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Canterbury vs Rockdale

Indigenous Location comparison ≈ 5.7 km apart · Canterbury profile · Rockdale profile

Canterbury Rockdale

Canterbury and Rockdale are neighbouring areas in Sydney with similar sizes and high walkability. Canterbury is easier to get around on foot, with a well higher number of street intersections and 95.7% of homes within a 15-minute walk of groceries, compared to 89.9% in Rockdale. There are also more Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living in Canterbury, totaling 1,085 compared to 863 in Rockdale.

Both areas are almost identical in their access to parks and public transport, and both have walkability scores that are very walkable. The gap in First Nations household income has widened, with Rockdale now well higher at $2,127 compared to $1,603 in Canterbury.

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First Nations

First Nations people in Canterburyin Rockdale +222 larger in Canterbury
1,085 80th pct 863 74th pct
Median age in Canterburyin Rockdale +3 yrs older in Rockdale
26 yrs 57th pct 29 yrs 81st pct
Year 12 in Canterburyin Rockdale +5.6 pts higher in Rockdale
49.0% 86th pct 54.7% 91st pct
Unemployment in Canterburyin Rockdale +2.5 pts higher in Canterbury
8.9% 30th pct 6.4% 14th pct
Median income in Canterburyin Rockdale +$113 higher in Rockdale
$699 82nd pct $812 89th pct
Household income in Canterburyin Rockdale +$524 higher in Rockdale
$1,603 72nd pct $2,127 90th pct
Indigenous language in Canterburyin Rockdale +2.3 pts higher in Canterbury
10.8% 62nd pct 8.5% 57th pct

Walkability

Walk score in Canterburyin Rockdale +0.2 higher in Rockdale
7.9 94th pct 8.1 95th pct
Types ≤15 min in Canterburyin Rockdale +0.1 more in Canterbury
7.7 97th pct 7.6 95th pct
15-min city in Canterburyin Rockdale +1.3 pts higher in Canterbury
99.7% 99th pct 98.4% 97th pct
Walk to shops in Canterburyin Rockdale +5.8 pts higher in Canterbury
95.7% 92nd pct 89.9% 84th pct
Walk to transit in Canterburyin Rockdale even
99.8% 98th pct 99.9% 99th pct
Walk to school in Canterburyin Rockdale +2.9 pts higher in Canterbury
98.9% 95th pct 96.0% 85th pct
Walk to a park in Canterburyin Rockdale even
100.0% 100th pct 99.9% 86th pct
Walk to health in Canterburyin Rockdale +1.8 pts higher in Canterbury
87.1% 87th pct 85.3% 85th pct
Intersections/km² in Canterburyin Rockdale +66 higher in Canterbury
254 91st pct 188 87th pct
Mean slope in Canterburyin Rockdale +0.3 pts higher in Canterbury
5.0% 59th pct 4.7% 54th pct

Compare Canterbury with nearby areas

Burwood Bankstown - North-East Strathfield Hurstville Ashfield Rockdale Kogarah Canada Bay

Compare Rockdale with nearby areas

Marrickville Kogarah Canterbury Alexandria - Darlington - Waterloo Botany Bay Ashfield Leichhardt Burwood

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Canterbury vs Rockdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/compare/iloc/ILOC10700804/canterbury/vs/ILOC10702401/rockdale