Southern Grampians - Glenelg vs Wimmera

Southern Grampians - Glenelg and Wimmera are two large Victorian regions with very different levels of accessibility. Wimmera is more walkable, with 55.3% of homes in a 15-minute-city walkshed compared to 41.5% in Southern Grampians - Glenelg. This advantage extends to basic needs; 52.7% of Wimmera homes are within a 15-minute walk of groceries, while only 39.8% of homes in Southern Grampians - Glenelg have the same access. Wimmera's walkability score is somewhat walkable (4.6), whereas Southern Grampians - Glenelg is mostly car-dependent (3.8).

Both areas have tracked similarly since 2011 in terms of their street connectivity and landscape slope. They also share very similar rates of First Nations people finishing Year 12, sitting around 32%. However, First Nations residents are noticeably older in Wimmera, with a typical age of 28 compared to 22 in Southern Grampians - Glenelg. This age difference is alongside a well higher First Nations unemployment rate in Wimmera, which is 13.5% against 10.2% in Southern Grampians - Glenelg.