Gawler vs Port Adelaide - Enfield

Gawler and Port Adelaide - Enfield are two different types of residential hubs in South Australia. Port Adelaide - Enfield is very walkable, with 90.5% of homes in a 15-minute-city walkshed and 81.4% within a 15-minute walk of groceries. In contrast, Gawler is only somewhat walkable, with 57.1% of homes near groceries and 52.3% in a 15-minute-city walkshed. Port Adelaide - Enfield also has a much larger First Nations population, with 3,298 people compared to 687 in Gawler.

These areas have similar terrain, as both have a nearly identical mean slope. The gap in accessibility to basic needs is widening, as Port Adelaide - Enfield has seen a far higher increase in the share of homes within a 15-minute walk of health services (66.9%) and schools (87.4%) compared to Gawler. This is consistent with the higher street connectivity in Port Adelaide - Enfield, which has 197 intersections per square kilometre compared to 102 in Gawler.