Blacktown vs Camden

Blacktown and Camden are two nearby New South Wales areas with very different layouts. Blacktown is much more walkable, with 97.3% of homes within a 10-minute walk of public transport and 86.7% within 15 minutes of a school. Camden is less centralised, with only 44.0% of homes in a 15-minute-city walkshed compared to 74.6% in Blacktown. There are also notable gaps in First Nations outcomes; for example, Year 12 completion is far higher in Camden at 45.6%, while Blacktown has a far larger First Nations population with 11,812 people.

Both areas sit near the national figure for the share of people who speak a First Nations language, at 3.5% in Blacktown and 3.1% in Camden. They also share a similar landscape, with nearly the same mean terrain slope. While both are considered somewhat walkable, Blacktown has a higher score of 5.9 compared to 4.6 in Camden.