Gosnells vs Murray - Waroona - Boddington

Gosnells and Murray - Waroona - Boddington are two different types of Western Australian environments. Gosnells is a very walkable area where 95.8% of homes are within a 10 minute walk of public transport and 65.5% are near health services. In contrast, Murray - Waroona - Boddington is mostly car-dependent, with only 14.3% of homes within a 15 minute walk of health services and a far lower street connectivity score of 1. Gosnells also has a much larger First Nations population, with 3,448 people compared to 558 in Murray - Waroona - Boddington.

Both areas share very similar outcomes for First Nations residents, such as Year 12 completion rates of around 30%. This similarity exists despite the two places being 72km apart. While First Nations unemployment is well above the national figure in both areas, it is notably higher in Gosnells at 20.5% compared to 16.7% in Murray - Waroona - Boddington. The gap in these unemployment rates has widened since the last census.