Innisfail - Johnstone vs Ingham - Hinchinbrook

Innisfail - Johnstone and Ingham - Hinchinbrook are two regional Queensland areas with different levels of local access. Ingham - Hinchinbrook has more residents living within a 15-minute walk of health services (31.5% compared to 16.2% in Innisfail - Johnstone) and groceries (35.2% versus 22.3%). On the other hand, Innisfail - Johnstone has a far larger Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population, with 2,355 people compared to 756 in Ingham - Hinchinbrook. First Nations residents in Innisfail - Johnstone also have a well higher Year 12 completion rate at 40.8%, while the figure is 31.8% in Ingham - Hinchinbrook.

Both areas are mostly car-dependent, with nearly no homes within a 10-minute walk of public transport. They are also very similar in the share of people who speak a First Nations language, at 6.9% in Innisfail - Johnstone and 6.0% in Ingham - Hinchinbrook. While Ingham - Hinchinbrook is generally more walkable for essential services, Innisfail - Johnstone has a well higher share of homes within a 15-minute walk of a park (59.3% versus 49.7%).