Section 1: Travel behaviour
50%+ use private vehicles every day
More people are driving several times a week compared to our July 2023 survey
Respondents from the Greater Washington Area and Brisbane report the highest levels of daily driving across all surveyed cities
This section looks at which modes of transport people choose to move around cities.
How people get around On average, more than half of respondents use private vehicles every day to get around, with those from the Greater Washington Area and Brisbane recording the highest levels of daily driving across all surveyed cities (Figure 1). While levels of daily driving remained consistent since our 2023 survey, there has been a slight increase in the rates of those driving a few times a week, with a rise from 30% to 33% (Figure 2). It is a similar story for public transport use. While daily public transport use was down slightly in some cities compared to last year’s survey, there was an increase in the amount of people using public transport a few times a week, with a lift of 7% in Australia to 42% of people who use public transport a few times a week.
Respondents in all cities surveyed say they plan on using public transport more in 2025, with the rates of both daily and ‘a few times a week’ use expected to increase. This could reflect the growing concern people have about congestion now and in 10 years’ time (see section 4). While people’s expectations vary slightly by city, daily use of private vehicles is generally expected to remain the same in 2025 or increase slightly. This comes as vehicle sales and registration rates in Australia continued to grow last year. More than 1.2 million new vehicles were sold in Australia in 2023 – the highest ever for a calendar year. 1 This was reflected in vehicle registrations, with all Australian cities surveyed (Figure 3), experiencing an increase in registrations. 2
1 Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries, News, 4 January 2024,, ‘Australia breaks all-time new vehicle sales in 2023 2 B ureau of Infrastructure and Transport Research Economics (BITRE), Australian Infrastructure and Transport Statistics Yearbook (2023 year book, released June 2023)
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