This spreadsheet replicates selected data tables from the ACT & Queanbeyan Household Travel Survey data dashboard.
Please refer to the attached spreadsheet on this page.
About the Travel Distances theme
'Distance of travel' shows the overall trip length distribution. This provides a quick reference of the ranges that trips tend to fall in.
For example, most travel in the ACT is of a relatively short nature. Across all modes, 16% of trips are under 1km in length and just over half (51%) are under 5km in length. An area analysis is not possible for this theme as the sample size is limited for each distance range, particularly once the mode filters are applied.
Note that the tables provided represent a small subset of data available. Only the number and proportion of trips are shown. Use of the dashboard or raw survey datasets allow more complex descriptions of travel to be developed.
Source data
The data shown is not a Census of travel, but a large survey of several thousand households from across the ACT and Queanbeyan. As with any survey there will be some variability in the accuracy of the results, and how well they reflect the movement of the entire population. For instance, if the survey were to be completed on another day, or with a different subset of households, the results would be slightly different.
Interpretations of the data should keep this variability in mind: these are estimates of the broad shape of travel only. Even for the same person, travel behaviour will vary according to many factors: day of week, month of year, season, weather, school holidays, illness, family responsibilities, work from home opportunities, etc. Again, by summarising the travel of many different people, the data provides a view of average weekday patterns.
In interpreting the data, it is worth noting the following points:
- A zero cell does not necessarily mean the travel is never made, but rather that the survey participants did not make this travel on their particular survey day.
- Values are rounded, and may not sum to the totals shown.
Trip time periods are assigned using the mid point of travel:
- AM peak (8am to 9am), PM peak (5pm to 6pm), Interpeak (9am to 5pm), Off-peak (after 6pm)
The survey is described on the Transport Canberra and City Services' website:
[Household Travel Survey homepage]
Cell annotations and notes
Some cells have annotations added to them, as follows:
~ : Unreliable estimate (small sample or wide confidence interval)
Additional information
Analysis by Sift Research, March 2025.
Contact research@sift.group for further information.
Enclosed data tables shared under a 'CC BY' Creative Commons licence. This enables users to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format, so long as attribution is given to the creator. The license allows for commercial use.
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