Charles Sturt - Coast vs West Torrens

Charles Sturt - Coast and West Torrens are neighbouring South Australian areas with different layouts. West Torrens has far better access to essential services, with 76.7% of homes within a 15-minute walk of health services compared to 49.9% in Charles Sturt - Coast. Similarly, 92.6% of West Torrens homes are near a school, while only 80.1% of homes in Charles Sturt - Coast share that access. In contrast, Charles Sturt - Coast has a much denser street network with 345 intersections per square kilometre, far higher than the 192 seen in West Torrens.

Both areas are equally green, with every single home in both places located within a 15-minute walk of a park. This shared accessibility exists alongside a First Nations population that is far larger in West Torrens, where 54.4% of First Nations residents finished Year 12 compared to 47.1% in Charles Sturt - Coast. While both areas are very walkable, the gap in their overall walkability scores has remained small.