Colley vs Witera

Colley and Witera are both sparsely populated areas in South Australia. The most striking difference is the typical weekly income, which is far higher in Witera; the typical household there earns $8,000 compared to $2,083 in Colley. Residents are also noticeably older in Witera, with a typical age of 50 compared to 45 in Colley. In Witera, there are also more people per bedroom (1.0) and per home (3.0) than in Colley, where these figures are 0.8 and 2.5 respectively.

Both areas are almost identical in their lack of local services, with no schools or public transport nearby. This is consistent with their walkability scores, which show both are car-dependent. A similar pattern is seen in household size, where Colley's 0.8 people per bedroom is about the same as the national figure. The gap in household income between the two areas has remained wide across recent censuses.