Bedourie vs Sturt

Bedourie and Sturt (Qld) are two remote Queensland areas with very different levels of activity. Bedourie is a sparsely populated area of 150 people where life is more accessible; 76.3% of homes are within a 15-minute walk of groceries and 75.4% are near a school. In contrast, Sturt (Qld) is largely non-residential with a population of 0, and no homes there are within a 15-minute walk of a school or grocery store. Bedourie also has a larger Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population, with 34 people.

Both areas are essentially without public transport, and neither has any homes within a 10-minute walk of a transport stop. While Bedourie is mostly car-dependent with a walkability score of 3.4, Sturt (Qld) is strictly car-dependent with a score of 0.0. The terrain in Sturt (Qld) is a little steeper, with a mean slope of 5.0% compared to 3.2% in Bedourie.