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Quairading vs Brookton

Indigenous Location comparison ≈ 43 km apart · Quairading profile · Brookton profile

Quairading Brookton

Quairading and Brookton are nearby Western Australian towns with very different layouts. Quairading is more compact and walkable, with 94.2% of homes within a 15-minute walk of health services and 74.7% near groceries. Its walkability score is somewhat walkable, whereas Brookton is mostly car-dependent. In contrast, Brookton has a larger First Nations population of 125 people, though the typical First Nations resident there is far older at 36 compared to 26 in Quairading.

Everyday life in both towns shares some financial similarities, such as the typical First Nations personal income which is about $350. While Quairading has a well higher share of First Nations people finishing Year 12 and speaking a First Nations language, the typical First Nations household income is a little higher in Brookton at $941 compared to $850 in Quairading.

First Nations

First Nations people in Quairadingin Brookton +61 larger in Brookton
64 8th pct 125 16th pct
Median age in Quairadingin Brookton +10 yrs older in Brookton
26 yrs 57th pct 36 yrs 94th pct
Year 12 in Quairadingin Brookton +6.0 pts higher in Quairading
24.4% 28th pct 18.4% 17th pct
— 38.6% 93rd pct
Median income in Quairadingin Brookton +$12 higher in Quairading
$359 19th pct $347 17th pct
Household income in Quairadingin Brookton +$91 higher in Brookton
$850 12th pct $941 18th pct
Indigenous language in Quairadingin Brookton +3.7 pts higher in Quairading
12.5% 65th pct 8.8% 58th pct

Walkability

Walk score in Quairadingin Brookton +2.9 higher in Quairading
5.8 74th pct 3.0 36th pct
Types ≤15 min in Quairadingin Brookton +3.3 more in Quairading
6.8 86th pct 3.5 39th pct
15-min city in Quairadingin Brookton +45.9 pts higher in Quairading
90.1% 84th pct 44.2% 46th pct
Walk to shops in Quairadingin Brookton +31.1 pts higher in Quairading
74.7% 70th pct 43.6% 42nd pct
Walk to transit in Quairadingin Brookton +3.4 pts higher in Quairading
27.3% 42nd pct 23.9% 41st pct
Walk to school in Quairadingin Brookton +21.3 pts higher in Quairading
70.0% 56th pct 48.7% 36th pct
Walk to a park in Quairadingin Brookton +48.3 pts higher in Quairading
98.2% 74th pct 50.0% 27th pct
Walk to health in Quairadingin Brookton +70.4 pts higher in Quairading
94.2% 94th pct 23.7% 36th pct
Intersections/km² in Quairadingin Brookton +59 higher in Quairading
59 71st pct 0 15th pct
Mean slope in Quairadingin Brookton +1.8 pts higher in Brookton
3.2% 25th pct 5.1% 60th pct

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Quairading vs Brookton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/compare/iloc/ILOC50700204/quairading/vs/ILOC50700701/brookton