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South-Eastern NSW vs Sydney - Wollongong

Indigenous Region comparison ≈ 323 km apart · South-Eastern NSW profile · Sydney - Wollongong profile

South-Eastern NSW Sydney - Wollongong

South-Eastern NSW and Sydney - Wollongong are two very different environments. Sydney - Wollongong is very walkable, with 85.2% of homes in a 15-minute-city walkshed and 89.3% within a short walk of a school. In contrast, South-Eastern NSW is mostly car-dependent, where only 42.6% of homes share that walkable access and just 41.2% are near a school. Sydney - Wollongong also has a far larger Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population, with 85,184 people compared to 17,504 in South-Eastern NSW.

The gap in First Nations year 12 completion has widened over time, and is now well higher in Sydney - Wollongong at 42.4% compared to 33% in South-Eastern NSW. Despite this, the two areas share some similarities. First Nations residents in both places have a typical age of 24, and their unemployment rates are nearly identical at 9% and 8.1%.

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First Nations

First Nations people in South-Eastern NSWin Sydney - Wollongong +67,680 larger in Sydney - Wollongong
17,504 74th pct 85,184 97th pct
Median age in South-Eastern NSWin Sydney - Wollongong even
24 yrs 29th pct 24 yrs 29th pct
Year 12 in South-Eastern NSWin Sydney - Wollongong +9.5 pts higher in Sydney - Wollongong
33.0% 63rd pct 42.4% 88th pct
Unemployment in South-Eastern NSWin Sydney - Wollongong +0.9 pts higher in South-Eastern NSW
9.0% 7th pct 8.1% 2nd pct
Median income in South-Eastern NSWin Sydney - Wollongong +$92 higher in Sydney - Wollongong
$584 72nd pct $676 86th pct
Household income in South-Eastern NSWin Sydney - Wollongong +$297 higher in Sydney - Wollongong
$1,501 73rd pct $1,798 86th pct
Indigenous language in South-Eastern NSWin Sydney - Wollongong +1.1 pts higher in Sydney - Wollongong
3.7% 20th pct 4.8% 30th pct

Walkability

Walk score in South-Eastern NSWin Sydney - Wollongong +3.4 higher in Sydney - Wollongong
3.9 56th pct 7.3 100th pct
Types ≤15 min in South-Eastern NSWin Sydney - Wollongong +2.9 more in Sydney - Wollongong
3.9 49th pct 6.7 100th pct
15-min city in South-Eastern NSWin Sydney - Wollongong +42.6 pts higher in Sydney - Wollongong
42.6% 38th pct 85.2% 100th pct
Walk to shops in South-Eastern NSWin Sydney - Wollongong +40.1 pts higher in Sydney - Wollongong
41.0% 29th pct 81.1% 98th pct
Walk to transit in South-Eastern NSWin Sydney - Wollongong +30.9 pts higher in Sydney - Wollongong
65.2% 74th pct 96.1% 100th pct
Walk to school in South-Eastern NSWin Sydney - Wollongong +48.1 pts higher in Sydney - Wollongong
41.2% 21st pct 89.3% 100th pct
Walk to a park in South-Eastern NSWin Sydney - Wollongong +24.9 pts higher in Sydney - Wollongong
72.0% 41st pct 96.9% 98th pct
Walk to health in South-Eastern NSWin Sydney - Wollongong +36.8 pts higher in Sydney - Wollongong
32.7% 34th pct 69.5% 99th pct
Intersections/km² in South-Eastern NSWin Sydney - Wollongong +33 higher in Sydney - Wollongong
1 62nd pct 35 92nd pct
Mean slope in South-Eastern NSWin Sydney - Wollongong +0.2 pts higher in South-Eastern NSW
7.3% 87th pct 7.1% 86th pct

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). South-Eastern NSW vs Sydney - Wollongong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/compare/ireg/IREG106/south-eastern-nsw/vs/IREG107/sydney-wollongong