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Gosford vs Sydney - Lower North

Indigenous Area comparison ≈ 49 km apart · Gosford profile · Sydney - Lower North profile

Gosford Sydney - Lower North

Gosford and Sydney - Lower North are two different types of environments. Sydney - Lower North is a walker's paradise with a walkability score of 8.7, while Gosford is somewhat walkable at 5.4. This is seen in the accessibility of basics; for example, 94.2% of homes in Sydney - Lower North are within a 15 minute walk of groceries, compared to 51.0% in Gosford. There is also a significant difference in their First Nations populations. Gosford has a far larger population of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people at 6,294, though their typical personal income of $616 is far lower than the $1,176 seen in Sydney - Lower North.

Both areas share a very similar landscape, with an almost identical mean terrain slope of around 10%. While they share this physical trait, their urban layouts differ wildly. Sydney - Lower North has far higher street connectivity with 292 intersections per square kilometre, compared to just 15 in Gosford. This gap in how the two areas are built has remained a defining feature of their different layouts.

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First Nations

First Nations people in Gosfordin Sydney - Lower North +5,575 larger in Gosford
6,294 88th pct 719 31st pct
Median age in Gosfordin Sydney - Lower North +8 yrs older in Sydney - Lower North
23 yrs 29th pct 31 yrs 90th pct
Year 12 in Gosfordin Sydney - Lower North +32.5 pts higher in Sydney - Lower North
41.1% 75th pct 73.6% 100th pct
Unemployment in Gosfordin Sydney - Lower North +3.2 pts higher in Gosford
9.3% 26th pct 6.2% 6th pct
Median income in Gosfordin Sydney - Lower North +$560 higher in Sydney - Lower North
$616 73rd pct $1,176 100th pct
Household income in Gosfordin Sydney - Lower North +$867 higher in Sydney - Lower North
$1,678 76th pct $2,545 100th pct
Indigenous language in Gosfordin Sydney - Lower North +4.8 pts higher in Sydney - Lower North
3.9% 28th pct 8.6% 60th pct

Walkability

Walk score in Gosfordin Sydney - Lower North +3.2 higher in Sydney - Lower North
5.4 76th pct 8.7 100th pct
Types ≤15 min in Gosfordin Sydney - Lower North +2.6 more in Sydney - Lower North
5.1 74th pct 7.7 99th pct
15-min city in Gosfordin Sydney - Lower North +39.7 pts higher in Sydney - Lower North
57.1% 66th pct 96.8% 97th pct
Walk to shops in Gosfordin Sydney - Lower North +43.2 pts higher in Sydney - Lower North
51.0% 54th pct 94.2% 95th pct
Walk to transit in Gosfordin Sydney - Lower North +8.5 pts higher in Sydney - Lower North
91.4% 82nd pct 99.9% 100th pct
Walk to school in Gosfordin Sydney - Lower North +37.1 pts higher in Sydney - Lower North
60.2% 54th pct 97.4% 96th pct
Walk to a park in Gosfordin Sydney - Lower North +8.3 pts higher in Sydney - Lower North
91.7% 71st pct 100.0% 100th pct
Walk to health in Gosfordin Sydney - Lower North +48.8 pts higher in Sydney - Lower North
42.9% 57th pct 91.7% 96th pct
Intersections/km² in Gosfordin Sydney - Lower North +277 higher in Sydney - Lower North
15 66th pct 292 96th pct
Mean slope in Gosfordin Sydney - Lower North +0.6 pts higher in Sydney - Lower North
9.8% 96th pct 10.5% 98th pct

Compare Gosford with nearby areas

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Compare Sydney - Lower North with nearby areas

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Gosford vs Sydney - Lower North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/compare/iare/IARE104007/gosford/vs/IARE107028/sydney-lower-north