Average Travel Time to Primary Schools by Car During 2016 AM Peak in Australia

Geospatial data representing average weekday travel times to the nearest public primary school by car during the morning peak period (7am to 9am) in 2016. The data was produced by Infrastructure Australia as part of strategic transport modelling for the Australian Infrastructure Audit 2019. It is available in multiple geospatial formats including SHP and GEOJSON.

Use Cases

• Modeling school catchment areas based on travel time during peak hours.
• Analyzing urban transport congestion patterns around educational facilities.
• Assessing equity in access to primary education based on car travel performance.
• Informing infrastructure planning by integrating school accessibility with transport network data.

Strengths

• Data is part of a formal national infrastructure audit (Australian Infrastructure Audit 2019).
• Focuses on a specific, high-impact time period (weekday AM peak, 7am to 9am).
• Available in multiple standard geospatial formats (WMS, SHP, GEOJSON, WFS, SLD).
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data reflects conditions from 2016; freshness should be verified for current applications.

Provenance

Source

Infrastructure Australia

Collection Method

Strategic transport modelling for the Urban Transport Crowding and Congestion report.

Time Range

2016 (weekday AM peak)

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-26 18:28:09.017375; freshness should be verified

Geography

Australia (likely urban areas, specific extent unknown)