1345.4 - SA Stats, May 2009
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 26/05/2009
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FEATURE ARTICLE: JOURNEY TO WORK IN THE CITY OF ADELAIDE
Main Places of Origin for Adelaide (C) Workers The main LGAs of origin for those working in the Adelaide (C) remained largely unchanged between 2001 and 2006 and were widely distributed across the Adelaide Statistical Division (ASD). In 2001, the greatest proportion of those working in the Adelaide (C) resided in the Tea Tree Gully (C) council area (9.2%, 8,458 persons), while in 2006, the greatest proportion resided in Charles Sturt (C) (8.4%, 8,284 persons). The northern LGA of Tea Tree Gully (C) includes the suburbs of Modbury, Banksia Park and Wynn Vale while the western LGA of Charles Sturt (C) includes the suburbs of Woodville, Findon, Bowden, Henley Beach and West Lakes.
While the LGAs of Tea Tree Gully (C) and Charles Sturt (C) had the highest number of residents employed in the Adelaide (C), the LGAs abutting the Adelaide (C) had the highest proportion of residents employed in the Adelaide (C). For example, in 2006, 4,156 persons lived and worked in the Adelaide (C) (56.2% of employed usual residents of Adelaide (C)). Other near city LGAs such as Unley (C), Norwood, Payneham and St Peters (C) and The Town of Walkerville (M) also had relatively high proportions of their employed residents working in the Adelaide (C).
METHOD OF TRAVEL TO WORK IN THE ADELAIDE (C) The method of travel analysed only relates to Census day and may not relate to the usual method of travel to work. Private transport, by car (as a driver or passenger) and motorbike or scooter, was the main mode of travel to work in the Adelaide (C) in both 2001 and 2006. In this time there was an increase in the proportion of people using public transport and walking or cycling to work, and a decrease in the proportion using private transport. In 2001, 54.9% (50,672 people) of Adelaide (C) workers used private car or motor scooter/bike for their journey to work, while in 2006 the proportion and number of people decreased to 49.7% and 48,755 persons respectively. Between 2001 and 2006 the number of people using public transport (bus, train, tram) to travel to work in the Adelaide (C) increased by 25.0% (from 19,299 to 24,122 persons). This increase in public transport use was much larger than the increase in the number of workers employed in Adelaide (C), in the same period (6.4%).
Factors Related to Method of Travel In 2006, the proportion of Adelaide (C) workers using public transport to travel to work varied according to factors such as gender, age, occupation and income. More females than males travelled to work by public transport in 2006, with 26.0% of females working in the Adelaide (C) using public transport compared to 22.8% of males. Female full-time workers made greater use of public transport than female part-time workers (30.0% compared with 22.1%). On the other hand, males were more likely than females to walk or cycle to work in 2006 (7.8% compared with 4.2%). In 2006, the proportion of Adelaide (C) workers who used public transport to get to work decreased with age. Only 21.7% of persons aged 55+ used public transport to travel to work, compared to 28.0% of persons aged 15-34 years and 22.5% of persons aged 35-54 years. In 2006, the proportion of people employed within Adelaide (C) who used private transport to travel to work increased with individual weekly income. Of those who earned more than $1,300 a week, 62.3% used private transport to travel to work, compared with 40.9% of those who earn less than $600 per week. Similarly, 64.7% of Managers in Adelaide (C) used private transport to travel to work compared to 41.1% of Clerical and administrative workers and 40.1% of Sales workers. TRANSPORT USE BY ORIGIN The following analysis is restricted to South Australian LGAs with more than 500 persons employed in the Adelaide (C). The method of transport used by people to travel to work in the Adelaide (C) shows some relation to their proximity and accessibility to the city and the availability of public transport. Burnside (C), which includes the suburbs of Glen Osmond, Dulwich and Magill, had the highest proportion of employed residents using private transport to travel to work in the city in both 2001 and 2006, but this decreased over the period from 68.0% (4,055 people) in 2001 to 62.9% (3,780 people) in 2006. For the District Council of Mount Barker (DC), which is in the Outer Adelaide Statistical Division, the number of employed residents taking private transport to work in the city increased between 2001 and 2006 from 771 to 888, but the proportion of people decreased from 64.1% to 60.6%. Mount Barker (DC) includes the localities of Hahndorf, Littlehampton and Nairne. The Town of Gawler (M), which is on the northern fringe of the Adelaide Statistical Division, had the highest proportion of employed residents using public transport to travel to work in the Adelaide (C) in both 2001 (37.0%, or 201 people) and 2006 (41.9%, or 227 people). In 2006, Tea Tree Gully (C) had the second highest proportion of residents travelling to work in Adelaide (C) by public transport (35.9%, or 2,853 people). This LGA is serviced by the O-Bahn Busway. SUMMARY The City of Adelaide accommodates the largest number of workers in South Australia. In 2006, there were 98,162 people employed in the Adelaide (C). On the days of the Census in 2001 and 2006, private transport was the most common method of travel to work for people employed in Adelaide (C). There was an increase in the proportion of Adelaide (C) workers using public transport, walking or riding a bicycle in 2006 compared with 2001, and a fall in the proportion using private transport. More females than males used public transport to travel to their places of work in the Adelaide (C). Persons in younger age groups were bigger users of public transport to travel to their places of work in the Adelaide (C). Lower income earners were bigger users of public transport to travel to their places of work in the Adelaide (C). Full-time workers were bigger users of public transport to travel to their places of work in the Adelaide (C). Workers living far from the Adelaide (C) showed a higher proportion of public transport use for travel to their places of work in the Adelaide (C). Conversely, private transport was more likely to be the choice for workers living close to the Adelaide (C). Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.
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