Sevilla’s Accessibility Divide: Where Everyday Access Concentrates
An independent 250-metre spatial analysis evaluating neighbourhood access to daily services, public transit and walkable streets across Sevilla.
The Sevilla 250-Metre Score Map
BarrioRadar evaluated 1,288 discrete 250 m × 250 m grid cells across Sevilla (80.5 km² nominal area across evaluated grid cells). Every cell is scored on a calibrated 0–100 scale based on spatial proximity to groceries, healthcare, education, transit services, and leisure amenities.
Score Distribution: Higher-Scoring vs. Lower-Scoring Cells
Evaluating Sevilla across uniform 250m cells illustrates the distribution between higher-scoring cells (scores 65–90) and lower-scoring cells (scores 5–44) across the evaluated municipal area.
Master Score Distribution (10-Point Intervals)
Sample: 1,288 CellsThe national index weights each evaluated cell by represented CartoCiudad address portals, yielding an Address-Weighted BarrioRadar Score of 58.3 out of 100 (Grade C, National Rank #8 / 100). In contrast, the unweighted Geographic Grid Mean is 40.4 / 100 and the Geographic Grid Median is 41.0 / 100, with 695 cells (54.0%) falling into Grade D (scores 5–44). The data shows the distribution between score tiers across the municipality:
- Lower-scoring cells (Grade D): 695 cells (54.0% of evaluated area) score Grade D (scores 5–44), accounting for more than half of the spatial grid but containing only 26.1% of address portals (30,534 of 116,807). Across this group, portal density averages 43.9 portals per 250m cell.
- Concentration of address portals: In contrast, 46.5% of all address portals in Sevilla (54,277 of 116,807 portals) are concentrated in the 277 cells (21.5% of evaluated cells) scoring Grade B+ or higher (scores 65–90), where portal density averages 195.9 portals per cell. Within this group, 65 cells (5.0% of evaluated cells) achieve Grade A or A+ (scores 80–90), holding 15,361 address portals (13.2%) across postal codes 41001, 41002, 41003, 41004, 41008, 41009, 41010, 41011, 41013, and 41018.
Empirical Infrastructure & Livability Benchmark Table
| Evaluated Spatial Metric | Empirical Value | Coverage / Context | Data Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evaluated 250m × 250m Grid Cells | 1,288 cells | 80.5 km² nominal grid area across municipality | analytics.location_grid |
| Address Portals Represented | 116,807 portals | Average 90.7 portals per cell across evaluated envelope | IGN CartoCiudad |
| Weekday Scheduled Stop Departures | 143,435 departures | 8,975 scheduled vehicle trips on representative weekday | MITMA NAP GTFS |
| Active Public Transit Platforms | 1,199 platforms | 174 bus routes, 1 tram line, 1 subway line | MITMA NAP GTFS |
| Peak Hour Transit Volume | 2,799 departures | 08:00–08:59 peak (2,714 bus, 85 rail/tram) | MITMA NAP GTFS |
| Total Mapped Street & Pathway Network | 2529.4 km | 24,434 individual mapped network segments | OpenStreetMap |
| Dedicated Pedestrian Footways | 476.1 km | 18.8% of total mapped street network | OpenStreetMap |
| Total Cycling-Accessible Infrastructure | 330.5 km | Including 185.7 km segregated cycle tracks (7.3%) | OpenStreetMap |
| Mapped Building Footprints | 57,035 buildings | 21,240 with explicit level tags (37.2% coverage) | OpenStreetMap |
| Average Building Height | 3.63 floors | Median 3.0 floors across tagged building stock | OpenStreetMap |
| Dominant Building Level Band | 3–5 floors (10,595) | 49.9% of recorded building level data (mid-rise band) | OpenStreetMap |
| Address-Weighted BarrioRadar Score | 58.3 / 100 (Grade C) | Rank #8 out of 100 evaluated Spanish cities | analytics.mv_spain_top100_ranking |
| Geographic Grid Mean | 40.4 / 100 | Unweighted territorial average across 1,288 cells | analytics.mv_municipality_summary |
| Geographic Grid Median | 41.0 / 100 | Unweighted territorial 50th percentile across 1,288 cells | analytics.mv_municipality_summary |
| Grade A and A+ Cells (Score ≥ 80) | 65 cells (5.0%) | 15,361 portals (13.2%); CP 41001, 41002, 41003, 41004, 41008, 41009, 41010, 41011, 41013, 41018 | analytics.location_grid |
| Address Portals in Grade B+ or Higher (≥ 65) | 54,277 portals (46.5%) | Concentrated across 277 grid cells (21.5% of cells) | analytics.location_grid |
Daily Services: Groceries, Health, and Community Infrastructure
OpenStreetMap records thousands of commercial amenities and civic facilities across Sevilla's evaluated area. Commercial venues and community services are analyzed directly from verified geometry layers.
