Most household travel time is spent in motor vehicles

Posted 14 months ago by Kirsty Craig Less than a minute to read

We've updated our factsheet on household travel time by mode of transport.

• Between 2019–22, 82.0% of all annual travel time was spent in private motor vehicles. A further 12.3% was spent using active transport, while 4.8% was spent on public transport.

• Those aged under 15 years and 76 years and older spent more of their travel time each year using active transport than other age groups. People aged less than 30 years also spent more time using public transport.

• The Wellington region had the highest percentage of time spent using active and public transport than any other region (29.5% of all travel time), followed by Nelson Marlborough (21.4%) and Auckland (19.5%).

You can read the full factsheet here.