Roebourne - Wickham vs Christmas Island

Christmas Island and Roebourne - Wickham are distant locations with very different profiles. In Christmas Island, First Nations households earn a typical income of $4,750, which is far higher than the $1,352 seen in Roebourne - Wickham. The First Nations population is also far older in Christmas Island, where the typical age is 60 compared to 30 in Roebourne - Wickham. While Christmas Island has much better access to groceries and health services within a 15-minute walk, Roebourne - Wickham is far more likely to have homes within walking distance of a school or a park.

Both areas are mostly car-dependent and have a similar number of different amenity types within a 15-minute walk. However, the gap in their walkability scores has grown since 2011, with Christmas Island now slightly higher than Roebourne - Wickham. While Roebourne - Wickham has a far larger number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, Christmas Island shows higher typical personal incomes for this group.