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Melbourne urban sprawl and consolidation
[Last updated September 2012 with revised June 2011 population estimates. First posted April 2010] How much is Melbourne sprawling? Is urban consolidation happening? Is the Melbourne 2030 target for...
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Trends in transport greenhouse gas emissions
[updated in May 2012] Are greenhouse gas emissions from transport still on the rise in Australia? Are vehicle fuel efficiency improvements making a difference? This post takes a look at available...
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What’s driving Melbourne public transport patronage?
[Updated June 2012 to include ratios over time, inner city parking, and other updated data. First posted January 2010] In this post, I test out a number of possible explanations for the trend in...
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What sorts of people use public transport? (part one)
On this blog I’ve previously had a good look at public transport mode share by where people live and where they work, and I did some profiling for Melbourne CBD commuters by age, gender, income,...
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What sorts of people use public transport? (part two)
Part one of this analysis looked at how geography, motor vehicle ownership, driver’s licence ownership related to the use of public transport. This second post will look at how other personal...
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A first look at 2011 Melbourne residential density, and how it has changed
With the gradual release of 2011 census data, I thought it would be worth looking at some transport related themes. I’ll start with residential density (for my look at 2006 density, see an earlier...
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Changes in Melbourne motor vehicle ownership 2006 to 2011
My second look at 2011 census data focusses on motor vehicle ownership rates. Is the rate of car ownership still increasing? Has the rate of car ownership dropped in any areas? Measuring motor vehicle...
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Trends in journey to work mode shares in Australian cities to 2011
[updated December 2012 with more Canberra and Hobart data, and removing 'method of travel not stated' from all mode share calculations] The ABS has just released census data for the 2011 journey to...
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Spatial changes in Melbourne journey to work 2006-2011
How have the mode shares of journeys to work changed by different home locations in Melbourne? The following animations show various mode shares for journeys to work from census collection districts...
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How commuters got to workplaces in Melbourne, 2006 and 2011
My earlier post about Melbourne journey to work 2011 focussed on where people live. This post focuses on where people work and what modes of transport they used to get there in 2006 and 2011. It also...
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What other modes did train commuters use in their journey to work?
Following on from my last post about public transport multi-modality in the journey to work, this post takes a more detailed look at what modes were used in conjunction with trains in journeys to work....
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A detailed look at changes in Melbourne residential density 2006-2011
Since my first post looking at 2011 Melbourne residential density, there’s been a heap of new 2011 census data released. This post includes new maps showing Melbourne’s population density in maximum...
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Visualising the changing socio-economic landscape of Melbourne
This post is drifting a little away from transport, but I hope you will find this interesting… How has the spatial distribution of socio-economic advantage and disadvantage changed over time in...
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The growth of Melbourne 1986-2011, animated
Following on from my recent post about the changing socio-economic landscape of Melbourne, this post simply looks at the changing shape and density of urban Melbourne using 5-yearly census data at...
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Are Australian cities becoming denser?
While Australian cities have been growing outwards with new suburbia, they have also been getting denser in established areas, and the new areas on the fringe are often more dense than growth areas...
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What does the census tell us about cycling to work?
Who is cycling to work? Where do they live? Where do they work? How old are they? What work do they do? Do men commute by bicycle more than women? How far are cyclists commuting? What other modes are...
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Comparing the densities of Australian, European, Canadian, and New Zealand...
[updated March 2016 to add Canadian and New Zealand cities] Just how much denser are European cities compared to Australian cities? What about Canadian and New Zealand cities? And does Australian style...
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Are Melbourne’s suburbs full of quarter acre blocks?
A lot has been said about the great Australian dream of moving to the suburbs and living on a quarter acre block. But is Melbourne suburbia actually full of quarter acre blocks? Where are they to be...
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How is Melbourne’s population density changing? (2006-2016)
With the first major release of 2016 census data, it’s possible to take a detailed look at the latest population density numbers in Melbourne. This post will explore how and where Melbourne’s density...
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What does the census tell us about motor vehicle ownership in Australian...
With the latest release of census data it’s possible to take a detailed look at motor vehicle ownership in Australian cities. This post will look at ownership rates across time and space, and compare...
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