Bathurst vs Blayney - Cabonne

Bathurst and Blayney - Cabonne are two regional areas in New South Wales. Bathurst is much more walkable, with a score of 5.1 (somewhat walkable) compared to 2.9 (mostly car-dependent) in Blayney - Cabonne. This is reflected in the local amenities; for example, 76.1% of Bathurst homes are within a 10-minute walk of public transport, which is far higher than the 33.9% in Blayney - Cabonne. Access to groceries and health services is also far higher in Bathurst. Additionally, Bathurst has a far larger First Nations population with 3,158 people, compared to 1,068 in Blayney - Cabonne.

The gap in how many homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed has widened by 17 points. Despite this difference in layout, the two areas are very similar in other ways. First Nations residents in both places have a typical personal income of around $620 and similar unemployment rates, between 8.7% and 9.4%. They also share a similar landscape, with almost identical mean terrain slopes of about 6%.