Bakewell - Rosebery - Mitchell vs Palmerston Indigenous Village

Bakewell - Rosebery - Mitchell and Palmerston Indigenous Village are neighbouring areas with very different profiles. Bakewell - Rosebery - Mitchell has a much larger First Nations population, where typical personal incomes are far higher at $1,125 compared to $230 in Palmerston Indigenous Village. Education levels are also much higher in Bakewell - Rosebery - Mitchell, where 44.6% of First Nations residents finished Year 12, compared to 12.7% in Palmerston Indigenous Village. In contrast, First Nations languages are far more common in Palmerston Indigenous Village, where 80.3% of people speak one.

These two areas are moving in different directions as the gap in First Nations personal income has widened since 2011. While Bakewell - Rosebery - Mitchell is very walkable with most homes within a short walk of parks, schools and shops, Palmerston Indigenous Village is car-dependent. In the village, no homes are within a 15-minute walk of groceries or health services. The typical First Nations resident in Palmerston Indigenous Village is also older at 30, while in Bakewell - Rosebery - Mitchell they are far younger at 21.