Top Mapped Everyday Amenities by Category
Mapped Sports Infrastructure
OSM Pitch & Court Features by Tagged Sport* OpenStreetMap may map individual pitches or courts separately within a larger sports complex, so these counts represent mapped features rather than unique sports facilities.
* Data source: OpenStreetMap (Andalucía regional extract, August 2026). Values reflect mapped features and do not constitute an exhaustive municipal commercial tax register.
143,000 Daily Departures: The Scale of Sevilla Transit
Analysis of official General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS) schedules on a representative weekday (Wednesday, 19 August 2026), capturing scheduled departure volumes across Sevilla's transit network.
Scheduled Stop Departures by Hour of Day
Sevilla's public transit network operates with a total volume of 143,435 scheduled stop departures on a typical weekday, distributed across 1,199 active platform boarding points and 8,975 unique vehicle trips:
- TUSSAM Urban Buses: Account for 141,905 scheduled stop departures across 174 GTFS route variants on the representative weekday.
- MetroCentro Tram & Metro: MetroCentro tram provides 1,500 tram departures across 1 line, complemented by Metro de Sevilla Line 1 providing scheduled subway boarding departures.
- Peak Hour Transit Volume: The morning peak hour (08:00–08:59) concentrates 2,799 scheduled departures (2,714 bus departures and 85 rail/tram departures).
- Intermodal Rail Hub: Estación de Sevilla-Santa Justa and San Bernardo function as major multi-modal transit platform clusters connecting municipal urban transit with Cercanías commuter rail and high-speed rail lines.
Pedestrian Footways and Segregated Cycleways
Geodesic length calculation across mapped street, path, and cycleway segments within Sevilla's evaluated cells.
Mapped Road and Pathway Composition
Geodesic Distance (km)Sevilla’s Vertical Profile: A City of 3–5 Storey Buildings
Analysis of mapped building levels across Sevilla's built environment, illustrating the distribution of low, mid-rise, and high-density structures.
Building Levels Distribution
Sample: 21,240 buildings with explicit level tags (37.2% coverage)Among buildings with explicit level tags in OpenStreetMap (37.2% coverage), mid-rise structures represent the single largest vertical category: buildings with 3–5 floors (10,595 structures, 49.9%) form the dominant band across urban neighbourhoods. Low-rise structures comprise 1 floor (3,849 buildings, 18.1%) and 2 floors (3,620 structures, 17.0%) totaling 7,469 buildings (35.2%), while structures with 6–10 floors account for 2,877 buildings (13.5%) and those with 11 or more floors represent 299 buildings (1.4%).
The Extremes: Highest and Lowest Evaluated Cells
Factual extremes identified from the evaluated 250m grid cells. Descriptions identify representative street addresses and postal codes directly from official CartoCiudad records.
Frequently Asked Questions: Sevilla Urban Livability & Transit
Direct empirical answers to common spatial questions regarding spatial accessibility, public transit operations, street network composition, and vertical urban density across Sevilla.
How does Sevilla score for everyday accessibility?
Across Sevilla's evaluated grid cells (80.5 km² nominal area), 46.5% of all address portals (54,277 of 116,807 portals) are concentrated in the 277 cells achieving Grade B+ or higher (composite Master Scores 65–90), where portal density averages 195.9 portals per cell. Within this group, 65 cells (5.0%) achieve Grade A or A+ (scores 80–90), accounting for 15,361 address portals (13.2%) across postal codes 41001, 41002, 41003, 41004, 41008, 41009, 41010, 41011, 41013, and 41018.
Why is the geographic median score in Sevilla 41.0 out of 100?
