# Roebourne - Wickham vs Cocos (Keeling) Islands — 2021 Census comparison

Indigenous Area comparison · about 2,366 km apart

Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Roebourne - Wickham are both remote locations with very different layouts. Cocos (Keeling) Islands is much more compact, with 94.5% of homes within a 15-minute walk of groceries and far more street connectivity. In contrast, Roebourne - Wickham is a much larger area with 1,070 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and far higher shares of homes within a 15-minute walk of a school (50.4%) and a park (78.7%).

Daily life in both places is mostly car-dependent, as they share very similar walkability scores. They also have nearly the same number of different amenity types within a 15-minute walk. However, the two areas differ in what is actually nearby; parks are a dominant feature in Roebourne - Wickham, while food and drink options are more common in the walksheds of Cocos (Keeling) Islands.

## First Nations

| Statistic | Roebourne - Wickham | Cocos (Keeling) Islands | Gap | Trend |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| First Nations people | 1,070 | 0 | 1,070 larger in Roebourne - Wickham |  |
| Median age | 30 yrs | — |  |  |
| Year 12 | 21.2% | — |  |  |
| Unemployment | 15.2% | — |  |  |
| Median income | $371 | — |  |  |
| Household income | $1,352 | — |  |  |
| Indigenous language | 38.1% | — |  |  |

## Walkability

| Statistic | Roebourne - Wickham | Cocos (Keeling) Islands | Gap | Trend |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Walk score | 3.0 | 3.1 | 0.1 higher in Cocos (Keeling) Islands |  |
| Types ≤15 min | 3.6 | 3.4 | 0.2 more in Roebourne - Wickham |  |
| 15-min city | 35.8% | 29.2% | 6.6 pts higher in Roebourne - Wickham |  |
| Walk to shops | 28.7% | 94.5% | 65.8 pts higher in Cocos (Keeling) Islands |  |
| Walk to transit | 50.0% | 0.0% | 50.0 pts higher in Roebourne - Wickham |  |
| Walk to school | 50.4% | 29.2% | 21.2 pts higher in Roebourne - Wickham |  |
| Walk to a park | 78.7% | 66.0% | 12.7 pts higher in Roebourne - Wickham |  |
| Walk to health | 8.7% | 0.0% | 8.7 pts higher in Roebourne - Wickham |  |
| Intersections/km² | 0 | 16 | 16 higher in Cocos (Keeling) Islands |  |
| Mean slope | 3.4% | 2.8% | 0.5 pts higher in Roebourne - Wickham |  |

Interactive comparison: https://censusatlas.au/compare/iare/IARE506005/roebourne-wickham/vs/IARE901002/cocos-islands