Cardwell vs Ingham

Cardwell and Ingham are two Queensland towns with very different layouts. Ingham is much more walkable, with 66.7% of homes having a 15-minute-city walkshed and 86.2% of homes within a 15-minute walk of a school. Cardwell is car-dependent, with only 13.5% of homes near a school and 15.3% with a 15-minute-city walkshed. Ingham also has far more amenities within a short walk, averaging 5.2 compared to Cardwell's 1.9.

Both towns have similar numbers of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, with Cardwell at 433 and Ingham at 424. The First Nations unemployment rate in both places is also very close, sitting around 20%. While Ingham's walkability is far higher, Cardwell has a slightly higher typical First Nations household income of $1,116 compared to $900 in Ingham.