Australia Yearbook - 2001

Chapter 23—Transport 815
23.25 LENGTHS OF ROADS OPEN FOR GENERAL TRAFFIC, By Road Surface and State/Territory
—At 30 June 2000
NSW(a) Vic.(b) Qld SA WA(c) Tas.(d) NT(e)
Surface of roads
km km km km km km km km
Bitumen or concrete 89 228 73 701 66 770 27 775 48 118 10 280 6 354 2 497
Gravel, crushed stone or other improved
surface 92 424 52 654 50 670 41 300 55 996 (f)12 709 6 630 133
Formed only (g) 29 843 44 707 18 515 28 959 700 7 473 —
Cleared only n.a. (h) 14 709 9 080 13 855 (h) 756 —
Total 181 652 156 198 176 856 96 670 146 928 23 689 21 212 2 630
(a) Excludes Lord Howe Island, forestry controlled roads or crown roads. (b) Excludes roads coming under the responsibility of the
Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. (c) Excludes approximately 25,300 kilometres of forestry roads. (d) Includes
an estimate for forestry roads. (e) Excludes roads not managed by the Northern Territory Government. (f) Includes local government
roads in Formed only and Cleared only categories. (g) Included in gravel, crushed stone or other improved surface. (h) Included
with Formed only.
Source: Derived mainly from Road and Traffic Authorities and local government sources in each State and Territory.
ACT
23.26 AUSTRALIAN TRACK NETWORK(a), Route
Kilometres Operated—at 30 June 1998 and
1999
Gauge 1998 1999
Narrow
610mm 4 150 4 150
1067mm 15 063 15 122
Standard 1435mm 16 303 16 381
Broad 1600mm 4 028 4 009
Dual 296 264
Total 39 840 39 930
(a) Includes tram and light rail.
Source: Australasian Railway Association Inc.
Airports
At 15 March 2000, there were 278 licenced
airports in Australia and its external territories.
Of these, nine were operating as international
airports servicing scheduled international airlines
(see table 23.17). The majority of licenced
airports are owned and operated by local
councils, State government departments and
private companies. The remaining airports are
owned and operated by the Department of
Defence or leased by the Commonwealth to
private sector companies or government
corporations.
Transport equipment
Registered motor vehicles
The number of motor vehicles has steadily
increased in every Motor Vehicle Census
conducted by the ABS since 1995. There were
11,934,797 motor vehicles (excluding motor
cycles, tractors, plant and equipment, caravans
and trailers) registered in Australia at
31 October 1999 (tables 23.27 and 23.28). This
represents an increase of 1.7% since 31 October
1998. Each of the mainland States now has motor
vehicle fleets of over one million vehicles. About
8 of every 10 vehicles are passenger vehicles.
23.27 NUMBER OF REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES—1996 TO 1999(a)
Passenger
vehicles(b)
Light commercial
vehicles
Trucks(c)
Motor vehicle census years(c)
’000
’000 ’000 ’000
’000 ’000
1996 9 021.5 1 601.6 415.4 58.8 11 097.3 303.9
1997 9 206.2 1 632.2 418.4 61.1 11 351.3 313.1
1998 9 526.7 1 686.4 426.9 64.1 11 738.0 328.8
1999 9 719.9 1 721.2 427.8 65.9 11 934.8 333.8
Buses
Total (excludes
motor cycles)
Motor cycles
(a) As at 31 October in all years shown. (b) Includes campervans. (c) Includes rigid, articulated and non-freight carrying trucks.
Source: Motor Vehicle Census, Australia (9309.0).