Greater Hobart Household Travel Survey

This survey investigates Greater Hobart household travel activity to help us learn about how people move around Hobart.

Results for the 2023 survey are now available.

Click here to view an infographic of key results from the survey (PDF 284.0 KB).

A dashboard of all results from the survey is available.

What is the Greater Hobart Household Travel Survey?

In 2023 we asked Greater Hobart households how, why, where, when and for how long they travelled on weekdays.

The survey was completed by over 7,700 respondents across more than 3,300 households during an eight-week period.

Randomly selected households were asked to collect their travel data for a single specified day during the eight-week survey period – from work and school trips, to walking the dog, or visiting a friend.

The survey will help us understand how, when, and where people travel, and how their travel changes over time.

What will we do with the data collected?

Results from the survey will be used to update Hobart’s transport models and support informed decision-making about the future

of our transport network and land use planning.

Effective transport planning is a critical part of keeping Hobart connected, efficient, and liveable for everyone.

The survey

The survey was conducted by Ipsos public Affairs Pty Ltd on behalf of the Tasmanian Department of State Growth.

Participating households were asked to complete the following materials:

• Household form (PDF 1.7 MB)
• Travel diary (PDF 282.8 KB)

Results

Data shows that Greater Hobart residents make an average of 3.2 trips per day.

This includes an average trip distance of 8.7 kilometres and trip time of 19 minutes, while the average time spent travelling each day is 60 minutes.

Click here to view an infographic of key results from the 2023 Greater Hobart Household Travel Survey (PDF 284.0 KB).

A dashboard of results from the survey is available here.

Data cannot be downloaded from within the dashboard but is available here:

• Active Travel (XLSX 57.4 KB)
• Journeys to Education (XLSX 43.7 KB)
• Journeys to Work (XLSX 58.7 KB)
• Local Travel (XLSX 42.7 KB)
• Locations of Travel (XLSX 74.7 KB)
• Purpose of Travel (XLSX 80.9 KB)
• Time of Travel (XLSX 78.8 KB)
• Travel Distances (XLSX 59.3 KB)
• Work from Home (XLSX 44.4 KB)

Previous Greater Hobart Travel Surveys

You can view the 2010 summary report (PDF 3.8 MB).

Accessibility

If you would like to find out more information and you have accessibility requirements, please contact the project team (details below).

You can find out more about Transport Services' commitment to accessibility.

Contact

If you have any questions about the survey, you can email us at info@stategrowth.tas.gov.au