Atherton vs Cairns - Southern Hinterlands

Atherton and Cairns - Southern Hinterlands are nearby Queensland areas with very different layouts. Atherton is more walkable, with 61.8% of homes within a 15-minute walk of a park and 48.1% near a school, compared to just 18.4% and 19.5% in Cairns - Southern Hinterlands. This makes Atherton mostly car-dependent, while Cairns - Southern Hinterlands is simply car-dependent. Atherton also has a far larger First Nations population, with 919 people compared to 428 in Cairns - Southern Hinterlands.

Both areas share a similar landscape and a total lack of homes within a 10-minute walk of public transport. The gap in First Nations employment is narrowing, as unemployment is well higher in Cairns - Southern Hinterlands at 18.0% compared to 14.0% in Atherton. Meanwhile, the First Nations population in Cairns - Southern Hinterlands is far older, with a typical age of 34 compared to just 23 in Atherton.