Goondiwindi - Stanthorpe vs Jondaryan - Oakey

Goondiwindi - Stanthorpe and Jondaryan - Oakey are two rural Queensland regions with very different levels of accessibility. Goondiwindi - Stanthorpe is more walkable, with 32.6% of homes within a 15-minute walk of a "15-minute-city" walkshed, compared to just 11.8% in Jondaryan - Oakey. This is seen in the access to essentials; 38% of Goondiwindi - Stanthorpe homes are within a 15-minute walk of groceries and 29.2% are near health services, while in Jondaryan - Oakey these figures are 21.5% and 6.5%.

Both areas are largely car-dependent, though the walkability score is a little higher in Goondiwindi - Stanthorpe. This gap in accessibility has widened by 1 point since the last census. The two areas are similar in other ways, with roughly the same proportion of residents speaking a First Nations language and very similar terrain slopes. While Goondiwindi - Stanthorpe has a well larger First Nations population, typical personal incomes for First Nations people are about the same in both places.