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Moree Plains vs Walgett

Indigenous Area comparison ≈ 148 km apart · Moree Plains profile · Walgett profile

Moree Plains Walgett

Moree Plains and Walgett are both large rural areas in New South Wales, but they differ sharply in how easy they are to get around. Walgett is far more walkable, with 67.7% of homes within a 15-minute walk of groceries and 60.5% near health services, compared to just 23.6% and 15.7% in Moree Plains. While Moree Plains is car-dependent, Walgett is somewhat walkable, with far more homes located near schools, parks, and public transport.

These accessibility gaps have widened over time. Despite this, the two areas share similar First Nations profiles; the typical personal income for First Nations people is nearly identical at $469 in Moree Plains and $454 in Walgett. Both areas also have a similar proportion of people who speak a First Nations language, sitting between 3.2% and 3.7%.

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First Nations

First Nations people in Moree Plainsin Walgett +307 larger in Walgett
811 36th pct 1,118 52nd pct
Median age in Moree Plainsin Walgett +3 yrs older in Walgett
26 yrs 64th pct 29 yrs 86th pct
Year 12 in Moree Plainsin Walgett +1.5 pts higher in Walgett
23.4% 23rd pct 25.0% 26th pct
Unemployment in Moree Plainsin Walgett +1.1 pts higher in Walgett
14.1% 60th pct 15.3% 67th pct
Median income in Moree Plainsin Walgett +$15 higher in Moree Plains
$469 29th pct $454 27th pct
Household income in Moree Plainsin Walgett +$199 higher in Moree Plains
$1,203 31st pct $1,004 14th pct
Indigenous language in Moree Plainsin Walgett +0.5 pts higher in Walgett
3.2% 20th pct 3.7% 26th pct

Walkability

Walk score in Moree Plainsin Walgett +2.9 higher in Walgett
1.8 13th pct 4.7 67th pct
Types ≤15 min in Moree Plainsin Walgett +3.0 more in Walgett
2.2 14th pct 5.2 75th pct
15-min city in Moree Plainsin Walgett +40.0 pts higher in Walgett
27.7% 25th pct 67.7% 75th pct
Walk to shops in Moree Plainsin Walgett +43.7 pts higher in Walgett
23.6% 15th pct 67.3% 72nd pct
Walk to transit in Moree Plainsin Walgett +35.2 pts higher in Walgett
1.1% 29th pct 36.4% 46th pct
Walk to school in Moree Plainsin Walgett +30.4 pts higher in Walgett
32.5% 16th pct 62.9% 58th pct
Walk to a park in Moree Plainsin Walgett +29.2 pts higher in Walgett
44.7% 16th pct 73.9% 49th pct
Walk to health in Moree Plainsin Walgett +44.9 pts higher in Walgett
15.7% 13th pct 60.5% 76th pct
Intersections/km² in Moree Plainsin Walgett even
0 15th pct 0 14th pct
Mean slope in Moree Plainsin Walgett +0.3 pts higher in Moree Plains
3.2% 21st pct 2.8% 13th pct

Compare Moree Plains with nearby areas

Moree Narrabri Goondiwindi - Stanthorpe Inverell - Gwydir Walgett Balonne Gunnedah Coonamble

Compare Walgett with nearby areas

Coonamble Brewarrina Balonne Moree Plains Narrabri Moree Warren Gilgandra

Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Moree Plains vs Walgett [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/compare/iare/IARE102008/moree-plains/vs/IARE103006/walgett