Paraburdoo vs Wittenoom

Paraburdoo and Wittenoom are two distant areas in Western Australia with very different levels of activity. Paraburdoo is a functioning town where 1,324 people live and most homes are within a 15-minute walk of health services (91.5%), parks (99.1%) and schools (77.7%). By contrast, Wittenoom is largely non-residential with a population of 0 and no access to these local services.

This gap in accessibility is huge, with Paraburdoo being somewhat walkable while Wittenoom is car-dependent. The two areas are effectively alike in one way: neither has any homes within a 10-minute walk of public transport. This lack of transport infrastructure is a shared trait across these two remote locations.