Muswellbrook vs Lithgow - Oberon

Muswellbrook and Lithgow - Oberon are two regional New South Wales areas with different layouts. In Muswellbrook, more homes are within a 15-minute walk of a school (64.0%) and public transport (72.2%) than in Lithgow - Oberon, where these figures are 48.1% and 59.8%. However, Lithgow - Oberon has a higher share of homes within a 15-minute walk of health services (38.7% compared to 31.8%) and groceries (47.8% versus 43.7%).

Both areas are very similar in their overall walkability scores and have nearly the same number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. While they share these traits, their First Nations populations differ in age; the typical First Nations resident in Muswellbrook is 21, which is noticeably younger than the typical resident in Lithgow - Oberon, who is 26. First Nations residents in Muswellbrook also have a well higher rate of Year 12 completion at 26.8% compared to 23.5% in Lithgow - Oberon.