Transport volume : Walking and cycling

TV014 Distance cycled (people aged five and over)

Series Data

Distance cycled (people aged 5 and over, million km per year)
2004-082005-092006-102007-112008-12
Distance cycled300290310330310
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Distance cycled (ages 5 and over) by region of residence, million km per year. * means sample too small to permit regional estimates.
2004-082005-092006-102007-112008-12
Northland*****
Auckland**616563
Waikato*19181721
Bay Of Plenty***1919
Gisborne*****
Hawke's Bay***1516
Taranaki*****
Manawatu-Wanganui*****
Wellington***2532
Nelson - Marlborough - Tasman2820222416
West Coast*****
Canterbury10692748780
Otago**161715
Southland*****
New Zealand300290310330310
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Graphical Data

Distance cycled per year

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Metadata

Indicator name

Key reference number TV014
Definition of indicator Distance cycled (people age 5 and over) million km per year
Export date 28/03/2013 11:25
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 New Zealand Household Travel Survey, Ministry of Transport. Sample survey of 4600 households per year (2200 households per year piori to July 2008), running throughout the year. Respondents reported 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 Total on-road distance cycled by New Zealand residents aged 5 and over.
Frequency From 2003, updated annually with four year moving average. Periods run from July to June so 2003-2007 means July 2003 - June 2007.
Disaggregation Currently too few cyclists in sample to permit full regional breakdown; where an individual region has sufficient people who cycled during the survey, results are shown.
Timeliness Updated in November each year.
Quality of the data Survey based. Household Travel Surveys exclude commercial travel, and tend to somewhat underestimate total personal travel. Response rate (households with full responses from all members): 1989/90=75%; 1997/98=75%; Ongoing survey: 65%-70%.
Availability of forecast data