Dubbo vs Toowoomba - Roma

Dubbo and Toowoomba - Roma are both large regional areas, but Dubbo is much more accessible by foot. In Dubbo, 61.5% of homes are within a 10-minute walk of public transport, compared to 27.7% in Toowoomba - Roma. This helps explain why Dubbo is rated as somewhat walkable, while Toowoomba - Roma is mostly car-dependent. Dubbo also has far more homes within a 15-minute walk of schools (60.8%) and parks (71.4%) than Toowoomba - Roma, where these figures are 46.6% and 60.5% respectively.

Both areas have similar proportions of people who speak a First Nations language. In Toowoomba - Roma, the share of First Nations people who finished Year 12 is about the same as the national figure, whereas in Dubbo it is well below. Toowoomba - Roma has a well larger First Nations population with 22,881 people, compared to 14,624 in Dubbo.