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Bathurst vs Blue Mountains

Indigenous Area comparison ≈ 90 km apart · Bathurst profile · Blue Mountains profile

Bathurst Blue Mountains

Bathurst and Blue Mountains are both large regional areas in New South Wales, though they differ in their layout and community profiles. The Blue Mountains has a far higher rate of First Nations Year 12 completion at 46.6%, compared to 30.7% in Bathurst. The Blue Mountains also has a far higher street connectivity score of 14 intersections per square kilometre, while Bathurst has just 2. In the Blue Mountains, First Nations household income is well higher at $2,022, whereas in Bathurst it is $1,512.

Both areas have a First Nations population with the same typical age of 23, a figure that sits near the national level for this group. This shared demographic profile exists alongside different levels of accessibility. The Blue Mountains is more walkable, with far more homes within a 15-minute walk of a park (92.4% compared to 79.7% in Bathurst). Meanwhile, Bathurst has a well larger First Nations population at 3,158 people, compared to 2,097 in the Blue Mountains.

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First Nations

First Nations people in Bathurstin Blue Mountains +1,061 larger in Bathurst
3,158 84th pct 2,097 73rd pct
Median age in Bathurstin Blue Mountains even
23 yrs 29th pct 23 yrs 29th pct
Year 12 in Bathurstin Blue Mountains +16.0 pts higher in Blue Mountains
30.7% 44th pct 46.6% 85th pct
Unemployment in Bathurstin Blue Mountains +3.4 pts higher in Bathurst
9.4% 26th pct 6.0% 5th pct
Median income in Bathurstin Blue Mountains +$89 higher in Blue Mountains
$629 75th pct $718 87th pct
Household income in Bathurstin Blue Mountains +$510 higher in Blue Mountains
$1,512 64th pct $2,022 90th pct
Indigenous language in Bathurstin Blue Mountains +4.1 pts higher in Blue Mountains
3.0% 17th pct 7.1% 54th pct

Walkability

Walk score in Bathurstin Blue Mountains +0.4 higher in Blue Mountains
5.1 72nd pct 5.5 76th pct
Types ≤15 min in Bathurstin Blue Mountains +0.6 more in Blue Mountains
4.8 68th pct 5.3 76th pct
15-min city in Bathurstin Blue Mountains +4.3 pts higher in Blue Mountains
55.9% 64th pct 60.2% 71st pct
Walk to shops in Bathurstin Blue Mountains +3.7 pts higher in Bathurst
56.6% 61st pct 52.9% 57th pct
Walk to transit in Bathurstin Blue Mountains +10.4 pts higher in Blue Mountains
76.1% 69th pct 86.5% 77th pct
Walk to school in Bathurstin Blue Mountains +5.3 pts higher in Bathurst
66.0% 61st pct 60.7% 54th pct
Walk to a park in Bathurstin Blue Mountains +12.7 pts higher in Blue Mountains
79.7% 56th pct 92.4% 72nd pct
Walk to health in Bathurstin Blue Mountains +3.8 pts higher in Blue Mountains
42.9% 57th pct 46.6% 62nd pct
Intersections/km² in Bathurstin Blue Mountains +12 higher in Blue Mountains
2 47th pct 14 65th pct
Mean slope in Bathurstin Blue Mountains +4.7 pts higher in Blue Mountains
6.1% 72nd pct 10.8% 100th pct

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Bathurst vs Blue Mountains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/compare/iare/IARE105003/bathurst/vs/IARE107004/blue-mountains