Recommendations - City of West Torrens - SA.Gov.au

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Transport Mode and Employment
In Adelaide, public transport carries
an estimated 10% of passenger travel
during peak hours and only 5% of all
weekday travel (peak and off-peak). South
Australia’s Strategic Plan identifies a target
to double the use of public transport to
10% of weekday travel by 2018*.
Within metropolitan Adelaide,
approximately 3.5 million trips are
made each day of which 2.7 million
are made by car, 160,000 by public
transport and the remainder by
walking, cycling or other means. Travel
on weekends has been rising with an
average of 3.4 million trips*.
*Source of information: Adelaide Urban
Corridors Strategy 2006 DTRS and DTEI.
‘ In the City of West Torrens,
67 per cent of people use a
car to travel to work, 8.1 per
cent use public transport and
4.7 per cent walk or cycle.’
The ABS Census 2001 data shows that
in the City of West Torrens, 67% of
people use a car as their only means
of travel to work, 8.1% use public
transport and 4.7% walk or cycle.
The journey to work data for 2001 for
the City of West Torrens shows that
24.4% of the employed residents of the
City worked within the Council area.
Of those residents who worked outside
of the Council area, the two major areas
are within the City of Adelaide (24.7%
of the employed residents) and within
the City of Charles Sturt (11.1%).
Table 1 summarises the
employment destinations for
residents of the City.
Top 10
Percentage LGA Percentage
Adelaide 24.7
West Torrens 24.4
Charles Sturt 11.1
Port Adelaide Enfield 7.1
Marion 5.0
Unley 3.8
Holdfast Bay 3.1
Norwood Payneham 3.0
St Peters
Mitcham 2.6
Burnside 1.9
Source: ABS Census 2001
Of the workforce within the City who
reside outside of the City, the majority
live within the City of Onkaparinga
(13.3%), followed by the Cities of
Marion and Charles Sturt (10.0%).
Table 2 shows the residence
of the City’s workforce.
Top 10
Percentage LGA Percentage
West Torrens 14.9
Onkaparinga 13.3
Marion 10.0
Charles Sturt 10.0
Port Adelaide Enfield 6.9
Salisbury 6.5
Tea Tree Gully 6.2
Mitcham 5.8
Holdfast Bay 4.0
Unley 3.6
Source: ABS Census 2001
The Census data shows an influx
of approximately 29,000 workers
to the City from other LGAs, compared
to approximately 16,000 residents
of the City who leave the area to
work elsewhere.
Note: The above information is based on
the Census 2001 data. This information
would be updated in later stages of this
report following an analysis of Census
2006, recently made available by the
Australian Bureau of Statistics.
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Part 1 - Overview | Transport Mode and Employment