Cloncurry - McKinlay vs Flinders - Richmond - Dalrymple

Cloncurry - McKinlay and Flinders - Richmond - Dalrymple are two distant regions in Queensland with very different levels of accessibility. Cloncurry - McKinlay is much more walkable, with a score of 2.8 (mostly car-dependent) compared to 1.6 (car-dependent) for Flinders - Richmond - Dalrymple. This is reflected in the homes; for example, 48.4% of homes in Cloncurry - McKinlay are within a 15-minute walk of health services, which is far higher than the 17.3% in Flinders - Richmond - Dalrymple. Cloncurry - McKinlay also has a far larger Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population, with 909 people compared to 441 in Flinders - Richmond - Dalrymple.

Both areas share very similar First Nations household incomes, which sit at $1,326 in Cloncurry - McKinlay and $1,407 in Flinders - Richmond - Dalrymple. They are also effectively the same in terms of the number of people who speak a First Nations language. While both are largely dependent on cars, the gap in walkability and access to local amenities has grown over time, with Cloncurry - McKinlay becoming increasingly more accessible than Flinders - Richmond - Dalrymple.