Kalgoorlie vs Jabiru - Tiwi

Kalgoorlie and Jabiru - Tiwi are remote areas with very different profiles. Jabiru - Tiwi has a much larger First Nations population, with 89.4% of people speaking a First Nations language and an unemployment rate of 33.6%. Kalgoorlie is more walkable, with a score of 4.2 (somewhat walkable) compared to 2.8 (mostly car-dependent) in Jabiru - Tiwi. Income levels for First Nations people are also quite different, with a typical personal income of $411 in Kalgoorlie, which is far higher than the $232 seen in Jabiru - Tiwi.

Both areas have tracked similarly in some respects since 2011, and they share several everyday features. Residents in both places are almost equally likely to live within a 15-minute walk of a school (around 62%) or a grocery store (about 55%). The typical age of First Nations people is exactly the same in both areas at 26 years, which is well below the national figure.