Brisbane vs Mount Isa

Brisbane and Mount Isa are two very different Queensland regions separated by over 1,400km. Brisbane is a somewhat walkable area where 68.1% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed and 79.9% are within a 10-minute walk of public transport. In contrast, Mount Isa is mostly car-dependent and no homes are within a 10-minute walk of public transport. There are also significant differences for First Nations people; in Brisbane, 49.6% of First Nations students finish Year 12, compared to 27.5% in Mount Isa.

While the two areas differ in many ways, the gap in First Nations unemployment is quite large, with Mount Isa at 15.9% and Brisbane at 11.2%. Both areas share some similarities, such as the distance to schools, with about 68% to 70% of homes within a 15-minute walk. In both regions, parks are the most common walkable amenity, though Brisbane has a much larger overall number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.