Journey to Work (JTW)
| Use | Employment counts for specific locations e.g. commercial centre analysis, daytime population, profile of resident workforce for a specific area, industry trends and method of travel to work. Also provides input to employment and travel forecasts |
| Method | Complete enumeration via a self completion Census form |
| Scope | Employed persons aged 15 years and over, who were employed during
the week before Census night and 2006 - with workplace in NSW 2001 - with workplace in NSW 1996 - counted in the GMA 1991 and 1981 -resident in the GMA |
| Data Management | For each year there is a set of predefined tables with a particular combination of variables, which cannot be linked across tables |
| Output | Counts of employed persons and travel to work |
| Geographic Coverage | Greater Metropolitan Area (GMA) up to 1996 (all of NSW from 2001) |
| Geographic Level | Statistical Local Area, Travel Zone and aggregations of these |
| Reference Period | Persons counted in the Census on Census night and were employed during the week prior to the Census |
| Frequency | 5 yearly |
| Historical | Zone level data is also available for 1991 and 1981 |
| Variables | Employment: industry, occupation, mode of travel to work, hours Person: age, sex, income Household: household/family type, dwelling structure, number of household vehicles |
| Data Quality/ Definitional Issues | TDC JTW data may produce slightly different counts to those obtained
directly from ABS for the same geographic level due to:
Origin = place where the person spent Census night Destination = employer's address |
| Copyright/ Disclaimer | Intellectual property in this data is vested in the ABS. Its use is covered by ABS Conditions of Sale and TDC disclaimer. TDC owns the definition of the Travel Zones |
