Newcastle - Inner City vs Medowie

Newcastle - Inner City and Medowie are nearby areas with very different layouts. Newcastle - Inner City is a walker's paradise, where 92.8% of homes are within a 15-minute walk of groceries and 88.4% are near health services. In contrast, Medowie is mostly car-dependent; no homes there are within a 15-minute walk of health services and only 26.8% are near groceries. Newcastle - Inner City also has a far larger First Nations population, with 2,005 people compared to 715 in Medowie.

While the two areas are different in design, they share a similar typical personal income for First Nations residents, which sits around $740. The gap in First Nations educational attainment is a point of contrast, as Year 12 completion is well higher in Newcastle - Inner City at 47.3% compared to 38.5% in Medowie. This is consistent with the First Nations population in Newcastle - Inner City being far older, with a typical age of 28 compared to 19 in Medowie.