Wangaratta vs Wodonga

Wangaratta and Wodonga are two Victorian regions separated by about 59 km. Wodonga is much more accessible by foot, with 68.2% of homes in a 15-minute-city walkshed compared to 55.4% in Wangaratta. This gap is most obvious for health services, which are within a 15-minute walk for 55.7% of Wodonga homes but only 32.5% in Wangaratta. Wodonga also has a far larger Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population, with 1,479 people compared to 559 in Wangaratta.

These two areas have tracked closely since 2011 in several respects. They share very similar First Nations unemployment rates, around 10%, and similar household incomes for First Nations people. Both areas are also described as somewhat walkable, though Wodonga has a slightly higher score of 5.6 compared to 4.7 in Wangaratta. In Wodonga, First Nations Year 12 completion is about the same as the national figure, while in Wangaratta it is well below.