Port Augusta vs Port Lincoln - Ceduna

Port Augusta and Port Lincoln - Ceduna are two distant regions of South Australia with very different levels of accessibility. Port Augusta is much more walkable, with 52.4% of homes within a 10 minute walk of public transport and 56.2% near a school. In contrast, only 31.0% of homes in Port Lincoln - Ceduna are near public transport and 36.6% are near a school. Port Augusta also has a far larger First Nations population of 8,299 people, compared to 2,644 in Port Lincoln - Ceduna.

These gaps in accessibility have remained steady over time. Both areas remain mostly car-dependent, though Port Augusta's walkability score is a little higher at 3.9 compared to 2.9 in Port Lincoln - Ceduna. While both regions have a higher share of people speaking First Nations languages than the national figure, this is well higher in Port Augusta at 30.4%. This is consistent with a First Nations unemployment rate in Port Augusta that is well higher than in Port Lincoln - Ceduna.