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Brighton vs Hobart

Indigenous Location comparison ≈ 22 km apart · Brighton profile · Hobart profile

Brighton Hobart

Brighton and Hobart are nearby Tasmanian areas with very different layouts. Hobart is very walkable, with 82.3% of homes in a 15-minute-city walkshed and a walkability score of 7.4 (very walkable). In contrast, Brighton is somewhat walkable with a score of 4.2, and only 48.3% of its homes have a similar walkshed. The most striking gap is in health services, which are within a 15-minute walk for 78.3% of Hobart homes compared to just 12.4% in Brighton.

These two areas have followed different paths since 2011, particularly regarding their First Nations populations. Brighton has a far larger Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community, with 2,204 people. This group is also much younger in Brighton, where the typical age is 21, compared to 28 in Hobart. Meanwhile, First Nations residents in Hobart have higher typical incomes and a lower unemployment rate than those in Brighton.

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First Nations

First Nations people in Brightonin Hobart +1,338 larger in Brighton
2,204 87th pct 866 74th pct
Median age in Brightonin Hobart +7 yrs older in Hobart
21 yrs 14th pct 28 yrs 76th pct
Year 12 in Brightonin Hobart +26.7 pts higher in Hobart
32.9% 53rd pct 59.5% 95th pct
Unemployment in Brightonin Hobart +3.7 pts higher in Brighton
13.1% 56th pct 9.4% 33rd pct
Median income in Brightonin Hobart +$179 higher in Hobart
$522 49th pct $701 83rd pct
Household income in Brightonin Hobart +$740 higher in Hobart
$1,242 42nd pct $1,982 88th pct
Indigenous language in Brightonin Hobart +2.7 pts higher in Hobart
1.4% 7th pct 4.0% 29th pct

Walkability

Walk score in Brightonin Hobart +3.1 higher in Hobart
4.2 53rd pct 7.4 90th pct
Types ≤15 min in Brightonin Hobart +2.7 more in Hobart
3.9 45th pct 6.7 84th pct
15-min city in Brightonin Hobart +34.0 pts higher in Hobart
48.3% 50th pct 82.3% 78th pct
Walk to shops in Brightonin Hobart +19.5 pts higher in Hobart
58.3% 57th pct 77.9% 73rd pct
Walk to transit in Brightonin Hobart +20.5 pts higher in Hobart
75.9% 62nd pct 96.5% 81st pct
Walk to school in Brightonin Hobart +26.8 pts higher in Hobart
55.2% 41st pct 82.1% 68th pct
Walk to a park in Brightonin Hobart +15.6 pts higher in Hobart
81.4% 48th pct 97.1% 70th pct
Walk to health in Brightonin Hobart +66.0 pts higher in Hobart
12.4% 25th pct 78.3% 81st pct
Intersections/km² in Brightonin Hobart +38 higher in Hobart
9 45th pct 47 66th pct
Mean slope in Brightonin Hobart +4.5 pts higher in Hobart
7.4% 86th pct 12.0% 100th pct

Compare Brighton with nearby areas

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Brighton vs Hobart [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/compare/iloc/ILOC60100301/brighton/vs/ILOC60100304/hobart