Tarraleah vs Wayatinah

Wayatinah and Tarraleah are both sparsely populated areas in the Central Highlands. Wayatinah is the larger of the two with 18 people, while Tarraleah has only 4. There are notable differences in their profiles: residents in Tarraleah are far older, with a typical age of 64 compared to 39 in Wayatinah. Wayatinah also has much higher typical weekly household incomes at $1,625, while the usual income in Tarraleah is $1,125. Additionally, 94.1% of homes in Wayatinah are within a 15-minute walk of groceries, whereas no homes in Tarraleah have this access.

Both areas have tracked similarly since 2011, remaining very small and largely non-residential. They share a total lack of public transport and no homes within a 15-minute walk of schools or health services. Life in both places is car-dependent, though Wayatinah is slightly more walkable than Tarraleah. They also both have typical household sizes that are well below the national figure.