Bathurst vs Mudgee

Bathurst and Mudgee are two regional New South Wales centres with very different layouts. Bathurst is far more walkable, with a score of 5.1 (somewhat walkable) compared to Mudgee's 3.0 (mostly car-dependent). This is seen in the daily reach of residents: 76.1% of Bathurst homes are within a 10-minute walk of public transport, compared to 42.9% in Mudgee. Bathurst also has far higher rates of homes within a 15-minute walk of parks (79.7% versus 53.9%) and groceries (56.6% versus 32.2%).

Both areas share a similar landscape, with almost identical average terrain slopes of about 6%. They also show very similar patterns for First Nations residents, who earn nearly the same typical household income in both places. While Bathurst has a far larger Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population with 3,158 people compared to 1,869 in Mudgee, the share of people speaking a First Nations language is nearly the same, at 3.0% in Bathurst and 2.6% in Mudgee.