The municipal geographic median is 41.0 out of 100 across all 1,288 evaluated 250m cells. Over half of all evaluated cells (695 cells, 54.0%) score Grade D (scores 5–44), containing 30,534 address portals (26.1%) with an average portal density of 43.9 portals per cell. In contrast, 277 cells (21.5%) score Grade B+ or higher (scores 65–90) with an average of 195.9 portals per cell, bringing the address-weighted score across all 116,807 represented portals to 58.3 / 100 (Grade C, Rank #8 nationally).
How does Sevilla's public transit network operate on a typical weekday?
On a representative weekday (19 August 2026), official GTFS transit schedules deliver 143,435 scheduled stop departures across 1,199 active platform boarding points and 8,975 unique vehicle trips. TUSSAM bus lines account for 141,905 scheduled departures across 174 GTFS route variants, complemented by MetroCentro tram providing 1,500 departures across 1 route and Metro de Sevilla Line 1 providing scheduled subway departures, peaking during the 08:00–08:59 hour with 2,799 departures (2,714 bus, 85 rail/tram).
What is the extent of cycling and pedestrian infrastructure in Sevilla?
OpenStreetMap records 2529.4 km of total mapped ways across Sevilla's evaluated municipal area. Dedicated pedestrian footways comprise 476.1 km (18.8% of the network), complemented by 174.6 km of pedestrian streets (6.9%), 63.4 km of living streets (2.5%), and mapped steps. The mapped network includes 330.5 km of cycling-accessible infrastructure, with 185.7 km (7.3%) classified as dedicated segregated cycle tracks.
What is the typical building height and vertical urban density in Sevilla?
Among the 21,240 mapped buildings with explicit level tags in OpenStreetMap (37.2% coverage), the average height is 3.63 floors (median 3.0 floors). Mid-rise buildings with 3–5 floors form the predominant category with 10,595 structures (49.9% of tagged buildings). Low-rise structures comprise 1-floor (3,849 buildings, 18.1%) and 2-floor buildings (3,620 structures, 17.0%) totaling 7,469 buildings (35.2%), while 6–10 floors account for 2,877 structures (13.5%) and 11+ floors account for 299 structures (1.4%).
Built from trusted public and open data
Every score, grid boundary, and timetable metric is derived deterministically from official public registers and OpenStreetMap processed in PostGIS.
Data Provenance & Reproduction
1. Official Cadastral Addresses • IGN CartoCiudad
Address portals and spatial centroids are derived from the Spanish National Address Directory (CartoCiudad) published by the Instituto Geográfico Nacional (IGN) and Centro Nacional de Información Geográfica (CNIG). Bounded strictly to municipality code INE 41091 (Province 41: Sevilla).
2. Public Transit Operations • National Access Point (NAP) GTFS
Public transit departures, stop locations, and route variants are computed from official General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS) feeds published via the Punto de Acceso Nacional (NAP), Transportes Urbanos de Sevilla (TUSSAM), MetroCentro, and Metro de Sevilla. Evaluates multimodal operations on the standard representative weekday 19 August 2026.
3. Physical Amenities, Roads, and Buildings • OpenStreetMap
Amenities, street network segments, and building footprints are ingested from OpenStreetMap (Andalucía regional extract, osm_andalucia, ingested August 2026). Data is published under the Open Data Commons Open Database License (ODbL) © OpenStreetMap contributors.
4. BarrioRadar 15-Minute Life Score Model
Scores are calculated across uniform 250m × 250m grid cells using continuous diminishing-returns curves (v1.1 scoring engine). Each grid cell is scored at its representative IGN CartoCiudad address portal located nearest the cell centroid. Evaluates spatial proximity to groceries (30%), essential services (30%), multimodal transit (25%), and social/leisure spaces (15%).
5. Research Scope & Methodological Limitations
This spatial analysis is subject to standard geographic research constraints: (1) OpenStreetMap amenity and street coverage depends on community-mapped tags; (2) Building-level height analysis only evaluates structures with explicit building level tags (37.2% coverage); (3) GTFS transit schedules reflect published timetables on the representative evaluation date and do not capture real-time vehicle dispatch; (4) Grid cells represent nominal 250m × 250m spatial units; (5) CartoCiudad address portals reflect postal registration density rather than direct residential census counts; and (6) A 250m cell score characterizes general spatial access within that cell rather than a guarantee for every individual doorway.
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