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

Gosford-Wyong Statistical Sub-Division (SSD)

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  Gosford Wyong TOTAL SSD
POPULATION (b) Persons 161,000 142,000 303,000
No. of households 63,000 55,000 118,000
Average household size 2.6 2.6 2.6
 
TOTAL TRAVEL Trips av. weekday 755,000 525,000 1,280,000
Trips av. weekend day 483,000 415,000 898,000
Trips per person - weekday 4.7 3.7 4.2
Trips per person - weekend 3.0 2.9 3.0
Trips per household - weekday 12.0 9.5 10.8
Trips per household - weekend 7.7 7.5 7.6
  linked trips (c)  
REASON FOR TRAVEL (trips) Commute 83,000 59,000 142,000
Work related business 85,000 48,000 133,000
Education/childcare 57,000 44,000 101,000
Shopping 118,000 86,000 204,000
Personal business 69,000 54,000 123,000
Social/recreation 178,000 124,000 302,000
Serve passenger 143,000 102,000 245,000
Other 21,000 8,000 29,000
Total 755,000 525,000 1,280,000
  unlinked trips (d)  
MODE OF TRAVEL (trips) Vehicle driver 403,874 287,640 691,514
Vehicle passenger 169,844 145,564 315,408
Train 22,400 7,419 29,819
Bus 34,096 21,690 55,786
Walk only 133,772 62,778 196,550
Other modes 17,238 15,762 33,000
Total 781,224 540,853 1,322,077
  kilometres  
REASON FOR TRAVEL (distance) Commute 2,330,000 1,462,000 3,793,000
Work related business 1,259,000 1,339,000 2,598,000
Education/childcare 620,000 458,000 1,077,000
Shopping 1,194,000 712,000 1,906,000
Personal business 655,000 762,000 1,417,000
Social/recreation 1,802,000 1,405,000 3,208,000
Serve passenger 1,381,000 1,150,000 2,531,000
Other 139,000 66,000 205,000
Total 9,380,000 7,353,000 16,733,000
  kilometres  
MODE OF TRAVEL (distance) Vehicle driver 5,016,000 4,211,000 9,227,000
Vehicle passenger 2,030,000 1,990,000 4,020,000
Train 1,489,000 615,000 2,104,000
Bus 342,000 233,000 576,000
Walk only 261,000 161,000 422,000
Walk linked (e) 137,000 58,000 195,000
Other modes 105,000 85,000 190,000
Total 9,380,000 7,353,000 16,733,000
  trips %  
REASON FOR TRAVEL (trips) Commute 11% 11% 11%
Work related business 11% 9% 10%
Education/childcare 8% 8% 8%
Shopping 16% 16% 16%
Personal business 9% 10% 10%
Social/recreation 24% 24% 24%
Serve passenger 19% 19% 19%
Other 3% 1% 2%
Total 100% 100% 100%
  trips %  
MODE OF TRAVEL (trips) Vehicle driver 52% 53% 52%
Vehicle passenger 22% 27% 24%
Train 3% 1% 2%
Bus 4% 4% 4%
Walk only 17% 12% 15%
Other modes 2% 3% 2%
Total 100% 100% 100%
  distance %  
REASON FOR TRAVEL (distance) Commute 25% 20% 23%
Work related business 13% 18% 16%
Education/childcare 7% 6% 6%
Shopping 13% 10% 11%
Personal business 7% 10% 8%
Social/recreation 19% 19% 19%
Serve passenger 15% 16% 15%
Other 1% 1% 1%
Total 100% 100% 100%
  distance %  
MODE OF TRAVEL (distance) Vehicle driver 53% 57% 55%
Vehicle passenger 22% 27% 24%
Train 16% 8% 13%
Bus 4% 3% 3%
Walk only 3% 2% 3%
Walk linked (e) 1% 1% 1%
Other modes 1% 1% 1%
Total 100% 100% 100%
 
VEHICLES Private vehicles 93,000 82,000 175,000
Vehicles per household 1.49 1.48 1.48
 
DISTANCE Total travel (kms) 9,380,000 7,353,000 16,733,000
Total travel per person (kms) 58.1 51.7 55.1
Av. trip length (kms) 12.4 14.0 13.1
Vehicle travel (VKT) (kms) 5,016,000 4,211,000 9,227,000
VKT per person (kms) 31.1 29.6 30.4
 
TRAVEL TIME Av. work trip duration (mins) 30 32 31
Av. non-work trip duration (mins) 17 18 17
Av. Trip duration (mins) - all purposes 19 20 20
Daily travel time per person (mins) 91 74 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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