Household Travel Survey Data
| Use | Broad travel patterns and trends for the metropolitan area |
| Method | Sample survey, details collected by face to face interview |
| Size | Approximately 8,500 people in 3,500 households are surveyed annually |
| Scope | Residents of households in occupied private dwellings, within the GMA |
| Data Management | Large relational data base with trip, person, household and vehicle records that can be linked |
| Output | Counts of trips, persons, households and vehicles, weighted to total population for an average day (weekday or weekend day) |
| Geographic Coverage | Greater Metropolitan Area (GMA) |
| Geographic Level | Statistical Local Area, Travel Zone or aggregations of these |
| Reference Period | Financial year |
| Frequency | Annual from 1997 |
| Historical/Forecast Data | 1991, 1981 from the Home Interview Survey (HIS). Forecasts available from the STM |
| Variables | Trip: origin, destination, purpose, mode, time, costs Person: age, sex, employment status, income Household: household and family type, dwelling structure, number of vehicles and bicycles Vehicle: make, model, fuel type, ownership |
| Survey Forms | Form 1 - Household Form (328 kb PDF), Form 2 - Interview Form (1.77 Mb PDF), Form 3 - Interview Form (436 kb PDF) |
| Data Quality / Definitional Issues | As the HTS is a sample survey, data broken down by a number of variable categories, or at a very fine geographic level can be subject to high standard errors |
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