Mardiwah Loop - Lundja vs Yardgee - Nicholson Town Camps

Mardiwah Loop - Lundja and Yardgee - Nicholson Town Camps are neighbouring areas in Western Australia with very different layouts. Yardgee - Nicholson Town Camps is much more walkable, with a score of 5.5 (somewhat walkable) compared to just 0.1 (car-dependent) for Mardiwah Loop - Lundja. In Yardgee - Nicholson Town Camps, every home is within a 15-minute walk of a park, health services, and groceries, while Mardiwah Loop - Lundja has no such access. There is also a big age gap among First Nations residents; the typical person in Mardiwah Loop - Lundja is 27, making them far older than the typical resident in Yardgee - Nicholson Town Camps, who is 18.

Both areas have tracked similarly since 2011, remaining remote places where no homes are within a 10-minute walk of public transport. They share a similar landscape with a flat terrain slope and the same proportion of people who speak a First Nations language, at 32.4%. While Mardiwah Loop - Lundja has a far larger First Nations population of 253 people and a slightly higher typical household income of $824, both areas see First Nations Year 12 completion rates that are far below the national figure.