Rockhampton vs Tasmania

Rockhampton and Tasmania are both large, regional areas, but they differ sharply in how people get around. Tasmania is somewhat walkable, with 70.0% of homes within a 10-minute walk of public transport and 53.9% having a 15-minute-city walkshed. Rockhampton is mostly car-dependent, where only 16.6% of homes are near public transport and 37.0% have a 15-minute-city walkshed. In Rockhampton, First Nations residents are younger with a typical age of 22, and a higher share, 38.8%, have finished Year 12. In Tasmania, First Nations residents are noticeably older with a typical age of 25.

Both areas sit near the national figure for First Nations unemployment, with Rockhampton at 14.9% and Tasmania at 10.0%. They also share very similar numbers of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, with Rockhampton at 29,507 and Tasmania at 30,041. Typical personal incomes for First Nations residents are also nearly the same, at $531 in Rockhampton and $562 in Tasmania.