Brumby Plains vs Toonumbar

Toonumbar and Brumby Plains are both sparsely populated rural areas. Toonumbar has 30 residents, while Brumby Plains has none. Where there are residents, the typical person in Brumby Plains is far older at 80, compared to 58 in Toonumbar. Income is well higher in Brumby Plains, where the typical household earns $1,125 a week, compared to $725 in Toonumbar. In Toonumbar, there are more people per bedroom at 1.0, which is far higher than the 0.6 seen in Brumby Plains.

Both areas have tracked similarly over time, remaining almost entirely car-dependent with no walkable access to shops, parks, or schools. They are both very similar in their lack of public transport and the small size of their households, with about two people per home. This shared isolation is consistent across both places, as neither has any homes within a 15-minute walk of health services or groceries.