Australia Yearbook - 2001

802 Year Book Australia 2001
23.2 AREA OF OPERATION—By Type of Vehicle, Year Ended 31 July 1999(a)
Area of operation
Within State/Territory of registration
Other areas of
State or
Capital city Provincial urban Territory Total Interstate(b) Australia
Type of vehicle
’000 km ’000 km ’000 km ’000 km ’000 km ’000 km
TOTAL KILOMETRES TRAVELLED (million)
Passenger vehicles 79 315 18 573 34 177 132 066 5 819 137 885
Motor cycles 377 162 418 957 *46 1 003
Light commercial vehicles 11 107 3 891 9 013 24 011 975 24 986
Rigid trucks 3 205 911 2 053 6 169 213 6 382
Articulated trucks 1 050 369 2 412 3 831 1 431 5 262
Non-freight carrying types 110 *53 *109 271 **3 274
Buses 862 291 605 1 758 84 1 843
Total 96 026 24 251 48 787 169 065 8 570 177 635
AVERAGE KILOMETRES TRAVELLED PER VEHICLE(c) (’000)
Passenger vehicles 11.8 7.4 9.9 14.6 5.2 15.1
Motor cycles 3.4 3.1 3.5 4.2 *1.9 4.3
Light commercial vehicles 15.2 9.5 12.5 16.2 5.8 16.7
Rigid trucks 21.9 14.3 14.1 20.3 7.5 20.8
Articulated trucks 32.2 20.7 59.9 69.8 76.3 94.1
Non-freight carrying types 13.8 *11.7 *11.0 13.6 **1.3 13.7
Buses 30.4 22.8 25.4 33.5 18.5 34.9
Total 12.4 7.9 10.8 15.1 6.3 15.8
(a) Because of changes to methodology caution must be taken when comparing these data with data from the 1995 and earlier
surveys presented in previous editions of Year Book Australia. (b) Interstate travel relates to distance travelled in States/Territories
other than the one in which the vehicle was registered (e.g. distance travelled by a New South Wales registered vehicle in Victoria).
It is not classified by capital city/provincial urban/other area (i.e. distance travelled by a New South Wales registered vehicle in
Melbourne is shown as interstate travel and not capital city travel). (c) Calculated as total kilometres travelled divided by the
number of vehicles travelling, for each type of vehicle, by area of operation.
Source: Survey of Motor Vehicle Use, Australia (9208.0).
23.3 DOMESTIC AIRLINE ACTIVITY, Hours Flown and Departures
1995
no.
no.
no.
no.
no.
Domestic airlines
Hours flown 437 793 454 365 445 567 439 848 441 033
Aircraft departures 252 790 253 606 242 036 239 233 238 655
Source: Department of Transport and Regional Services.
1996
1997
1998
1999
Domestic airline activity
Table 23.3 shows the hours flown and aircraft
departures for the major domestic airlines; in
1999 these were Ansett Australia and Qantas
Airways Ltd. Aircraft departures declined steadily
over the last three years to be almost 6% lower in
1999 than in 1996. In contrast, the number of
hours flown increased in 1999, following falls in
the previous two years.
In addition to scheduled services of domestic and
regional airlines, a wide range of other activities is
undertaken by the aviation industry, including
business flying, aerial agriculture, charter, training
and private flying. Charter operations and training
have, in recent years, made up more than 50% of
general aviation hours flown. Charter operations
involve the use of aircraft in non-scheduled
operations for the carriage of passengers and
cargo for hire or reward.
Rail transport activity
The Commonwealth and State/Territory
Governments’ policy to increase competition has
resulted in an increase in private rail activity, with
a decline in government ownership and
management of railways.