Traffic in Australia

We estimate that in this country, due to travelling to work/school, per passenger is produced yearly 1,519.18kg of CO2. It is needed 69.78 trees for each passenger to produce enough oxygen to cover that. Formulas used for this estimation

Main Means of Transportation to Work or School

Working from Home 3.69%
Walking 10.78%
Car 58.16%
Bike 4.33%
Motorbike 4.52%
Bus/Trolleybus 10.32%
Tram/Streetcar 1.01%
Train/Metro 7.19%

Average when primary using Walking

Distance 4.26 km
Walking 17.70 min
Waiting 1.49 min
Driving Car 1.36 min
Bike 0.38 min
Motor Bike 0.07 min
Bus/Trolleybus Ride 1.61 min
Tram/Streetcat Ride 0.17 min
Train/Metro Ride 1.36 min
Overall 24.19 min

Average when primary using Car

Distance 27.93 km
Walking 1.54 min
Waiting 0.01 min
Driving Car 35.86 min
Overall 37.42 min

Average when primary using Bike

Distance 9.18 km
Walking 0.38 min
Waiting 0.36 min
Driving Car 0.32 min
Bike 27.96 min
Bus/Trolleybus Ride 0.53 min
Overall 29.62 min

Average when primary using Motorbike

Distance 53.35 km
Walking 3.97 min
Motor Bike 45.90 min
Overall 49.87 min

Average when primary using Bus/Trolleybus

Distance 16.94 km
Walking 6.56 min
Waiting 6.47 min
Bike 0.40 min
Motor Bike 0.40 min
Bus/Trolleybus Ride 30.62 min
Train/Metro Ride 0.84 min
Overall 47.40 min

Average when primary using Tram/Streetcar

Distance 11.05 km
Walking 5.82 min
Waiting 5.00 min
Tram/Streetcat Ride 27.18 min
Overall 38.00 min

Average when primary using Train/Metro

Distance 24.60 km
Walking 8.88 min
Waiting 5.42 min
Bus/Trolleybus Ride 2.99 min
Tram/Streetcat Ride 0.09 min
Train/Metro Ride 33.71 min
Overall 52.83 min

Overall Average Travel Time and Distance to Work (School)

Distance 23.86 km
Overall 38.17 min

Contributors: 1093

Last update: March 2023

These data are based on perceptions of visitors of this website in the past 3 years.

Our data for each country are based on all entries from all cities in that country.

By City in Australia

Rank
City
Traffic Index
Time Index
(in minutes)
Time Exp. Index
Inefficiency Index
CO2 Emission Index
Sydney 198.6 44.4 3206.1 300.2 6446.0
Brisbane 188.7 42.0 2262.3 241.8 6981.9
Perth 186.7 40.9 1893.2 259.6 7422.3
Melbourne 182.7 41.5 2080.7 227.0 6490.8
Canberra 155.2 36.1 730.1 233.7 5894.1
Adelaide 153.7 35.2 579.7 239.5 6245.5
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