Cairns - Southern Hinterlands vs Innisfail

Cairns - Southern Hinterlands and Innisfail are nearby Queensland areas with very different layouts. Innisfail is much more walkable, with a score of 3.8 (mostly car-dependent), while Cairns - Southern Hinterlands is car-dependent with a score of 1.0. In Innisfail, 90.7% of homes are within a 15-minute walk of a park, compared to just 18.4% in Cairns - Southern Hinterlands. This contrast extends to other services; 76.9% of Innisfail homes are near a school, while only 19.5% of homes in Cairns - Southern Hinterlands share that access.

Both areas have a similar lack of public transport, with 0% of homes within a 10-minute walk of a stop. The gap in typical First Nations household income has shifted, with Cairns - Southern Hinterlands now well higher at $1,468 compared to $1,170 in Innisfail. Innisfail has a far larger First Nations population at 1,630 people, and the unemployment rate for this group is well higher there at 24.7%.