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- LG Interface Social and Community Planning Network
- Mornington Peninsula Shire’s Health and Wellbeing Committee
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Topic name
The Wyndham City Council Research and Statistics team prepared a number of submissions in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders. This submission proposes an amendment to the transport variable regarding length of journey to work. Please amend the question in line with the suggestion: "The length of time it took for an employed person to travel to AND from work on the day of the Census".
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Please select one item
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Population
Sex and gender
Households and families
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
Income and work
Unpaid work and care
Education and training
Disability and carers
Housing
Location
Ticked
Transport
Cultural diversity
Religion
Other topic
Topics on Transport
Choose one or more of the following topics that relates to your submission
Please select all that apply
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Mode of travel to work
Name and address of workplace attended
Number of motor vehicles
Other/unknown
Assessment Criteria 1
1.
This topic is of current national importance.
National Importance
In the context of Plan Melbourne’s 20 minute city as well as the planning of infrastructure more broadly, information on how long it takes for people to travel to work is a valuable resource for studying behaviour and local employment gaps. Information about where people work and how they get to work helps to inform the policy and planning of road infrastructure and public transportation.
Assessment Criteria 2
2.
There is a need for data from a Census of the whole population.
For whole population
With the pressures of population growth and infrastructure in growth areas, data regarding length of journey to work at the small area level will highlight opportunities for infrastructure development and opportunities for policy towards alleviating pressure on existing infrastructure. Combined with mode of transport and place of work this information could be essential for identifying detailed transport and infrastructure bottlenecks.
Assessment Criteria 3
3.
The topic can be accurately collected in a form which the household completes themselves.
Easy to answer
When limiting the question to a single recent day it should be easy for the respondent to recall how long it took, particularly given the recurring nature of travelling to work. If given brackets of time spent this question should be easy to understand and answer.
Assessment Criteria 4
4.
The topic would be acceptable to Census respondents.
Acceptable
Respondents should have no issue answering this question in terms of unwillingness. Potential misrepresentation of information is also not a concern as respondents with the same or similar places of origin and places of work can be compared for consistency and the detection of outliers.
Assessment Criteria 5
5.
The topic can be collected efficiently.
Collected efficiently
By applying a set of ranges this should be easy to process. There will be fewer categories involved here than in the existing mode of transport questions. An explanation to clearly state that this question is after the combination of going to AND from work can be concise and effective.
Assessment Criteria 6
6.
There is likely to be a continuing need for data on this topic in the following Census.
Continuing need
Journey to work, in combination with location of work, have major continued implications for infrastructure, health ad planning outcomes. Tracking this over time will reveal how the use of infrastructure changes over time, and how new infrastructure or changed labour market conditions affect journey to work.
Assessment Criteria 7
7.
There are no other alternative data sources or solutions that could meet the topic need.
No alternatives
This used to be gathered through the VicHealth Indicators Survey in the form of commute time taking longer than 2 hours. No current information is available even though such data is crucial for planning purposes.