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Melville vs Stirling

Indigenous Area comparison ≈ 18 km apart · Melville profile · Stirling profile

Melville Stirling

Melville and Stirling are two nearby areas in Western Australia with different levels of local access. Melville is more walkable, with 96.5% of homes in a 15-minute-city walkshed and 87.7% of homes within a 15-minute walk of health services. In contrast, only 54.2% of homes in Stirling are within a 15-minute walk of health services. Stirling has a far larger Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population, with 2,699 people compared to 927 in Melville.

Daily life is very similar in both places when it comes to basic amenities. Almost every home in both areas is within a 10-minute walk of public transport and a 15-minute walk of a park. Both areas also have around 89% of homes within a 15-minute walk of a school. While Melville has a slightly higher walkability score at 7.3, both are considered very walkable.

First Nations

First Nations people in Melvillein Stirling +1,772 larger in Stirling
927 43rd pct 2,699 79th pct
Median age in Melvillein Stirling +3 yrs older in Stirling
24 yrs 43rd pct 27 yrs 71st pct
Year 12 in Melvillein Stirling +2.3 pts higher in Melville
49.4% 88th pct 47.2% 86th pct
Unemployment in Melvillein Stirling +1.2 pts higher in Stirling
12.7% 51st pct 13.9% 59th pct
Median income in Melvillein Stirling +$61 higher in Stirling
$577 62nd pct $638 76th pct
Household income in Melvillein Stirling +$427 higher in Melville
$1,875 87th pct $1,448 59th pct
Indigenous language in Melvillein Stirling +2.6 pts higher in Stirling
6.4% 49th pct 9.0% 62nd pct

Walkability

Walk score in Melvillein Stirling +0.7 higher in Melville
7.3 92nd pct 6.6 86th pct
Types ≤15 min in Melvillein Stirling +0.8 more in Melville
7.3 95th pct 6.5 87th pct
15-min city in Melvillein Stirling +11.0 pts higher in Melville
96.5% 97th pct 85.5% 86th pct
Walk to shops in Melvillein Stirling +5.7 pts higher in Melville
84.8% 86th pct 79.1% 81st pct
Walk to transit in Melvillein Stirling +0.3 pts higher in Melville
99.7% 99th pct 99.4% 98th pct
Walk to school in Melvillein Stirling +0.4 pts higher in Stirling
89.4% 85th pct 89.8% 85th pct
Walk to a park in Melvillein Stirling even
100.0% 100th pct 99.9% 99th pct
Walk to health in Melvillein Stirling +33.5 pts higher in Melville
87.7% 93rd pct 54.2% 72nd pct
Intersections/km² in Melvillein Stirling +63 higher in Melville
238 93rd pct 176 89th pct
Mean slope in Melvillein Stirling +0.6 pts higher in Stirling
5.9% 70th pct 6.5% 77th pct

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Melville vs Stirling [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/compare/iare/IARE505012/melville/vs/IARE505018/stirling