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Port Stephens vs Wyong

Indigenous Area comparison ≈ 72 km apart · Port Stephens profile · Wyong profile

Port Stephens Wyong

Port Stephens and Wyong are two New South Wales areas located about 72 km apart. Wyong is much more walkable and connected, with far more homes within a 15-minute walk of a school (61.0% compared to 42.6% in Port Stephens) and public transport (94.1% compared to 83.7%). Wyong also has a far larger Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population, with 10,983 people compared to 4,896 in Port Stephens.

Both areas are very similar in their First Nations community profiles, with a typical age of 22 and typical household incomes around $1,600. While Wyong's walkability score is a little higher (5.1 compared to 4.5), both are described as somewhat walkable. The gaps in accessibility to parks, health services and groceries are all well higher in Wyong, while the difference in First Nations Year 12 completion is only a little higher there.

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First Nations

First Nations people in Port Stephensin Wyong +6,087 larger in Wyong
4,896 87th pct 10,983 91st pct
Median age in Port Stephensin Wyong even
22 yrs 14th pct 22 yrs 14th pct
Year 12 in Port Stephensin Wyong +1.9 pts higher in Wyong
32.6% 51st pct 34.5% 57th pct
Unemployment in Port Stephensin Wyong +1.2 pts higher in Wyong
9.4% 26th pct 10.6% 35th pct
Median income in Port Stephensin Wyong +$42 higher in Wyong
$582 63rd pct $624 74th pct
Household income in Port Stephensin Wyong +$16 higher in Wyong
$1,617 72nd pct $1,633 73rd pct
Indigenous language in Port Stephensin Wyong +0.3 pts higher in Wyong
2.8% 16th pct 3.1% 19th pct

Walkability

Walk score in Port Stephensin Wyong +0.7 higher in Wyong
4.5 63rd pct 5.1 73rd pct
Types ≤15 min in Port Stephensin Wyong +0.7 more in Wyong
4.1 54th pct 4.9 71st pct
15-min city in Port Stephensin Wyong +7.3 pts higher in Wyong
47.7% 51st pct 55.0% 62nd pct
Walk to shops in Port Stephensin Wyong +6.0 pts higher in Wyong
42.4% 40th pct 48.4% 50th pct
Walk to transit in Port Stephensin Wyong +10.4 pts higher in Wyong
83.7% 75th pct 94.1% 84th pct
Walk to school in Port Stephensin Wyong +18.4 pts higher in Wyong
42.6% 27th pct 61.0% 55th pct
Walk to a park in Port Stephensin Wyong +7.9 pts higher in Wyong
83.3% 60th pct 91.3% 70th pct
Walk to health in Port Stephensin Wyong +7.9 pts higher in Wyong
24.8% 24th pct 32.7% 39th pct
Intersections/km² in Port Stephensin Wyong +11 higher in Wyong
9 61st pct 20 69th pct
Mean slope in Port Stephensin Wyong +0.9 pts higher in Port Stephens
6.3% 75th pct 5.4% 61st pct

Compare Port Stephens with nearby areas

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Compare Wyong with nearby areas

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Port Stephens vs Wyong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/compare/iare/IARE104016/port-stephens/vs/IARE104023/wyong