Cloncurry - McKinlay vs Alpurrurulam

Cloncurry - McKinlay and Alpurrurulam are remote areas with very different profiles for First Nations people. In Cloncurry - McKinlay, First Nations household income is far higher at $1,326, while it is $811 in Alpurrurulam. This gap is seen in other areas too, with Year 12 completion far higher in Cloncurry - McKinlay at 33.9% compared to just 4.4% in Alpurrurulam. While Alpurrurulam has a much higher First Nations unemployment rate of 25.5%, 86.0% of people there speak a First Nations language, compared to only 1.9% in Cloncurry - McKinlay.

Everyday life in both places is mostly car-dependent, and neither area has any homes within a 10 minute walk of public transport. However, their local layouts differ. Many homes in Alpurrurulam are within a 15 minute walk of groceries (97.3%) and health services (97.3%), which is far higher than in Cloncurry - McKinlay. In contrast, Cloncurry - McKinlay is far more likely to have homes within a 15 minute walk of a park (53.9%) than Alpurrurulam, where no homes have this access.