Raby - St Andrews - Kearns vs Ruse

Raby - St Andrews - Kearns and Ruse are neighbouring areas in Greater Sydney with very different layouts. Ruse is far more accessible for pedestrians, with 78.1% of homes in a 15-minute-city walkshed compared to just 31.9% in Raby - St Andrews - Kearns. This gap is clear in the local street networks, as Ruse has far higher street connectivity with 115 intersections per square kilometre against 49 in Raby - St Andrews - Kearns. Raby - St Andrews - Kearns has a far larger Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population, with 587 people compared to 289 in Ruse.

Daily life in both places shares many similarities, such as nearly every home being within a 15-minute walk of a park. This common ground exists alongside a few differences among First Nations residents; for example, the typical age is 20 in Raby - St Andrews - Kearns and slightly older at 22 in Ruse. While Ruse has a little higher First Nations household income and unemployment rate, both areas have almost identical rates of Year 12 completion and First Nations language speakers.