Tumut Surrounds vs Macnamara

Tumut Surrounds and Macnamara are very different in scale and use. Tumut Surrounds has a population of 4,797 people and 642 businesses, while Macnamara is largely non-residential with only 40 people and no businesses. Access to services is much more common in Tumut Surrounds, where 44.7% of homes are within a 15-minute walk of a school and 25.2% are near groceries. In contrast, these figures are 0.0% for Macnamara, although that area has a far higher share of homes within a 15-minute walk of a park at 90.1%.

Both areas are primarily car-dependent, with walkability scores of 2.3 for Tumut Surrounds and 1.9 for Macnamara. This shared reliance on vehicles exists despite a huge difference in street connectivity, which is far higher in Macnamara. Tumut Surrounds also has a much larger Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population, with 219 people compared to none in Macnamara.