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An introduction to where Australians live

This paper provides an introduction to how people are distributed spatially across Australia. The discussion is broken into two sections. The first describes the distribution of where people live across Australia, exami…

Release date: 2 February 2019

Research Report

What is Access?

This paper sets out a framework of access, with a particular focus on access to services.

Release date: 2 February 2019

Research Report

What are services and who provides them?

In this paper we define services and provide an overview of who produces them and why. The first section defines a service as a type of product that can only be consumed while production is taking place. This rests on t…

Release date: 2 February 2019

Statistics

Australian Infrastructure Statistics—Yearbook 2018

The Australian infrastructure statistics yearbook provides a comprehensive evidence base to examine long-term and emerging trends as well as inform policy development and regulatory reform in the transport, energy, wate…

Release date: 2 December 2018

Statistics

Progress in Australian Regions Yearbook 2018

This is not the latest release. View the latest release The Progress in Australian Regions–Yearbook is a statistical resource that measures progress in a region against social, economic, environmental and governanc…

Release date: 2 November 2018

Information Sheet

Working Zones 2016

This is not the latest release. View the latest Working zones update This report provides an overview of the newly developed Australian 'working zone' (WZ) regions which have been compiled by the Bureau of Infrastr…

Release date: 2 November 2018

Research Report

Forecasting Australian Transport: A Review of Past Bureau Forecasts

A common rational for the making of transport-related forecasts is the need to anticipate the growth of transport activity and the demand it will place on transport infrastructure. Anticipation of this demand allows for…

Release date: 2 July 2018

Information Sheet

Spending by Australian households on owning and operating vehicles in 2015–16

This Information Sheet presents data on Australian households' expenditure patterns, based on the ABS Household Expenditure Survey (HES) for 2015–16. It updates BITRE Information Sheet 86 Spending by Australian househol…

Release date: 2 April 2018

Statistics

Progress in Australian Regions Yearbook 2017

This is not the latest release. View the latest release The Progress in Australian Regions–Yearbook is a statistical resource that measures progress in a region against social, economic, environmental and governanc…

Release date: 2 December 2017

Information Sheet

Fuel economy of Australian passenger vehicles—a regional perspective

This information sheet presents Australian data on how realised rates of fuel consumption vary over time, and how the rates depend on key vehicle characteristics such as number of cylinders, fuel type and vehicle age. I…

Release date: 2 August 2017

Information Sheet

Growth in the Australian Road System

This information sheet presents estimates of Kilometres and lane-kilometres of road length for Australian States and Territories back to 1910. It provides the same data for Metropolitan Australia back to 1910, and for i…

Release date: 2 August 2017

Information Sheet

Infrastructure and Transport PPPs and Privatisation in Australia

This information sheet provides a list of infrastructure and transport-related Public Private Partnerships and privatisations in Australia since 1980. To the Bureau of Infrastructure Transport and Regional Economics' (B…

Release date: 2 August 2017

Information Sheet

Freight Rates in Australia

This Information Sheet presents an estimate of interstate freight rates for road, rail, sea and air modes back to 1965. Models of the first three modes are also presented, allowing an understanding of the determinants o…

Release date: 2 July 2017

Information Sheet

Spending by Australian households on owning and operating vehicles

In this research, several elements of spending are examined, including the composition of that expenditure, the contribution of taxes and government charges, how the expenditure varies by broad region type and by key de…

Release date: 2 May 2017

Information Sheet

Drivers Licences in Australia

This information sheet presents an estimate of the number of drivers licences in Australia from 1922 to 2016. Also included are estimates of drivers licences in each Australian State and Territory from 1922 to 2016. Lon…

Release date: 2 February 2017

Information Sheet

Intercity Passenger fares

This information sheet presents estimates of air, rail and bus passenger fares between major Australian cities from 1960 to 2016. Data for nine intercity routes are provided in this analysis. Real dollar fare values for…

Release date: 2 February 2017