Jondaryan - Oakey vs Southern Downs

Jondaryan - Oakey and Southern Downs are two rural Queensland areas with different levels of accessibility. Southern Downs is far more walkable, with a walkability score of 2.2 (mostly car-dependent) compared to 1.3 (car-dependent) in Jondaryan - Oakey. In Southern Downs, 27.9% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed and 27.1% are within a 15-minute walk of health services, while in Jondaryan - Oakey, only 11.8% and 6.5% of homes have that same access. Southern Downs also has a far larger Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population, with 1,611 people compared to 779 in Jondaryan - Oakey.

Both areas share very similar profiles for their First Nations residents, including typical personal incomes of around $530 and Year 12 completion rates of about 33%. These similarities extend to language, with roughly 2% to 3% of First Nations people speaking a traditional language. While Southern Downs has a well higher First Nations unemployment rate of 12.8%, Jondaryan - Oakey is much lower at 8.8%, which is well below the national figure.