Grey River vs Petticoat Creek

Petticoat Creek and Grey River are both sparsely populated areas in Victoria. The typical resident in Petticoat Creek is far older at 69, compared to 61 in Grey River. Incomes are also much higher in Petticoat Creek, where the typical family earns $4,750 a week, while the usual family in Grey River earns $2,250. There is also a notable difference in home layouts, with people per bedroom being far higher in Grey River at 0.80, compared to 0.40 in Petticoat Creek.

These two neighbours are similarly car-dependent, with neither area having a single home within a 15-minute walk of a school, health service, or grocery store. Both areas have the same average of 1.5 people per home and very long drive times to the city of over two hours. These similarities persist even as the gap in typical weekly family income between the two places has widened.