# Huon Valley vs Tasmania - South-East Coast — 2021 Census comparison

Indigenous Area comparison · about 83 km apart

Huon Valley and Tasmania - South-East Coast are two large, rural areas in Tasmania. Tasmania - South-East Coast has better access to basic amenities, with 62.8% of homes within a 15-minute walk of a park compared to 45.9% in Huon Valley. Public transport is also more accessible in Tasmania - South-East Coast, where 44.4% of homes are within a 10-minute walk, while Huon Valley sits at 33.6%. In contrast, Huon Valley has a larger First Nations population with 1,865 people and a lower First Nations unemployment rate of 6.1% compared to 10.6% in Tasmania - South-East Coast.

These areas are moving apart in their walkability, as the gap in access to parks has grown by 17 percentage points. Despite this, they remain very similar in other ways. Both areas are mostly car-dependent and have almost identical typical personal incomes for First Nations residents, around $550 to $580. The share of First Nations people who finished Year 12 is also nearly the same, at about 30% in both places.

## First Nations

| Statistic | Huon Valley | Tasmania - South-East Coast | Gap | Trend |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| First Nations people | 1,865 | 1,182 | 683 larger in Huon Valley |  |
| Median age | 26 yrs | 29 yrs | 3 yrs older in Tasmania - South-East Coast |  |
| Year 12 | 30.1% | 30.8% | 0.7 pts higher in Tasmania - South-East Coast |  |
| Unemployment | 6.1% | 10.6% | 4.5 pts higher in Tasmania - South-East Coast |  |
| Median income | $579 | $552 | $27 higher in Huon Valley |  |
| Household income | $1,427 | $1,412 | $15 higher in Huon Valley |  |
| Indigenous language | 1.3% | 1.6% | 0.3 pts higher in Tasmania - South-East Coast |  |

## Walkability

| Statistic | Huon Valley | Tasmania - South-East Coast | Gap | Trend |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Walk score | 2.4 | 3.0 | 0.6 higher in Tasmania - South-East Coast |  |
| Types ≤15 min | 2.5 | 3.0 | 0.5 more in Tasmania - South-East Coast |  |
| 15-min city | 29.3% | 32.8% | 3.5 pts higher in Tasmania - South-East Coast |  |
| Walk to shops | 28.2% | 36.3% | 8.1 pts higher in Tasmania - South-East Coast |  |
| Walk to transit | 33.6% | 44.4% | 10.8 pts higher in Tasmania - South-East Coast |  |
| Walk to school | 22.2% | 29.1% | 7.0 pts higher in Tasmania - South-East Coast |  |
| Walk to a park | 45.9% | 62.8% | 16.9 pts higher in Tasmania - South-East Coast |  |
| Walk to health | 24.0% | 19.2% | 4.8 pts higher in Huon Valley |  |
| Intersections/km² | 1 | 1 |  |  |
| Mean slope | 11.2% | 8.7% | 2.6 pts higher in Huon Valley |  |

Interactive comparison: https://censusatlas.au/compare/iare/IARE601004/huon-valley/vs/IARE601009/tasmania-south-east-coast