WalkablyIs South Dublin walkable?
This page covers South Dublin: 301,000 people, including Tallaght and Clondalkin.
In South Dublin, the walk to a school compares best with Europe: 5 minutes for the typical resident, better than most of Europe. The walk to a place to eat compares least well with Europe: 7 minutes for the typical resident, worse than most of Europe. Easiest to walk: Springfield (67). Hardest: Scholarstown (42).
The city at a glance
On the map, click any street to see its score and the walk to each need.
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The walk to eight daily needs
Minutes on foot for a typical resident.
| Need | Typical walk | Compared with Europe | People with one within 20 min |
|---|---|---|---|
| Groceries | 7 min | Worse than most | 99% |
| Food and drink | 7 min | Worse than most | 98% |
| Shops | 7 min | Worse than most | 99% |
| Health | 8 min | About typical | 98% |
| School | 5 min | Better than most | 99% |
| Parks | 4 min | About typical | 99% |
| Culture | 10 min | About typical | 86% |
| Public transport | 4 min | About typical | 100% |
Compared with the rest of the country
16% of the people in South Dublin live in places among the most walkable 20% on the island of Ireland (Ireland and Northern Ireland, which the map scores together), about average.
| Where people live, ranked on the island of Ireland | Bar | South Dublin |
|---|---|---|
| Most walkable 20% | 16% | |
| Above the middle | 48% | |
| Middle 20% | 30% | |
| Below the middle | 6% | |
| Lowest-scoring 20% | 1% |
Most walkable and lowest-scoring areas
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Most walkable
| Area | Typical score |
|---|---|
| 67 | |
| 66 | |
| 64 | |
| 64 | |
| 64 |
Lowest overall score
| Area | Typical score |
|---|---|
| 42 | |
| 49 | |
| 50 | |
| 51 | |
| 52 |
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Cities like South Dublin
Cities of similar size and score.
| City | Country | People | Typical score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sefton | United Kingdom | 288,000 | 54 |
| Sunderland | United Kingdom | 287,000 | 54 |
| Espoo | Finland | 321,000 | 57 |
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What this page covers
Walkably gives places in Europe a walking score from 0 to 100, based on the walk to eight daily needs and how pleasant the streets are.
This page uses the boundary of South Dublin on OpenStreetMap. Besides South Dublin itself, it takes in Tallaght, Clondalkin and Lucan. About 301,000 people live there (2022 figure). Inside it we scored 14,208 street cells with 109,537 buildings in them.
Every number here comes from the same scores as the map. The score runs from 0 to 100. The walk to eight daily needs on real streets makes up 60% of it, and how pleasant the streets are makes up 40%. Each place counts by the people who live there, from census counts: the typical score is the score of where people live. The comparison with Europe counts 466.8 million people. The score uses no data about who lives anywhere: no income, age, origin or other personal data. How the score works.