Kenmore Hills vs Mount Coot-tha

Kenmore Hills and Mount Coot-tha are neighbouring areas with very different roles. Kenmore Hills is a residential area of 2,448 people where local services are more accessible; for example, 50% of homes are within a 15-minute walk of health services, compared to 0% in Mount Coot-tha. Mount Coot-tha is largely non-residential with no recorded population, though it has far more schools within 3 km (36 compared to 10 in Kenmore Hills). The two areas also differ in accessibility, with a far higher walkability score in Kenmore Hills (somewhat walkable) than in Mount Coot-tha (mostly car-dependent).

Both areas sit around the middle of the national figure for the share of homes with a 15-minute-city walkshed. They also share similar school characteristics, with nearly identical average school sizes and school advantage scores. Despite these commonalities, the gap in transit access remains wide, with Kenmore Hills having a far higher number of public transport stops than Mount Coot-tha.