Kwinana vs Mandurah

Kwinana and Mandurah are two Western Australian areas with different levels of local accessibility. Mandurah is more walkable, with 45.7% of homes in a 15-minute-city walkshed compared to 33.1% in Kwinana. More people in Mandurah live within a short walk of groceries (47.4% versus 35.1%) and health services (30.2% versus 19.1%). However, Kwinana has far more homes within a 15-minute walk of a school, at 66.7% compared to 52.7% in Mandurah.

Both areas have tracked closely in some key figures since 2011, and they remain very similar today in terms of street connectivity and typical First Nations incomes. This similarity extends to the First Nations population, though Mandurah has a larger total number of people and a younger typical age of 20, while in Kwinana the typical age is noticeably older at 25.