How Aussies Get to Work

No. OF COMMUTERS BY TRANSPORT GETTING TO WORK NATIONAL TOP 5 6,597,608 388,012 CAR NATION: 13.3m passenger vehicles Almost 2 in 3 Australian commuters get to work by private car (65.5%, up from 65.3% 5 years ago) with just 1 in 10 relying on public transport. 377,043 301,187 104,746 Even though Sydney has 400,000 people than Melbourne, Mel- bourne has 107,792 more people who drive to work than Sydney. MEL Sydney has as many people who get to work by train (almost 187,760) as the rest of Australia combined. CRAZY WAYS SYDNEYSIDERS COMMUTE No. of commuters - order may vary SYD Melbourne has more bicycle commuters than any other city in Australia (25,594). In fact 41% of all women who ride to O Train 45 How did the person get to work on Census Day O Bus • If the person used more than one method of travel to work, mark all methods used. work in Australia live in Melbourne. Ferry • Remember to mark box like this: Tram (includ Sydney, Brisbane and Perth are the only capitals where bicycles are not in the Top 5 means of getting to work. MEL 1,106,968 Hobart residents are the most likely to drop someone to work (7.5%). For every 10 people who drive themselves, 1 person gets a lift to work. While in Melbourne, someone gets a lift to work for every 14 drivers. T2 НВT 80 Even though Brisbane has 2 million fewer people than Melbourne, it has 1,725 more motorcycle commuters than Melbourne. +Eo BNE Sydney has as many ferry commuters (11,000) as motorbike commuters. 49 SYD Melbourne's iconic trams carry 4 times as many people as Sydney's iconic ferries. 37 MEL More Sydneysiders get to work by truck (21,445) than by bicycle (18,811)! 27 SYD The Northern Territory is the Australia's "walk to work" capital with 11% of all workers getting to work by foot. It is the only Australian state or territory where "walked only" exceeds getting a lift to work in a car. NT AUS T2 Across Australia, far more men catch ferries than women, but far more women catch trams than men. Busses are much more likely to have women commuters than men in every city, while men are 8 times more likely to commute by motorbike. Men are much more likely to drive, women much more likely to be passengers, and train travel is even from a gender perspective. +E0 4 +. In Canberra there are 2 female bicycle commuters for every 5 males while in Brisbane there are just 2 for every 10 male bicycle commuters. CBR O o vo Source: ABS, McCrindle mccrindle BNE O VO త FORECASTS STRATEGY RESEARCH mccrindle.com.au 2345