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Wollondilly vs Wollongong

Indigenous Area comparison ≈ 57 km apart · Wollondilly profile · Wollongong profile

Wollondilly Wollongong

Wollondilly and Wollongong are both in New South Wales but offer very different layouts. Wollongong is very walkable with a score of 6.0, while Wollondilly is mostly car-dependent with a score of 3.7. This is seen in how many people can walk to a school within 15 minutes — 82.8% in Wollongong compared to 38.7% in Wollondilly. Wollongong also has far more Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, with 6,945 residents compared to 2,318 in Wollondilly.

Both areas are similar in that about 3% of their residents speak a First Nations language. While they share this connection, they differ in outcomes for First Nations people. First Nations household income is well higher in Wollondilly at $2,205, while the unemployment rate for this group is well higher in Wollongong at 9.8%.

First Nations

First Nations people in Wollondillyin Wollongong +4,627 larger in Wollongong
2,318 75th pct 6,945 88th pct
Median age in Wollondillyin Wollongong +2 yrs older in Wollongong
21 yrs 7th pct 23 yrs 29th pct
Year 12 in Wollondillyin Wollongong +4.4 pts higher in Wollongong
37.5% 67th pct 41.9% 77th pct
Unemployment in Wollondillyin Wollongong +3.9 pts higher in Wollongong
5.9% 5th pct 9.8% 29th pct
Median income in Wollondillyin Wollongong +$127 higher in Wollondilly
$732 87th pct $605 70th pct
Household income in Wollondillyin Wollongong +$603 higher in Wollondilly
$2,205 94th pct $1,602 71st pct
Indigenous language in Wollondillyin Wollongong +0.4 pts higher in Wollondilly
3.5% 23rd pct 3.1% 18th pct

Walkability

Walk score in Wollondillyin Wollongong +2.3 higher in Wollongong
3.7 48th pct 6.0 81st pct
Types ≤15 min in Wollondillyin Wollongong +2.1 more in Wollongong
3.7 42nd pct 5.8 81st pct
15-min city in Wollondillyin Wollongong +31.5 pts higher in Wollongong
42.0% 42nd pct 73.5% 79th pct
Walk to shops in Wollondillyin Wollongong +24.1 pts higher in Wollongong
37.1% 31st pct 61.2% 66th pct
Walk to transit in Wollondillyin Wollongong +26.7 pts higher in Wollongong
67.5% 63rd pct 94.2% 84th pct
Walk to school in Wollondillyin Wollongong +44.1 pts higher in Wollongong
38.7% 23rd pct 82.8% 78th pct
Walk to a park in Wollondillyin Wollongong +23.5 pts higher in Wollongong
69.8% 45th pct 93.3% 74th pct
Walk to health in Wollondillyin Wollongong +13.3 pts higher in Wollongong
25.0% 24th pct 38.3% 50th pct
Intersections/km² in Wollondillyin Wollongong +42 higher in Wollongong
2 47th pct 43 74th pct
Mean slope in Wollondillyin Wollongong +0.9 pts higher in Wollongong
6.3% 74th pct 7.2% 84th pct

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Wollondilly vs Wollongong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/compare/iare/IARE107029/wollondilly/vs/IARE107030/wollongong