Spatial Inequality in Sydney
Surry Hills vs Blacktown
Health
- Blacktown is a diabetes hotspot (7.2% adults are diabetic)
- There are fewer hospitals than in the city
- Substance abuse
- However, 53% of respondents aged 50+ were "satisfied" or "very satisfied" with their health/medical services.
Wealth
Blacktown:
- Only 9% of households earned an income of $1,500 or more per week in 2011.
- The median weekly household income (2011 Census) was $1,388.
Surry Hills:
- 26% of households earned an income of $1,500 or more per week in 2011.
- The median weekly household income was $1,760 (~27% greater).
Education/Employment
Transport
Blacktown
Most people use car (74%)
Only 20% of the population use public transport.
Trains are used most often although they are regularly delayed and the timetables are inefficient
Busways provieds services North of blacktown and hillsbus provides service
23.5% more people take public transport in Sydney than the average of all the other cities.
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- Blacktown does not have a wide distribution of educational institutes or available jobs compared to suburbs in the city.
- Still a developing area with many settlers (especially Sudanese and Maltese).
- Lower population count in schools
- Hard for adults to adapt as it is hard finding employment on welfare benefits (especially due to language barriers).
- 41.9% of the Blacktown population aged 15 and over have tertiary education compared to 48.3% of the Greater Sydney and the NSW average of 45.8%.