 100, the 4th highest in Greater Melbourne, from the shops, transport stops and footpaths within walking distance of its centre. The median house price is $870,000. 50,298 people lived there at the 2021 Census.
Brunswick East (3057) is about 5 km from the Melbourne CBD. Its walk score is 100 out of 100, the 5th highest in Greater Melbourne, from the shops, transport stops and footpaths within walking distance of its centre. The median house price is $1,335,000. 13,279 people lived there at the 2021 Census.
Carlton North (3054) is about 3 km from the Melbourne CBD. Its walk score is 100 out of 100, the 6th highest in Greater Melbourne, from the shops, transport stops and footpaths within walking distance of its centre. The median house price is $1,826,000. 6,177 people lived there at the 2021 Census.
Carnegie (3163) is about 12 km from the Melbourne CBD. Its walk score is 100 out of 100, the 7th highest in Greater Melbourne, from the shops, transport stops and footpaths within walking distance of its centre. The median house price is $1,810,000. 17,909 people lived there at the 2021 Census.
Caulfield (3162) is about 10 km from the Melbourne CBD. Its walk score is 100 out of 100, the 8th highest in Greater Melbourne, from the shops, transport stops and footpaths within walking distance of its centre. The median house price is $2,685,000. 5,748 people lived there at the 2021 Census.
Caulfield East (3145) is about 10 km from the Melbourne CBD. Its walk score is 100 out of 100, the 9th highest in Greater Melbourne, from the shops, transport stops and footpaths within walking distance of its centre. The median house price is $1,819,000. 1,293 people lived there at the 2021 Census.
Caulfield South (3162) is about 10 km from the Melbourne CBD. Its walk score is 100 out of 100, the 10th highest in Greater Melbourne, from the shops, transport stops and footpaths within walking distance of its centre. The median house price is $2,068,500. 12,328 people lived there at the 2021 Census.
| # | Suburb | Walk score | Median house price | Km to CBD | Profile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alphington 3078 | 100/100 | $2,025,000 | 6 | View profile → |
| 2 | Ashburton 3147 | 100/100 | $1,905,000 | 12 | View profile → |
| 3 | Balwyn 3103 | 100/100 | $3,128,000 | 10 | View profile → |
| 4 | Berwick 3806 | 100/100 | $870,000 | 41 | View profile → |
| 5 | Brunswick East 3057 | 100/100 | $1,335,000 | 5 | View profile → |
| 6 | Carlton North 3054 | 100/100 | $1,826,000 | 3 | View profile → |
| 7 | Carnegie 3163 | 100/100 | $1,810,000 | 12 | View profile → |
| 8 | Caulfield 3162 | 100/100 | $2,685,000 | 10 | View profile → |
| 9 | Caulfield East 3145 | 100/100 | $1,819,000 | 10 | View profile → |
| 10 | Caulfield South 3162 | 100/100 | $2,068,500 | 10 | View profile → |
A dash means the suburb’s own page publishes no figure. “Area” marks an ABS statistical-area median.
Ranks 11 to 15 on the same rule, for a shortlist that runs past the ten.
Common questions
By walk score, the most walkable Greater Melbourne suburbs of 1,000 or more residents are Alphington (100 out of 100), Ashburton (100 out of 100) and Balwyn (100 out of 100). The score counts the shops, services, transport stops and pedestrian infrastructure within walking distance of the suburb's centre, from OpenStreetMap; 90 and above is exceptional. The ranking is drawn from 243 suburbs with a score.
All ten suburbs on this page have a published median house price, from $870,000 in Berwick to $3,128,000 in Balwyn. Prices are Land Victoria's quarterly suburb medians. A dash in the table means the suburb's own page publishes no median, because its source is distrusted or it rests on fewer than five recorded sales.
We do not predict which suburbs will boom, and we hold no growth figure to rank Melbourne suburbs on: the medians we publish for Victoria are quarterly medians for the latest published quarter (updated May 2026), and they come without a 12-month change. A figure beside a suburb here is a median, a rent, a yield, a walk score or a school ICSEA, each measured and sourced, never a forecast. Each suburb's own page shows its published median and says where it comes from.
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