4602.0.55.002 - Environmental Issues: Waste Management and Transport Use, Mar 2009

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USE OF TRANSPORT

Of those people who usually travelled to work or full-time study, six in ten (62%) travelled less than 20 kilometres to get to their place of work or full-time study.
In March 2009, 80% of people aged 18 years and over usually used a private motor vehicle to travel to work or full-time study, 14% took public transport and 6% either walked or cycled.
Private motor vehicles were also the most widely used form of transport in people's day-to-day trips other than to their place of work or full-time study (90%).
Use of public transport on people's usual trip to work or full-time study was highest in Victoria and New South Wales (both 17%) and the lowest in Tasmania (3%).
In 2009, the proportion of people who usually walked to their place of work or full-time study was 4% and 2% of people who usually travelled to work or full-time study cycled as their main form of transport. Proximity of home to place of work or full-time study (64%) and exercise and health (50%) were the most common reasons reported by people who usually walked or cycled to work or full-time study.