Australian Infrastructure Statistics—Yearbook 2020
The aim of the Australian Infrastructure Statistics Yearbook is to provide a single, comprehensive annual source of infrastructure statistics for use by policymakers, industry leaders, transport analysts and the wider Australian community.
The publication is primarily a source of long-term, aggregate time series infrastructure statistics. Most statistics included in the publication are currently collected by BITRE or other Australian, state or territory government agencies.
The Yearbook is presented in five parts:
The yearbook is accompanied by the Key Australian Infrastructure Statistics Booklet which is a summary of statistics from the yearbook.
Australian Infrastructure Statistics—Yearbook 2019
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, water and communications sectors. It is the only comprehensive source of time series statistics for Australia's major areas of economic infrastructure. The yearbook is accompanied by the Key Australian Infrastructure Statistics Booklet which is a summary of statistics from the yearbook.
- Yearbook 2019–Australian Infrastructure Statistics
- Key Australian Infrastructure Statistics 2019
- Australian Infrastructure Statistics Yearbook 2019 Part I–Infrastructure and the Economy
ZIP: [95 KB] - Australian Infrastructure Statistics Yearbook 2019 Part T–Transport
ZIP: [1029 KB] - Australian Infrastructure Statistics Yearbook 2019 Part E–Energy
ZIP: [349 KB] - Australian Infrastructure Statistics Yearbook 2019 Part C–Communication
ZIP: [92 KB] - Australian Infrastructure Statistics Yearbook 2019 Part W–Water
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Australian aggregate freight forecasts—2019 update
This report presents long-term forecasts of total Australian freight volumes, for road, rail, coastal shipping and aviation, between 2018 and 2040. The forecasts are based on a combination of statistical models relating historical trends in freight volumes and economic activity, informed assumptions about likely future long-term economic and demographic trends, and international assumptions about likely future world demand for key Australian export commodities. This report represents the first issue in the BITRE's revamped forecasting series, which aims to provide regularly-updated long-term forecasts of Australian freight activity, by major transport mode, at national, state, territory and regional scale.
- Australian aggregate freight forecasts—2019 update [PDF: 4389 KB]
BITRE summary—Economic Contribution of Transport in Australia
Experimental estimates of the economic contribution of all transport activity to the Australian economy.
- BITRE summary–Economic Contribution of Transport in Australia
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, water and communications sectors. It is the only comprehensive source of time series statistics for Australia's major areas of economic infrastructure. The yearbook is accompanied by the Key Australian Infrastructure Statistics Booklet which is a summary of statistics from the yearbook.
To complement the Australian Infrastructure Statistics Yearbook, BITRE has developed an Infrastructure Construction Dashboard. The Infrastructure Construction Dashboard presents quarterly updates on transport, communications, energy and water infrastructure construction, based on the ABS Engineering Construction Activity series.
- Yearbook 2018–Australian Infrastructure Statistics
- Key Australian Infrastructure Statistics 2018
- Australian Infrastructure Statistics Yearbook 2018 Part I–Infrastructure and the Economy
- Australian Infrastructure Statistics Yearbook 2018 Part T–Transport
- Australian Infrastructure Statistics Yearbook 2018 Part E–Energy
- Australian Infrastructure Statistics Yearbook 2018 Part C–Communication
- Australian Infrastructure Statistics Yearbook 2018 Part W–Water
Aviation activity as a leading indicator of economic activity
This study investigates whether data on domestic aviation activity in Australia could be used as an indicator of Australian economic activity–with the view of developing an indicator of regional economic activity should initial tests be successful. Graphical analysis was the predominant method used to test the predictive power of aviation data, which is collected on a monthly basis by the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE), against Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and employment.
- Aviation activity as a leading indicator of economic activity
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 forward planning of needed improvements/additions to key parts of the networks.
As such, it is useful to examine how close past Bureau forecasts were to predicting this growth, and to learn from any obvious errors.
This is the aim of the current report.
- Forecasting Australian Transport: A Review of Past Bureau Forecasts
Greenhouse gas abatement potential of the Australian transport sector—Summary report
In recognition of both the progress of climate science and the need to manage the risks faced by future generations, the majority of the world's governments are implementing programs for the long term reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. Accordingly, the Australian government has committed to an 80 per cent reduction on the 2000 levels of emissions for the Australian economy by 2050.
As the second largest greenhouse gas emission contributing sector in the economy at 16% of national emissions, transport will need to make a significant contribution to the abatement target. The question then arises as to the potential greenhouse gas abatement options available to the sector.
The Australian transport industry, researchers and government have in many cases deep knowledge about the issues of environmental sustainability, and individual transport sector greenhouse gas abatement options. However, that knowledge is fragmented due to the diversity and complexity of transport.
There are existing studies of transport abatement options but they are limited to a narrow subset of the available options. As a consequence no single document is available to provide an overview of the options and potential for abatement in the transport sector. With this background the ARRB Group, BITRE and CSIRO formed the Australian Low Carbon Transport Forum (ALCTF) in July 2011 to bring together knowledge on the options for greenhouse gas abatement in transport and explore how deeply emissions could be cut in the sector.
- Greenhouse gas abatement potential of the Australian transport sector–Summary report
Greenhouse gas abatement potential of the Australian transport sector—Technical report
The Australian Low Carbon Transport Forum (ALCTF) was initiated by a project secretariat comprising ARRB Group, BITRE and CSIRO. It was organised to bring together knowledge on the options for greenhouse gas abatement in transport and explore how deeply emissions could be cut in the sector.
A report describing the main findings of the study has been published under the title Greenhouse gas abatement potential of the Australian transport sector: Summary report.
This current Technical Report is a companion document to the Summary Report, and aims to detail the methodology and results of the ALCTF process. That is, it describes how the estimated levels of abatement were calculated for each of the abatement options considered in the ALCFT workshops, and how the various abatement potentials were aggregated into an estimate for the maximal potential reduction.
- Greenhouse gas abatement potential of the Australian transport sector–Technical report
Australian Infrastructure Statistics—Yearbook 2017
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, water and communications sectors. It is the only comprehensive source of time series statistics for Australia's major areas of economic infrastructure. The yearbook is accompanied by the Key Australian Infrastructure Statistics Booklet which is a summary of statistics from the yearbook.
- Yearbook 2017–Australian Infrastructure Statistics
- Key Australian Infrastructure Statistics 2017
- Australian Infrastructure Statistics Yearbook 2017 Part I–Infrastructure and the Economy
- Australian Infrastructure Statistics Yearbook 2017 Part T–Transport
- Australian Infrastructure Statistics Yearbook 2017 Part E–Energy
- Australian Infrastructure Statistics Yearbook 2017 Part C–Communication
- Australian Infrastructure Statistics Yearbook 2017 Part W–Water