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Marrickville vs Rockdale

Indigenous Area comparison ≈ 4.5 km apart · Marrickville profile · Rockdale profile

Marrickville Rockdale

Marrickville and Rockdale are neighbouring areas in Sydney's south. Marrickville is much more walkable, with a street connectivity score of 334 compared to 188 in Rockdale. Every home in Marrickville is within a 15-minute walk of groceries, while Rockdale is slightly lower at 89.9%. This accessibility extends to health services, which are within a 15-minute walk for 96.6% of Marrickville homes and 85.3% of those in Rockdale.

Both areas are almost identical when it comes to the number of different types of amenities residents can reach within a 15-minute walk. They also share a very high level of access to public transport and parks, with nearly every home in both places located within a short walk of these services. While Marrickville has more food and drink options nearby, Rockdale has a much higher share of public transport stops within its walkable amenities.

First Nations

First Nations people in Marrickvillein Rockdale +390 larger in Marrickville
1,253 57th pct 863 39th pct
Median age in Marrickvillein Rockdale +1 yrs older in Marrickville
30 yrs 88th pct 29 yrs 86th pct
Year 12 in Marrickvillein Rockdale +3.0 pts higher in Marrickville
57.7% 95th pct 54.7% 93rd pct
Unemployment in Marrickvillein Rockdale +0.9 pts higher in Marrickville
7.3% 12th pct 6.4% 7th pct
Median income in Marrickvillein Rockdale +$29 higher in Rockdale
$783 89th pct $812 91st pct
Household income in Marrickvillein Rockdale +$289 higher in Rockdale
$1,838 86th pct $2,127 92nd pct
Indigenous language in Marrickvillein Rockdale +2.2 pts higher in Marrickville
10.7% 67th pct 8.5% 60th pct

Walkability

Walk score in Marrickvillein Rockdale +1.0 higher in Marrickville
9.1 100th pct 8.1 98th pct
Types ≤15 min in Marrickvillein Rockdale +0.4 more in Marrickville
8.0 100th pct 7.6 98th pct
15-min city in Marrickvillein Rockdale +1.6 pts higher in Marrickville
100.0% 100th pct 98.4% 99th pct
Walk to shops in Marrickvillein Rockdale +10.0 pts higher in Marrickville
100.0% 100th pct 89.9% 91st pct
Walk to transit in Marrickvillein Rockdale even
100.0% 100th pct 99.9% 100th pct
Walk to school in Marrickvillein Rockdale +3.8 pts higher in Marrickville
99.7% 100th pct 96.0% 94th pct
Walk to a park in Marrickvillein Rockdale even
100.0% 100th pct 99.9% 100th pct
Walk to health in Marrickvillein Rockdale +11.3 pts higher in Marrickville
96.6% 99th pct 85.3% 92nd pct
Intersections/km² in Marrickvillein Rockdale +146 higher in Marrickville
334 99th pct 188 90th pct
Mean slope in Marrickvillein Rockdale +0.7 pts higher in Marrickville
5.4% 60th pct 4.7% 50th pct

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Marrickville vs Rockdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/compare/iare/IARE107019/marrickville/vs/IARE107024/rockdale