Rockhampton - Yeppoon vs Sarina

Rockhampton - Yeppoon and Sarina are two regional Queensland areas with very different levels of local access. Rockhampton - Yeppoon is much more walkable, with 43.4% of homes within a 15-minute walk of key services, compared to just 21.8% in Sarina. This is seen in the walk to schools (55.6% versus 18.6%) and groceries (46.0% versus 22.0%). Rockhampton - Yeppoon also has a far larger Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population, with 9,219 people compared to 857 in Sarina.

While the gap in walkability is large, the two areas are similar in that about 5% of residents in each speak a First Nations language. This similarity exists alongside a widening gap in First Nations unemployment, which is well higher in Rockhampton - Yeppoon at 13.6% compared to 8.0% in Sarina. Though Sarina has far fewer amenities within reach, it is the only one of the two where a share of homes (21.6%) are within a 10-minute walk of public transport.