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

St George-Sutherland Statistical Sub-Division (SSD)

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  Hurstville Kogarah Rockdale Sutherland Shire-East Sutherland Shire-West TOTAL SSD
POPULATION (b) Persons 75,000 55,000 94,000 101,000 113,000 438,000
No. of households 28,000 20,000 36,000 40,000 37,000 162,000
Average household size 2.7 2.7 2.6 2.5 3.0 2.7
 
TOTAL TRAVEL Trips av. weekday 277,000 224,000 338,000 432,000 509,000 1,779,000
Trips av. weekend day 282,000 169,000 368,000 352,000 361,000 1,531,000
Trips per person - weekday 3.7 4.1 3.6 4.3 4.5 4.1
Trips per person - weekend 3.7 3.0 3.9 3.5 3.2 3.5
Trips per household - weekday 9.9 11.0 9.4 10.8 13.6 11.0
Trips per household - weekend 10.0 8.3 10.2 8.8 9.6 9.5
  linked trips (c)  
REASON FOR TRAVEL (trips) Commute 43,000 36,000 53,000 61,000 72,000 264,000
Work related business 28,000 24,000 29,000 29,000 44,000 154,000
Education/childcare 19,000 15,000 27,000 25,000 50,000 135,000
Shopping 40,000 35,000 61,000 65,000 69,000 271,000
Personal business 23,000 22,000 27,000 38,000 41,000 151,000
Social/recreation 64,000 48,000 78,000 132,000 107,000 430,000
Serve passenger 53,000 37,000 59,000 71,000 113,000 334,000
Other 7,000 7,000 5,000 11,000 12,000 40,000
Total 277,000 224,000 338,000 432,000 509,000 1,779,000
  unlinked trips (d)  
MODE OF TRAVEL (trips) Vehicle driver 159,000 121,000 173,000 229,000 289,000 972,000
Vehicle passenger 64,000 54,000 70,000 99,000 119,000 405,000
Train 20,000 19,000 38,000 28,000 34,000 139,000
Bus 8,000 6,000 22,000 10,000 14,000 60,000
Walk only 40,000 30,000 65,000 73,000 70,000 278,000
Other modes 3,000 6,000 4,000 17,000 9,000 38,000
Total 294,000 235,000 371,000 456,000 536,000 1,891,000
  kilometres  
REASON FOR TRAVEL (distance) Commute 529,000 465,000 665,000 1,008,000 1,381,000 4,049,000
Work related business 356,000 340,000 428,000 335,000 737,000 2,195,000
Education/childcare 162,000 99,000 197,000 221,000 423,000 1,103,000
Shopping 174,000 167,000 264,000 330,000 374,000 1,310,000
Personal business 188,000 111,000 122,000 261,000 287,000 969,000
Social/recreation 447,000 368,000 562,000 983,000 876,000 3,236,000
Serve passenger 268,000 168,000 273,000 459,000 782,000 1,951,000
Other 27,000 26,000 26,000 42,000 59,000 179,000
Total 2,152,000 1,745,000 2,537,000 3,639,000 4,920,000 14,992,000
  kilometres  
MODE OF TRAVEL (distance) Vehicle driver 1,293,000 1,000,000 1,335,000 2,018,000 2,971,000 8,617,000
Vehicle passenger 364,000 360,000 500,000 735,000 887,000 2,845,000
Train 331,000 237,000 386,000 481,000 667,000 2,101,000
Bus 32,000 22,000 84,000 84,000 84,000 306,000
Walk only 65,000 43,000 98,000 128,000 136,000 471,000
Walk linked (e) 60,000 54,000 122,000 94,000 97,000 428,000
Other modes 7,000 30,000 12,000 98,000 77,000 223,000
Total 2,152,000 1,745,000 2,537,000 3,639,000 4,920,000 14,992,000
  trips %  
REASON FOR TRAVEL (trips) Commute 15% 16% 16% 14% 14% 15%
Work related business 10% 11% 9% 7% 9% 9%
Education/childcare 7% 7% 8% 6% 10% 8%
Shopping 15% 16% 18% 15% 14% 15%
Personal business 8% 10% 8% 9% 8% 8%
Social/recreation 23% 21% 23% 31% 21% 24%
Serve passenger 19% 17% 17% 16% 22% 19%
Other 2% 3% 1% 2% 2% 2%
Total 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
  trips %  
MODE OF TRAVEL (trips) Vehicle driver 54% 51% 47% 50% 54% 51%
Vehicle passenger 22% 23% 19% 22% 22% 21%
Train 7% 8% 10% 6% 6% 7%
Bus 3% 3% 6% 2% 3% 3%
Walk only 14% 13% 17% 16% 13% 15%
Other modes 1% 2% 1% 4% 2% 2%
Total 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
  distance %  
REASON FOR TRAVEL (distance) Commute 25% 27% 26% 28% 28% 27%
Work related business 17% 19% 17% 9% 15% 15%
Education/childcare 8% 6% 8% 6% 9% 7%
Shopping 8% 10% 10% 9% 8% 9%
Personal business 9% 6% 5% 7% 6% 6%
Social/recreation 21% 21% 22% 27% 18% 22%
Serve passenger 12% 10% 11% 13% 16% 13%
Other 1% 2% 1% 1% 1% 1%
Total 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
  distance %  
MODE OF TRAVEL (distance) Vehicle driver 60% 57% 53% 55% 60% 57%
Vehicle passenger 17% 21% 20% 20% 18% 19%
Train 15% 14% 15% 13% 14% 14%
Bus 1% 1% 3% 2% 2% 2%
Walk only 3% 2% 4% 4% 3% 3%
Walk linked (e) 3% 3% 5% 3% 2% 3%
Other modes 0% 2% 0% 3% 2% 1%
Total 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
 
VEHICLES Private vehicles 42,000 31,000 48,000 60,000 69,000 249,000
Vehicles per household 1.50 1.51 1.32 1.50 1.84 1.54
 
DISTANCE Total travel (kms) 2,152,000 1,745,000 2,537,000 3,639,000 4,920,000 14,992,000
Total travel per person (kms) 28.5 31.5 27.0 36.0 43.7 34.2
Av. trip length (kms) 7.8 7.8 7.5 8.4 9.7 8.4
Vehicle travel (VKT) (kms) 1,293,000 1,000,000 1,335,000 2,018,000 2,971,000 8,617,000
VKT per person (kms) 17.2 18.1 14.2 19.9 26.4 19.7
 
TRAVEL TIME Av. work trip duration (mins) 31 33 33 33 37 34
Av. non-work trip duration (mins) 16 17 18 19 16 17
Av. Trip duration (mins) - all purposes 19 21 21 21 20 20
Daily travel time per person (mins) 71 84 75 91 91 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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