# Yorke Peninsula vs Whyalla — 2021 Census comparison

Indigenous Area comparison · about 206 km apart

Yorke Peninsula and Whyalla are both large South Australian regions, but they offer very different levels of accessibility. Whyalla is very walkable, with 81.3% of homes in a 15-minute-city walkshed and 82.2% within a short walk of a school. In contrast, Yorke Peninsula is mostly car-dependent, where only 30.8% of homes have that same level of walkability and only 23.6% are within a 15-minute walk of health services.

Both areas are similar in their physical landscape, with nearly identical average terrain slopes of around 3%. This shared geography sits alongside other commonalities, such as typical First Nations personal incomes which are almost the same at $431 in Yorke Peninsula and $447 in Whyalla. While Whyalla has a higher First Nations unemployment rate of 22.0% compared to 16.7% in Yorke Peninsula, both areas sit well above the national figure.

## First Nations

| Statistic | Yorke Peninsula | Whyalla | Gap | Trend |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| First Nations people | 1,032 | 1,180 | 148 larger in Whyalla |  |
| Median age | 25 yrs | 23 yrs | 2 yrs older in Yorke Peninsula |  |
| Year 12 | 26.9% | 28.5% | 1.7 pts higher in Whyalla |  |
| Unemployment | 16.7% | 22.0% | 5.2 pts higher in Whyalla |  |
| Median income | $431 | $447 | $16 higher in Whyalla |  |
| Household income | $1,069 | $898 | $171 higher in Yorke Peninsula |  |
| Indigenous language | 5.4% | 7.7% | 2.3 pts higher in Whyalla |  |

## Walkability

| Statistic | Yorke Peninsula | Whyalla | Gap | Trend |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Walk score | 2.7 | 6.2 | 3.5 higher in Whyalla |  |
| Types ≤15 min | 2.9 | 6.3 | 3.4 more in Whyalla |  |
| 15-min city | 30.8% | 81.3% | 50.5 pts higher in Whyalla |  |
| Walk to shops | 32.4% | 70.2% | 37.8 pts higher in Whyalla |  |
| Walk to transit | 33.9% | 89.0% | 55.1 pts higher in Whyalla |  |
| Walk to school | 26.4% | 82.2% | 55.8 pts higher in Whyalla |  |
| Walk to a park | 59.4% | 89.0% | 29.6 pts higher in Whyalla |  |
| Walk to health | 23.6% | 66.5% | 42.9 pts higher in Whyalla |  |
| Intersections/km² | 1 | 0 | 1 higher in Yorke Peninsula |  |
| Mean slope | 3.4% | 3.0% | 0.4 pts higher in Yorke Peninsula |  |

Interactive comparison: https://censusatlas.au/compare/iare/IARE401023/yorke-peninsula/vs/IARE402006/whyalla