Gosford - West vs Wyong - North-East

Gosford - West and Wyong - North-East are nearby Central Coast areas with different levels of local access. Gosford - West is very walkable, with 69.5% of homes in a 15-minute-city walkshed. It has far higher rates of homes within a 15-minute walk of health services (55.3% versus 29.1% in Wyong - North-East), groceries (59.4% versus 42.0%), and schools (73.3% versus 59.0%). First Nations people in Gosford - West also have a well higher Year 12 completion rate of 37.4%.

Both areas sit about the same as the national figure for First Nations Year 12 completion, which helps anchor their similarities. They share very similar First Nations personal and household incomes, as well as unemployment rates. While Wyong - North-East has a much larger First Nations population and far higher street connectivity, both areas are almost identical in the share of homes within a 15-minute walk of a park.