Bidwill vs Lethbridge Park

Bidwill and Lethbridge Park are neighbouring areas in Blacktown with different layouts. Lethbridge Park is far more convenient for essential services, with 100% of homes within a 15-minute walk of a school and 25.9% near health services, compared to 82.5% and 0.0% in Bidwill. However, Bidwill has a more connected street network with 276 intersections per square kilometre, compared to 173 in Lethbridge Park. Bidwill also has a well larger First Nations population, totaling 704 people.

Both areas have remained very similar since 2011 in how they are built and accessed. Every home in both places is within a 10-minute walk of public transport and a 15-minute walk of a park. They are both somewhat walkable, and the gap in their overall walkability scores has stayed small. This shared experience of the local landscape is consistent across both neighbourhoods.