SoE2020: Vehicle Kilometres Travelled in Australia

Australian data on total motor vehicle travel for cars, trucks, and buses, expressed as vehicle kilometres travelled. The dataset shows continued and sustained growth over time and is published by the Queensland Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation under a CC-BY-4.0 license. It was last updated on 2026-05-12.

Use Cases

• Modeling transportation infrastructure demand based on vehicle travel growth trends.
• Analyzing environmental impact from vehicle emissions based on total kilometres travelled.
• Forecasting fuel consumption and tax revenue based on historical travel data.
• Assessing the effectiveness of transportation policies based on long-term travel trends.

Strengths

• Data shows continued and sustained growth over time, indicating a longitudinal series.
• Published under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.
• Last updated on 2026-05-12, suggesting recent maintenance.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

[email protected], Queensland Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-12 03:41:16.347941.

Geography

Australia (likely Queensland or national).