Cooloola vs Murgon

Cooloola and Murgon are two Queensland regions with very different layouts. Murgon is more walkable, with a score of 2.7 (mostly car-dependent) compared to 1.6 (car-dependent) in Cooloola. Residents in Murgon have much easier access to daily needs on foot, with 57.8% of homes within a 15-minute walk of a school and 41.9% near groceries. In contrast, Cooloola is much more reliant on cars, though it has far more homes within a 10-minute walk of public transport, at 24.5% compared to 0.0% in Murgon. Cooloola also has a far larger First Nations population, with 1,050 people.

While the two areas are far apart, they share similar outcomes for First Nations people. Year 12 completion rates are nearly identical at 33.5% in Cooloola and 34.5% in Murgon, while unemployment rates are also almost the same, sitting at 12.2% and 12.4%. Other gaps between the two are shifting, such as the difference in First Nations personal income, which is a little higher in Murgon.