Key Transport Indicators (a) by Statistical Local Area of Residence (SLA), 2005
Outer Western Sydney Statistical Sub-Division (SSD)
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| Blue Mountains | Hawkesbury | Penrith | TOTAL SSD | ||
| POPULATION (b) | Persons | 75,000 | 63,000 | 177,000 | 315,000 |
| No. of households | 29,000 | 22,000 | 59,000 | 109,000 | |
| Average household size | 2.6 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 2.9 | |
| TOTAL TRAVEL | Trips av. weekday | 303,000 | 246,000 | 685,000 | 1,235,000 |
| Trips av. weekend day | 233,000 | 195,000 | 635,000 | 1,063,000 | |
| Trips per person - weekday | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.9 | |
| Trips per person - weekend | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 3.4 | |
| Trips per household - weekday | 10.6 | 11.4 | 11.6 | 11.3 | |
| Trips per household - weekend | 8.1 | 9.0 | 10.7 | 9.7 | |
| linked trips (c) | |||||
| REASON FOR TRAVEL (trips) | Commute | 31,000 | 30,000 | 89,000 | 149,000 |
| Work related business | 25,000 | 38,000 | 76,000 | 139,000 | |
| Education/childcare | 19,000 | 21,000 | 61,000 | 102,000 | |
| Shopping | 65,000 | 35,000 | 94,000 | 194,000 | |
| Personal business | 34,000 | 20,000 | 61,000 | 115,000 | |
| Social/recreation | 64,000 | 47,000 | 135,000 | 245,000 | |
| Serve passenger | 58,000 | 50,000 | 158,000 | 267,000 | |
| Other | 8,000 | 6,000 | 11,000 | 25,000 | |
| Total | 303,000 | 246,000 | 685,000 | 1,235,000 | |
| unlinked trips (d) | |||||
| MODE OF TRAVEL (trips) | Vehicle driver | 172,000 | 151,000 | 374,000 | 697,000 |
| Vehicle passenger | 73,000 | 62,000 | 184,000 | 320,000 | |
| Train | 10,000 | 5,000 | 19,000 | 34,000 | |
| Bus | 8,000 | 7,000 | 20,000 | 35,000 | |
| Walk only | 43,000 | 23,000 | 96,000 | 162,000 | |
| Other modes | 4,000 | 6,000 | 12,000 | 22,000 | |
| Total | 311,000 | 253,000 | 705,000 | 1,269,000 | |
| kilometres | |||||
| REASON FOR TRAVEL (distance) | Commute | 864,000 | 835,000 | 1,834,000 | 3,533,000 |
| Work related business | 459,000 | 760,000 | 1,425,000 | 2,644,000 | |
| Education/childcare | 208,000 | 286,000 | 564,000 | 1,058,000 | |
| Shopping | 641,000 | 378,000 | 624,000 | 1,644,000 | |
| Personal business | 243,000 | 260,000 | 507,000 | 1,010,000 | |
| Social/recreation | 815,000 | 805,000 | 1,346,000 | 2,967,000 | |
| Serve passenger | 549,000 | 559,000 | 1,340,000 | 2,448,000 | |
| Other | 85,000 | 66,000 | 80,000 | 232,000 | |
| Total | 3,864,000 | 3,950,000 | 7,721,000 | 15,535,000 | |
| kilometres | |||||
| MODE OF TRAVEL (distance) | Vehicle driver | 2,373,000 | 2,635,000 | 4,759,000 | 9,766,000 |
| Vehicle passenger | 751,000 | 931,000 | 1,830,000 | 3,512,000 | |
| Train | 495,000 | 186,000 | 594,000 | 1,274,000 | |
| Bus | 54,000 | 82,000 | 177,000 | 313,000 | |
| Walk only | 98,000 | 72,000 | 212,000 | 382,000 | |
| Walk linked (e) | 63,000 | 16,000 | 95,000 | 175,000 | |
| Other modes | 30,000 | 29,000 | 54,000 | 113,000 | |
| Total | 3,864,000 | 3,950,000 | 7,721,000 | 15,535,000 | |
| trips % | |||||
| REASON FOR TRAVEL (trips) | Commute | 10% | 12% | 13% | 12% |
| Work related business | 8% | 15% | 11% | 11% | |
| Education/childcare | 6% | 9% | 9% | 8% | |
| Shopping | 21% | 14% | 14% | 16% | |
| Personal business | 11% | 8% | 9% | 9% | |
| Social/recreation | 21% | 19% | 20% | 20% | |
| Serve passenger | 19% | 20% | 23% | 22% | |
| Other | 2% | 3% | 2% | 2% | |
| Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| trips % | |||||
| MODE OF TRAVEL (trips) | Vehicle driver | 55% | 60% | 53% | 55% |
| Vehicle passenger | 24% | 25% | 26% | 25% | |
| Train | 3% | 2% | 3% | 3% | |
| Bus | 3% | 3% | 3% | 3% | |
| Walk only | 14% | 9% | 14% | 13% | |
| Other modes | 1% | 2% | 2% | 2% | |
| Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| distance % | |||||
| REASON FOR TRAVEL (distance) | Commute | 22% | 21% | 24% | 23% |
| Work related business | 12% | 19% | 18% | 17% | |
| Education/childcare | 5% | 7% | 7% | 7% | |
| Shopping | 17% | 10% | 8% | 11% | |
| Personal business | 6% | 7% | 7% | 6% | |
| Social/recreation | 21% | 20% | 17% | 19% | |
| Serve passenger | 14% | 14% | 17% | 16% | |
| Other | 2% | 2% | 1% | 1% | |
| Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| distance % | |||||
| MODE OF TRAVEL (distance) | Vehicle driver | 61% | 67% | 62% | 63% |
| Vehicle passenger | 19% | 24% | 24% | 23% | |
| Train | 13% | 5% | 8% | 8% | |
| Bus | 1% | 2% | 2% | 2% | |
| Walk only | 3% | 2% | 3% | 2% | |
| Walk linked (e) | 2% | 0% | 1% | 1% | |
| Other modes | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | |
| Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| VEHICLES | Private vehicles | 44,000 | 41,000 | 107,000 | 192,000 |
| Vehicles per household | 1.55 | 1.90 | 1.80 | 1.76 | |
| DISTANCE | Total travel (kms) | 3,864,000 | 3,950,000 | 7,721,000 | 15,535,000 |
| Total travel per person (kms) | 51.3 | 62.4 | 43.7 | 49.3 | |
| Av. trip length (kms) | 12.7 | 16.0 | 11.3 | 12.6 | |
| Vehicle travel (VKT) (kms) | 2,373,000 | 2,635,000 | 4,759,000 | 9,766,000 | |
| VKT per person (kms) | 31.5 | 41.6 | 26.9 | 31.0 | |
| TRAVEL TIME | Av. work trip duration (mins) | 33 | 32 | 30 | 31 |
| Av. non-work trip duration (mins) | 19 | 19 | 16 | 17 | |
| Av. Trip duration (mins) - all purposes | 22 | 22 | 19 | 20 | |
| Daily travel time per person (mins) | 87 | 85 | 73 | 79 | |
Source:
2005 five-year pooled Household Travel Survey (HTS) dataset
Notes:
- 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.
- 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.
- Population estimates are based on HTS estimates of those in occupied private dwellings.
- Estimates of trip purpose are based on linked trip. Trips to return home have been reallocated to the previous 'priority' purpose.
- Estimates of trip mode are based on unlinked trips except for walk trips.
- 'Walk linked' is a walk trip to change mode to other forms of transport.
- The geography is based on the 2001 Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC).
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