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Wyong vs Northern Beaches

Indigenous Area comparison ≈ 50 km apart · Wyong profile · Northern Beaches profile

Wyong Northern Beaches

Wyong and Northern Beaches are two different types of residential hubs in New South Wales. Northern Beaches is very walkable, with a score of 7.5, while Wyong is only somewhat walkable at 5.1. This difference shows in daily access, as the share of Northern Beaches homes within a 15-minute walk of health services is 76.1%, far higher than the 32.7% in Wyong. There is also a notable gap in First Nations outcomes; typical household income for First Nations people in Northern Beaches is $2,724, far higher than the $1,633 found in Wyong.

Both areas are very similar in their access to public transport, with over 94% of homes in each being within a 10-minute walk of a stop. This shared connectivity exists even though Wyong has a far larger First Nations population with 10,983 people compared to 1,706 in Northern Beaches. While Northern Beaches has a higher rate of Year 12 completion and lower unemployment among First Nations residents, both areas see a higher typical First Nations personal income than the national figure.

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First Nations

First Nations people in Wyongin Northern Beaches +9,277 larger in Wyong
10,983 91st pct 1,706 67th pct
Median age in Wyongin Northern Beaches +5 yrs older in Northern Beaches
22 yrs 14th pct 27 yrs 71st pct
Year 12 in Wyongin Northern Beaches +28.1 pts higher in Northern Beaches
34.5% 57th pct 62.6% 100th pct
Unemployment in Wyongin Northern Beaches +4.4 pts higher in Wyong
10.6% 35th pct 6.2% 6th pct
Median income in Wyongin Northern Beaches +$325 higher in Northern Beaches
$624 74th pct $949 96th pct
Household income in Wyongin Northern Beaches +$1,091 higher in Northern Beaches
$1,633 73rd pct $2,724 100th pct
Indigenous language in Wyongin Northern Beaches +2.7 pts higher in Northern Beaches
3.1% 19th pct 5.8% 45th pct

Walkability

Walk score in Wyongin Northern Beaches +2.3 higher in Northern Beaches
5.1 73rd pct 7.5 93rd pct
Types ≤15 min in Wyongin Northern Beaches +2.1 more in Northern Beaches
4.9 71st pct 7.0 92nd pct
15-min city in Wyongin Northern Beaches +33.4 pts higher in Northern Beaches
55.0% 62nd pct 88.4% 89th pct
Walk to shops in Wyongin Northern Beaches +37.4 pts higher in Northern Beaches
48.4% 50th pct 85.8% 87th pct
Walk to transit in Wyongin Northern Beaches +1.8 pts higher in Northern Beaches
94.1% 84th pct 95.9% 86th pct
Walk to school in Wyongin Northern Beaches +28.3 pts higher in Northern Beaches
61.0% 55th pct 89.3% 84th pct
Walk to a park in Wyongin Northern Beaches +7.2 pts higher in Northern Beaches
91.3% 70th pct 98.4% 87th pct
Walk to health in Wyongin Northern Beaches +43.4 pts higher in Northern Beaches
32.7% 39th pct 76.1% 86th pct
Intersections/km² in Wyongin Northern Beaches +58 higher in Northern Beaches
20 69th pct 78 79th pct
Mean slope in Wyongin Northern Beaches +4.3 pts higher in Northern Beaches
5.4% 61st pct 9.7% 95th pct

Compare Wyong with nearby areas

Gosford Lake Macquarie Cessnock Northern Beaches Newcastle Hornsby - Ku-ring-gai Baulkham Hills Maitland

Compare Northern Beaches with nearby areas

Sydney - Lower North Hornsby - Ku-ring-gai Hunters Hill - Ryde Leichhardt Woollahra - Waverley Sydney - City Marrickville Sydney - Inner West

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Wyong vs Northern Beaches [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/compare/iare/IARE104023/wyong/vs/IARE107020/northern-beaches