Hamilton Hill vs Rockingham - North

Rockingham - North and Hamilton Hill are two nearby Western Australian suburbs with very different layouts. Hamilton Hill is much more walkable, with 90.0% of homes in a 15-minute-city walkshed compared to 64.8% in Rockingham - North. This is especially clear for health services, which are within a 15-minute walk for 66.4% of Hamilton Hill residents but only 18.8% in Rockingham - North. Hamilton Hill also has a much higher share of people who speak a First Nations language, at 15.5% compared to 7.2% in Rockingham - North.

Both areas have tracked similarly since 2011, and they now share some key features. For example, about 80% of homes in both suburbs are within a 15-minute walk of a school. While Rockingham - North has a larger number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, both areas are rated as at least somewhat walkable, with Hamilton Hill being very walkable.