Port Augusta vs West Kimberley

Port Augusta and West Kimberley are two distant regional areas with very different community profiles. West Kimberley has a much larger proportion of people who speak a First Nations language, at 54.2% compared to 30.4% in Port Augusta. Port Augusta has a far larger First Nations population overall, with 8,299 people, but the unemployment rate for First Nations people is well higher there at 22.4%, compared to 14.0% in West Kimberley. Access to services also differs; for example, 52.4% of homes in Port Augusta are within a 10-minute walk of public transport, while 0.0% of homes in West Kimberley have that access.

Both areas have tracked similarly since 2011, remaining mostly car-dependent with nearly identical rates of Year 12 completion for First Nations students at around 22%. They also share similar landscape features, such as a nearly identical mean terrain slope. While West Kimberley has more homes within walking distance of parks and groceries, both areas provide a similar number of different amenity types within a 15-minute walk.