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Key Transport Indicators (a) by Statistical Local Area of Residence (SLA), 2005

Central Northern Sydney Statistical Sub-Division (SSD)

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  Baulkham Hills Hornsby Ku-Ring-Gai TOTAL SSD
POPULATION (b) Persons 160,000 155,000 106,000 421,000
No. of households 51,000 53,000 36,000 140,000
Average household size 3.2 2.9 3.0 3.0
 
TOTAL TRAVEL Trips av. weekday 598,000 612,000 450,000 1,659,000
Trips av. weekend day 518,000 555,000 422,000 1,495,000
Trips per person - weekday 3.7 4.0 4.2 3.9
Trips per person - weekend 3.2 3.6 4.0 3.6
Trips per household - weekday 11.8 11.5 12.5 11.8
Trips per household - weekend 10.2 10.4 11.7 10.7
  linked trips (c)  
REASON FOR TRAVEL (trips) Commute 90,000 88,000 57,000 236,000
Work related business 53,000 47,000 25,000 125,000
Education/childcare 55,000 51,000 41,000 146,000
Shopping 96,000 102,000 74,000 272,000
Personal business 43,000 47,000 44,000 133,000
Social/recreation 144,000 147,000 98,000 389,000
Serve passenger 102,000 111,000 95,000 307,000
Other 16,000 19,000 16,000 50,000
Total 598,000 612,000 450,000 1,659,000
  unlinked trips (d)  
MODE OF TRAVEL (trips) Vehicle driver 366,000 334,000 246,000 947,000
Vehicle passenger 148,000 142,000 103,000 394,000
Train 14,000 48,000 29,000 91,000
Bus 27,000 23,000 10,000 60,000
Walk only 56,000 91,000 81,000 228,000
Other modes 9,000 16,000 6,000 31,000
Total 621,000 653,000 476,000 1,750,000
  kilometres  
REASON FOR TRAVEL (distance) Commute 1,635,000 1,641,000 857,000 4,134,000
Work related business 885,000 687,000 287,000 1,860,000
Education/childcare 650,000 570,000 336,000 1,556,000
Shopping 806,000 637,000 427,000 1,869,000
Personal business 399,000 427,000 256,000 1,082,000
Social/recreation 1,632,000 1,410,000 788,000 3,830,000
Serve passenger 937,000 907,000 559,000 2,404,000
Other 77,000 99,000 42,000 217,000
Total 7,022,000 6,378,000 3,552,000 16,952,000
  kilometres  
MODE OF TRAVEL (distance) Vehicle driver 4,370,000 3,412,000 1,987,000 9,769,000
Vehicle passenger 1,679,000 1,293,000 808,000 3,780,000
Train 306,000 967,000 427,000 1,699,000
Bus 420,000 209,000 64,000 693,000
Walk only 96,000 182,000 130,000 408,000
Walk linked (e) 88,000 171,000 89,000 347,000
Other modes 63,000 145,000 46,000 255,000
Total 7,022,000 6,378,000 3,552,000 16,952,000
  trips %  
REASON FOR TRAVEL (trips) Commute 15% 14% 13% 14%
Work related business 9% 8% 6% 8%
Education/childcare 9% 8% 9% 9%
Shopping 16% 17% 16% 16%
Personal business 7% 8% 10% 8%
Social/recreation 24% 24% 22% 23%
Serve passenger 17% 18% 21% 19%
Other 3% 3% 4% 3%
Total 100% 100% 100% 100%
  trips %  
MODE OF TRAVEL (trips) Vehicle driver 59% 51% 52% 54%
Vehicle passenger 24% 22% 22% 22%
Train 2% 7% 6% 5%
Bus 4% 3% 2% 3%
Walk only 9% 14% 17% 13%
Other modes 1% 2% 1% 2%
Total 100% 100% 100% 100%
  distance %  
REASON FOR TRAVEL (distance) Commute 23% 26% 24% 24%
Work related business 13% 11% 8% 11%
Education/childcare 9% 9% 9% 9%
Shopping 11% 10% 12% 11%
Personal business 6% 7% 7% 6%
Social/recreation 23% 22% 22% 23%
Serve passenger 13% 14% 16% 14%
Other 1% 2% 1% 1%
Total 100% 100% 100% 100%
  distance %  
MODE OF TRAVEL (distance) Vehicle driver 62% 53% 56% 58%
Vehicle passenger 24% 20% 23% 22%
Train 4% 15% 12% 10%
Bus 6% 3% 2% 4%
Walk only 1% 3% 4% 2%
Walk linked (e) 1% 3% 3% 2%
Other modes 1% 2% 1% 2%
Total 100% 100% 100% 100%
 
VEHICLES Private vehicles 109,000 90,000 67,000 267,000
Vehicles per household 2.16 1.69 1.86 1.90
 
DISTANCE Total travel (kms) 7,022,000 6,378,000 3,552,000 16,952,000
Total travel per person (kms) 44.0 41.3 33.4 40.3
Av. trip length (kms) 11.7 10.4 7.9 10.2
Vehicle travel (VKT) (kms) 4,370,000 3,412,000 1,987,000 9,769,000
VKT per person (kms) 27.4 22.1 18.7 23.2
 
TRAVEL TIME Av. work trip duration (mins) 34 37 32 34
Av. non-work trip duration (mins) 19 18 16 18
Av. Trip duration (mins) - all purposes 22 21 19 21
Daily travel time per person (mins) 83 85 80 83

Source:

2005 five-year pooled Household Travel Survey (HTS) dataset

Notes:

  1. Unless otherwise stated, estimates are for an average weekday. SLA and SSD estimates are rounded to the nearest thousand and sometimes may not add up, but averages and percentages are computed based on actual numbers.
  2. Estimates are based on a sample of households in the respective SLAs and may be subject to high standard errors. For further information, contact TDC.
  3. Population estimates are based on HTS estimates of those in occupied private dwellings.
  4. Estimates of trip purpose are based on linked trip. Trips to return home have been reallocated to the previous 'priority' purpose.
  5. Estimates of trip mode are based on unlinked trips except for walk trips.
  6. 'Walk linked' is a walk trip to change mode to other forms of transport.
  7. The geography is based on the 2001 Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC).

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