Alpine - Towong - Indigo vs Wodonga

Alpine - Towong - Indigo and Wodonga are nearby Victorian areas with very different layouts. Wodonga is a more urban place where 68.2% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed, compared to 49.2% in Alpine - Towong - Indigo. This makes Wodonga somewhat walkable, while Alpine - Towong - Indigo is mostly car-dependent. Wodonga also has far better access to basics, with 75.2% of homes within a 10 minute walk of public transport and 97% within 15 minutes of a park. In contrast, First Nations residents are far older in Alpine - Towong - Indigo, where the typical age is 29, compared to just 19 in Wodonga.

Both areas are similar in that Year 12 completion for First Nations people is nearly the same, sitting at 34.3% in Alpine - Towong - Indigo and 37.2% in Wodonga. While Wodonga has a far larger First Nations population, the unemployment rate for this group is well higher in Wodonga at 10.9%, compared to just 6.6% in Alpine - Towong - Indigo.