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

Inner Sydney Statistical Sub-Division (SSD)

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  Botany Leichhardt Marrickville South Sydney Sydney Inner Sydney Remainder TOTAL SSD
POPULATION (b) Persons 37,000 64,000 73,000 95,000 7,000 26,000 302,000
No. of households 14,000 30,000 31,000 50,000 4,000 12,000 140,000
Average household size 2.7 2.1 2.4 1.9 1.9 2.1 2.1
 
TOTAL TRAVEL Trips av. weekday 135,000 272,000 273,000 427,000 23,000 114,000 1,243,000
Trips av. weekend day 138,000 306,000 272,000 391,000 19,000 99,000 1,225,000
Trips per person - weekday 3.7 4.2 3.7 4.5 3.3 4.4 4.1
Trips per person - weekend 3.8 4.8 3.7 4.1 2.8 3.8 4.1
Trips per household - weekday 9.8 9.1 8.9 8.5 6.1 9.2 8.9
Trips per household - weekend 10.1 10.2 8.9 7.8 5.3 8.0 8.7
  linked trips (c)  
REASON FOR TRAVEL (trips) Commute 19,000 48,000 50,000 82,000 5,000 25,000 229,000
Work related business 8,000 27,000 29,000 35,000 2,000 4,000 105,000
Education/childcare 12,000 13,000 16,000 21,000 1,000 8,000 71,000
Shopping 31,000 48,000 50,000 88,000 5,000 21,000 243,000
Personal business 8,000 18,000 14,000 31,000 1,000 11,000 83,000
Social/recreation 36,000 75,000 71,000 113,000 6,000 31,000 331,000
Serve passenger 18,000 27,000 31,000 33,000 1,000 5,000 115,000
Other 3,000 17,000 12,000 24,000 1,000 9,000 66,000
Total 135,000 272,000 273,000 427,000 23,000 114,000 1,243,000
  unlinked trips (d)  
MODE OF TRAVEL (trips) Vehicle driver 52,000 85,000 102,000 110,000 4,000 16,000 369,000
Vehicle passenger 28,000 36,000 35,000 45,000 2,000 7,000 153,000
Train 1,000 6,000 24,000 29,000 2,000 7,000 70,000
Bus 20,000 38,000 22,000 45,000 3,000 10,000 138,000
Walk only 34,000 98,000 92,000 197,000 12,000 73,000 505,000
Other modes 5,000 17,000 8,000 18,000 1,000 5,000 55,000
Total 140,000 280,000 284,000 444,000 24,000 117,000 1,290,000
  kilometres  
REASON FOR TRAVEL (distance) Commute 183,000 381,000 479,000 503,000 34,000 135,000 1,715,000
Work related business 80,000 160,000 251,000 280,000 23,000 22,000 816,000
Education/childcare 71,000 68,000 115,000 100,000 3,000 22,000 378,000
Shopping 95,000 190,000 153,000 317,000 20,000 33,000 808,000
Personal business 31,000 78,000 59,000 149,000 4,000 39,000 361,000
Social/recreation 172,000 352,000 455,000 559,000 69,000 68,000 1,674,000
Serve passenger 131,000 122,000 127,000 151,000 10,000 35,000 576,000
Other 8,000 44,000 41,000 40,000 4,000 41,000 178,000
Total 770,000 1,395,000 1,680,000 2,100,000 166,000 395,000 6,506,000
  kilometres  
MODE OF TRAVEL (distance) Vehicle driver 374,000 678,000 812,000 803,000 67,000 145,000 2,879,000
Vehicle passenger 169,000 195,000 216,000 330,000 34,000 38,000 983,000
Train 13,000 59,000 245,000 333,000 22,000 38,000 710,000
Bus 108,000 184,000 146,000 178,000 12,000 36,000 663,000
Walk only 38,000 110,000 110,000 240,000 10,000 82,000 590,000
Walk linked (e) 36,000 97,000 117,000 152,000 10,000 42,000 454,000
Other modes 32,000 71,000 35,000 64,000 10,000 15,000 226,000
Total 770,000 1,395,000 1,680,000 2,100,000 166,000 395,000 6,506,000
  trips %  
REASON FOR TRAVEL (trips) Commute 14% 18% 18% 19% 22% 22% 18%
Work related business 6% 10% 11% 8% 9% 4% 8%
Education/childcare 9% 5% 6% 5% 5% 7% 6%
Shopping 23% 18% 18% 21% 23% 18% 20%
Personal business 6% 7% 5% 7% 5% 10% 7%
Social/recreation 27% 28% 26% 27% 24% 27% 27%
Serve passenger 14% 10% 11% 8% 6% 5% 9%
Other 2% 6% 5% 6% 6% 8% 5%
Total 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
  trips %  
MODE OF TRAVEL (trips) Vehicle driver 37% 30% 36% 25% 16% 13% 29%
Vehicle passenger 20% 13% 12% 10% 9% 6% 12%
Train 1% 2% 9% 7% 9% 6% 5%
Bus 15% 14% 8% 10% 12% 8% 11%
Walk only 24% 35% 32% 44% 49% 62% 39%
Other modes 4% 6% 3% 4% 5% 5% 4%
Total 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
  distance %  
REASON FOR TRAVEL (distance) Commute 24% 27% 29% 24% 20% 34% 26%
Work related business 10% 12% 15% 13% 14% 6% 13%
Education/childcare 9% 5% 7% 5% 2% 6% 6%
Shopping 12% 14% 9% 15% 12% 9% 12%
Personal business 4% 6% 4% 7% 3% 10% 6%
Social/recreation 22% 25% 27% 27% 42% 17% 26%
Serve passenger 17% 9% 8% 7% 6% 9% 9%
Other 1% 3% 2% 2% 2% 10% 3%
Total 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
  distance %  
MODE OF TRAVEL (distance) Vehicle driver 49% 49% 48% 38% 41% 37% 44%
Vehicle passenger 22% 14% 13% 16% 21% 10% 15%
Train 2% 4% 15% 16% 13% 10% 11%
Bus 14% 13% 9% 9% 7% 9% 10%
Walk only 5% 8% 7% 11% 6% 21% 9%
Walk linked (e) 5% 7% 7% 7% 6% 11% 7%
Other modes 4% 5% 2% 3% 6% 4% 4%
Total 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
 
VEHICLES Private vehicles 16,000 32,000 34,000 37,000 1,000 6,000 126,000
Vehicles per household 1.17 1.05 1.09 0.74 0.38 0.51 0.89
 
DISTANCE Total travel (kms) 770,000 1,395,000 1,680,000 2,100,000 166,000 395,000 6,506,000
Total travel per person (kms) 20.9 21.8 23.0 22.1 24.1 15.1 21.6
Av. trip length (kms) 5.7 5.1 6.2 4.9 7.3 3.5 5.2
Vehicle travel (VKT) (kms) 374,000 678,000 812,000 803,000 67,000 145,000 2,879,000
VKT per person (kms) 10.2 10.6 11.1 8.5 9.8 5.5 9.5
 
TRAVEL TIME Av. work trip duration (mins) 28 27 31 27 26 27 28
Av. non-work trip duration (mins) 17 18 19 17 29 17 18
Av. Trip duration (mins) - all purposes 19 20 22 19 28 19 20
Daily travel time per person (mins) 70 84 80 86 93 84 82

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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