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Forbes vs Orange

Indigenous Area comparison ≈ 121 km apart · Forbes profile · Orange profile

Forbes Orange

Forbes and Orange are both regional New South Wales areas, but they differ greatly in how easy they are to get around without a car. Orange is somewhat walkable, with 62.5% of homes having a 15-minute-city walkshed, while Forbes is mostly car-dependent at 35%. Residents in Orange also have much better access to local needs, with 89.2% of homes within a 15-minute walk of a park and 74% near a school, compared to 66.8% and 54% in Forbes.

Both areas have a similar typical personal income for First Nations residents, sitting around $610 to $640. While they share this common ground, other gaps remain. Orange has a far larger Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population with 3,330 people, compared to 1,233 in Forbes. Other differences are smaller, such as the typical age of First Nations residents, who are slightly older in Forbes at 23 compared to 21 in Orange.

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First Nations

First Nations people in Forbesin Orange +2,097 larger in Orange
1,233 57th pct 3,330 85th pct
Median age in Forbesin Orange +2 yrs older in Forbes
23 yrs 29th pct 21 yrs 7th pct
Year 12 in Forbesin Orange +2.3 pts higher in Orange
28.8% 38th pct 31.1% 45th pct
Unemployment in Forbesin Orange +1.3 pts higher in Orange
8.2% 17th pct 9.5% 27th pct
Median income in Forbesin Orange +$30 higher in Forbes
$640 77th pct $610 72nd pct
Household income in Forbesin Orange +$257 higher in Orange
$1,257 37th pct $1,514 64th pct
Indigenous language in Forbesin Orange +1.6 pts higher in Orange
1.1% 0th pct 2.7% 14th pct

Walkability

Walk score in Forbesin Orange +1.6 higher in Orange
4.0 55th pct 5.5 76th pct
Types ≤15 min in Forbesin Orange +1.5 more in Orange
3.8 44th pct 5.3 75th pct
15-min city in Forbesin Orange +27.5 pts higher in Orange
35.0% 31st pct 62.5% 72nd pct
Walk to shops in Forbesin Orange +17.4 pts higher in Orange
35.4% 29th pct 52.7% 57th pct
Walk to transit in Forbesin Orange +22.2 pts higher in Orange
65.6% 62nd pct 87.8% 79th pct
Walk to school in Forbesin Orange +20.0 pts higher in Orange
54.0% 44th pct 74.0% 69th pct
Walk to a park in Forbesin Orange +22.5 pts higher in Orange
66.8% 41st pct 89.2% 68th pct
Walk to health in Forbesin Orange +6.1 pts higher in Orange
40.5% 53rd pct 46.6% 62nd pct
Intersections/km² in Forbesin Orange +17 higher in Orange
0 30th pct 17 67th pct
Mean slope in Forbesin Orange +1.7 pts higher in Orange
3.1% 18th pct 4.7% 50th pct

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Forbes vs Orange [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/compare/iare/IARE105011/forbes/vs/IARE105018/orange