East Bendigo vs Campaspe - West

East Bendigo and Campaspe - West are two Victorian areas with very different layouts. East Bendigo is very walkable, with a score of 6.0, and 93.7% of homes are within a 10-minute walk of public transport. In contrast, Campaspe - West is mostly car-dependent, with a score of 3.0, and only 46% of homes have that same access to transport. East Bendigo also has a much larger First Nations population, where 43.4% of people have finished Year 12, compared to 29.5% in Campaspe - West.

These two places are diverging in their outcomes for First Nations residents. While the typical First Nations household income is nearly the same in both areas, the gap in employment and education is wide. In East Bendigo, the First Nations unemployment rate is 8.8%, which is well below the national figure, whereas it is 14.3% in Campaspe - West.