Kwinana vs Murray - Waroona - Boddington

Kwinana and Murray - Waroona - Boddington are two Western Australian areas with very different layouts. Kwinana is much more connected, with 78.8% of homes within a 10-minute walk of public transport compared to 39.2% in Murray - Waroona - Boddington. Access to other local services is also far higher in Kwinana, where 88.1% of homes are near a park and 66.7% are near a school, while those figures are 56.3% and 32.7% in Murray - Waroona - Boddington. Kwinana also has a far larger Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population, with 2,016 people compared to 558 in Murray - Waroona - Boddington.

While their street layouts differ, the two areas have tracked similarly in other ways since 2011. They share very similar outcomes for First Nations residents, including typical personal incomes of $540 in Kwinana and $560 in Murray - Waroona - Boddington. Both areas also have similar First Nations unemployment rates, at 17.2% and 16.7% respectively. Even with these differences in walkability, both are described as mostly car-dependent.