Inverell - Gwydir vs Tamworth

Inverell - Gwydir and Tamworth are two regional areas in New South Wales. Tamworth is more walkable, with a score of 4.5 (somewhat walkable) compared to 3.5 (mostly car-dependent) in Inverell - Gwydir. This is seen in the access to local services; for example, 70.1% of Tamworth homes are within a 10-minute walk of public transport, which is far higher than the 50.4% in Inverell - Gwydir. Tamworth also has a far larger First Nations population with 8,021 people. In Tamworth, typical First Nations personal income is $596, while in Inverell - Gwydir it is much lower at $472.

These differences in income and employment are stark, as the First Nations unemployment rate is well higher in Inverell - Gwydir at 16.0%. Both areas share a very young First Nations population, with a typical age of 21. While they both sit on similar terrain, the gap in access to public transport has widened by 20 percentage points. This makes Tamworth's layout far more connected for people without cars than that of Inverell - Gwydir.