Blue Mountains National Park vs Leura

Leura and Blue Mountains National Park are neighbouring areas with very different characters. Leura is a populated village where the walkability score is somewhat walkable, while Blue Mountains National Park is largely non-residential and car-dependent. There are stark differences in local access; in Leura, 80% of homes are within a 10-minute walk of public transport and 54.6% are near groceries, whereas those figures are just 13.3% and 0.7% in the National Park. The typical resident in the National Park is far older at 69, compared to 55 in Leura, and typical weekly personal income is far higher in the National Park at $1,625, well above the $753 seen in Leura.

Both areas have followed similar trends since 2011, and they share some local school characteristics. The average school size is nearly identical, sitting around 310 to 330 students, and the school advantage scores are almost the same. This consistency in education metrics exists even though the two areas differ in almost every other measure, from street connectivity to the number of people per home.