Wantrina - Rowville - Ferntree Gully vs Nunawading - West

Wantrina - Rowville - Ferntree Gully and Nunawading - West are both very walkable areas in Victoria, but they differ in their layout and populations. Nunawading - West is more compact, with 100% of homes within a 15-minute walk of a school and a 15-minute-city walkshed, compared to 90.1% and 89.1% in Wantrina - Rowville - Ferntree Gully. Wantrina - Rowville - Ferntree Gully has a far larger First Nations population, with 1,022 people compared to 159 in Nunawading - West.

Both areas are nearly identical when it comes to outdoor space, with almost every home within a 15-minute walk of a park. While they share this high level of accessibility, their local amenities differ; parks are the most common walkable feature in Wantrina - Rowville - Ferntree Gully, whereas public transport is more prominent in Nunawading - West. The gap in walkability is small, with Nunawading - West scoring slightly higher at 8.0 compared to 7.0 for Wantrina - Rowville - Ferntree Gully, though both are considered very walkable.