Transport volume : Person travel

TV009 Total person kilometres travelled (PKT)

Series Data

Person km travelled in cars + vans (100 million km/ year)
1997/982003-072004-082005-092006-10
Person km travelled, ages 5 and over385448447446450
Person km travelled, all ages412475472468472
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Person km travelled in cars + vans by region, ages 5 + over (100 million km/ year)
2003-072004-082005-092006-10
Northland21181717
Auckland132138134135
Waikato52525352
Bay Of Plenty26272930
Gisborne4445
Hawke's Bay16171718
Taranaki14111010
Manawatu-Whanganui20212322
Wellington52515052
Nelson - Marlborough - Tasman15161616
West Coast3444
Canterbury57565657
Otago23232222
Southland13111111
New Zealand448447446450
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Person km travelled in cars + vans by region, all ages (100 million km/ year)
2003-072004-082005-092006-10
Northland22191818
Auckland141148141142
Waikato55545555
Bay Of Plenty27283032
Gisborne4445
Hawke's Bay17181819
Taranaki15121110
Manawatu-Whanganui21222423
Wellington55535354
Nelson - Marlborough - Tasman16161717
West Coast3444
Canterbury60595859
Otago24242322
Southland13111212
New Zealand475472468472
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Graphical Data

Person km travelled total in cars + vans

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Metadata

Indicator name Total person kilometres travelled (PKT)
Key reference number TV009
Definition of indicator Total person-km travelled in light 4-wheeled vehicles (cars, vans, utes, SUVs)
Export date 1/11/2010 14:12
Core indicator information
Nature of data Quantitative, survey-based.
Data source 1989/90 data from New Zealand Household Travel Survey.
1989/90, Ministry of Transport (N=8700 fully responding people).
1997/98 data from New Zealand Household Travel Survey 1997/98, Land Transport Safety Authority (N=14250 fully responding people). From 2003, Ongoing Household Travel Survey, Ministry of Transport.
NOTE: 2003-07 results have been updated to take into account an improvement to the weighting method. Sample survey of 2200 households per year, running throughout the year. Respondents report all travel in specified two-day period. See www.transport.govt.nz/ongoing-travel-survey-index/ for more information.
Note re 2003-7 and 2004-08 In 2009, the NZ Household Travel Survey dataset was revised to ensure professional driver trips were excluded where possible. This has resulted in revision to the 2003-07 and 2004-08 figures above.
Definition On-road person-km travelled by New Zealand residents in light 4-wheeled vehicles (cars, vans, utes and SUVs), including both driver and passenger travel. The survey is designed to capture household travel only and excludes most commercial and freight travel. "Cars + Vans" includes SUVs and utes.
Frequency 1989/90 ; 1997/98. From 2003, updated annually with four year moving average. Periods run from July to June so 2003-2007 means July 2003 - June 2007.
Disaggregation Regional
Timeliness Updated in November each year.
Quality of the data Survey based. Household Travel Surveys exclude commercial travel, and tend to underestimate total personal vehicle travel. Response rate (households with full responses from all members): 1989/90=75%; 1997/98=75%; Ongoing survey: 65%-70%.
Availability of forecast data No