Christmas Island vs Cocos (Keeling) Islands

Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands are remote territories with very different landscapes. Christmas Island has a much steeper terrain, with a mean slope of 15.6% compared to just 2.8% for Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Access to local services varies significantly; 30.9% of homes on Christmas Island are within a 15-minute walk of health services, while Cocos (Keeling) Islands has 0.0%. However, Cocos (Keeling) Islands is far more walkable for other needs, with 66.0% of homes near a park and 29.2% near a school, compared to 40.5% and 10.7% on Christmas Island.

Both territories are mostly car-dependent and have no homes within a 10-minute walk of public transport. The gap in how many homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed is narrowing, with Cocos (Keeling) Islands now only a little higher at 29.2% compared to 26.6% on Christmas Island. While both have similar numbers of amenity types within a short walk, Cocos (Keeling) Islands has far more street intersections per square kilometre.