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Hornsby - Ku-ring-gai vs Northern Beaches

Indigenous Area comparison ≈ 14 km apart · Hornsby - Ku-ring-gai profile · Northern Beaches profile

Hornsby - Ku-ring-gai Northern Beaches

Hornsby - Ku-ring-gai and Northern Beaches are two nearby areas in New South Wales with different layouts. Northern Beaches has much more street connectivity, with 78 intersections per square kilometre compared to 34 in Hornsby - Ku-ring-gai. It is also easier for people in Northern Beaches to get to essentials on foot, as 85.8% of homes are within a 15-minute walk of groceries, while 78.6% of homes in Hornsby - Ku-ring-gai have the same access. Northern Beaches also has a larger Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population, with 1,706 people compared to 1,241 in Hornsby - Ku-ring-gai.

Both areas are very walkable, and they share a similar access to public transport with over 95% of homes within a 10-minute walk. While Northern Beaches is generally better for walking to shops and health services, Hornsby - Ku-ring-gai has a larger share of parks within a 15-minute walk of home. Over time, the gap in walkability scores has stayed small, with both areas remaining very walkable.

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First Nations

First Nations people in Hornsby - Ku-ring-gaiin Northern Beaches +465 larger in Northern Beaches
1,241 57th pct 1,706 67th pct
Median age in Hornsby - Ku-ring-gaiin Northern Beaches even
27 yrs 71st pct 27 yrs 71st pct
Year 12 in Hornsby - Ku-ring-gaiin Northern Beaches +0.5 pts higher in Hornsby - Ku-ring-gai
63.1% 100th pct 62.6% 100th pct
Unemployment in Hornsby - Ku-ring-gaiin Northern Beaches +0.4 pts higher in Northern Beaches
5.8% 4th pct 6.2% 6th pct
Median income in Hornsby - Ku-ring-gaiin Northern Beaches +$155 higher in Northern Beaches
$794 90th pct $949 96th pct
Household income in Hornsby - Ku-ring-gaiin Northern Beaches +$260 higher in Northern Beaches
$2,464 100th pct $2,724 100th pct
Indigenous language in Hornsby - Ku-ring-gaiin Northern Beaches +0.2 pts higher in Hornsby - Ku-ring-gai
6.0% 47th pct 5.8% 45th pct

Walkability

Walk score in Hornsby - Ku-ring-gaiin Northern Beaches +0.5 higher in Northern Beaches
6.9 89th pct 7.5 93rd pct
Types ≤15 min in Hornsby - Ku-ring-gaiin Northern Beaches +0.4 more in Northern Beaches
6.6 88th pct 7.0 92nd pct
15-min city in Hornsby - Ku-ring-gaiin Northern Beaches +6.3 pts higher in Northern Beaches
82.1% 84th pct 88.4% 89th pct
Walk to shops in Hornsby - Ku-ring-gaiin Northern Beaches +7.3 pts higher in Northern Beaches
78.6% 81st pct 85.8% 87th pct
Walk to transit in Hornsby - Ku-ring-gaiin Northern Beaches +0.8 pts higher in Northern Beaches
95.1% 85th pct 95.9% 86th pct
Walk to school in Hornsby - Ku-ring-gaiin Northern Beaches +3.8 pts higher in Northern Beaches
85.5% 81st pct 89.3% 84th pct
Walk to a park in Hornsby - Ku-ring-gaiin Northern Beaches +1.4 pts higher in Northern Beaches
97.0% 83rd pct 98.4% 87th pct
Walk to health in Hornsby - Ku-ring-gaiin Northern Beaches +4.2 pts higher in Northern Beaches
71.8% 83rd pct 76.1% 86th pct
Intersections/km² in Hornsby - Ku-ring-gaiin Northern Beaches +43 higher in Northern Beaches
34 73rd pct 78 79th pct
Mean slope in Hornsby - Ku-ring-gaiin Northern Beaches +0.9 pts higher in Northern Beaches
8.8% 91st pct 9.7% 95th pct

Compare Hornsby - Ku-ring-gai with nearby areas

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Compare Northern Beaches with nearby areas

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Hornsby - Ku-ring-gai vs Northern Beaches [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/compare/iare/IARE107012/hornsby-ku-ring-gai/vs/IARE107020/northern-beaches