Hotham - Kulin vs Narrogin - Wagin - Katanning

Hotham - Kulin and Narrogin - Wagin - Katanning are two rural Western Australian areas with different levels of access to services. Narrogin - Wagin - Katanning has far more homes within a 15-minute walk of health services (42.2%) and parks (62.1%) than Hotham - Kulin, where only 26.7% and 51.8% of homes have such access. Narrogin - Wagin - Katanning also has a larger First Nations population of 731 people, compared to 385 in Hotham - Kulin.

Both areas are mostly car-dependent and have a similar share of homes with a 15-minute-city walkshed at 44.7%. The gaps between them have shifted in some areas, such as First Nations household income, which is now well higher in Narrogin - Wagin - Katanning at $1,024 compared to $809 in Hotham - Kulin. However, Hotham - Kulin has a higher share of people who speak a First Nations language (8.8%) and a larger share of homes within a 10-minute walk of public transport (31.2%).