Transport volume : Person travel

TV010 Mean light 4-wheeled vehicle occupancy (people/km)

Mean light 4-wheeled vehicle occupancy (people/km)

	2003-07	2004-08	2005-09	2006-10
Mean light 4-wheeled vehicle occupancy (people/km)	1.65	1.65	1.63	1.64

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Mean light 4-wheeled vehicle occupancy (people/km) by region

	2003-07	2004-08	2005-09	2006-10
Northland	1.88	1.67	1.70	1.70
Auckland	1.65	1.65	1.56	1.57
Waikato	1.66	1.65	1.67	1.68
Bay Of Plenty	1.71	1.72	1.75	1.64
Gisborne	1.79	1.81	1.76	1.88
Hawke's Bay	1.70	1.86	1.86	1.84
Taranaki	1.48	1.5	1.48	1.51
Manawatu-Whanganui	1.58	1.64	1.58	1.55
Wellington	1.58	1.57	1.57	1.58
Nelson - Marlborough - Tasman	1.60	1.63	1.71	1.71
West Coast	1.50	1.72	1.76	1.84
Canterbury	1.66	1.69	1.71	1.73
Otago	1.69	1.66	1.63	1.65
Southland	1.60	1.61	1.70	1.73
New Zealand	1.65	1.65	1.63	1.64

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Key reference number	TV010
Definition of indicator	Mean light 4-wheeled vehicle occupancy (people/km)
Export date	22/10/2010 14:04

Core indicator information
Nature of data	Quantitative, survey-based.
Data source	From 2003, Ongoing Household Travel Survey, Ministry of Transport. 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 Ongoing 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	Mean occupancy (driver + passengers) in light 4-wheeled vehicles (cars, vans, utes and SUVs), weighted by length of trip. The survey is designed to capture household travel only and excludes most commercial and freight travel.
Frequency	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	Household Travel Surveys exclude commercial travel. Vehicle occupancy figures are not reliably available from the 1989/90 and 1997/98 Household Travel Surveys.
Availability of forecast data	No