Social » Connected Community
Our local, national and international connections (including our access to them) are efficient, quick and easy. Our communication networks, air and sea ports, roads and public transport systems are world class and enable us to link with others, both within and outside the region.
What is Connected Community?
A region that is well-connected in terms of enabling resident’s access to private and public transport, and technology such as the internet, contributes to their overall well-being. Access to private and public transport increases people’s ability to get to employment, education and medical services, as well as access to the wider community within and outside the region.
Connected community is made up of 10 indicators that were selected to measure progress towards the connected community outcome definition (shown above). Data relating to each individual indicator (for the 2001 to 2015 period) is provided via the menu below. The index that measures change in the connected community outcome (pictured below) shows the composite average of the individual indicators.
Connected community, 2001-2016
What this means
The connected community index was lowest in 2001 but rose steadily after that to reach its highest point in 2012. In the last four years to 2016 the index has decreased by 1.4 percentage points. Overall the index increased by 9.2% between 2001 and 2016. The majority of connected community indicators have trended positively over the study period. There were improvements across six indicators, very small changes in two indicators, and declines in two indicators.
Did you know?
The GPI counts our health-care costs created by smoking, not exercising, eating poorly and becoming obese, as costs, not gains, to the economy.
10 Indicators are being used to track Connected Community in the Wellington region
Click on each indicator below to access further information
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Active travel
Why is this indicator important?
An increase in the percentage of trips by active transport modes (e.g. walking and cycling) increases physical activity, which improves physical and mental well-being, encourages social interaction and lowers the risk of a number of diseases such as cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes and several types of cancer. Greater use of active modes for travel around the region can also contribute to important transport outcomes such as reducing congestion and associated air pollution, greenhouse gas emissions and vehicle costs.
Active mode share of total household travel by residents in main urban areas, 2007-2014
Findings
- In 2014, active travel made up 25% of total travel by respondents of main urban areas in the Wellington region. This has increased slightly from 23% in 2007.
- Higher proportions of trips are made by active modes in the Wellington region than in New Zealand overall.
Active travel
Definition and data details
Indicator Definition
Walking and cycling share of total trip legs (a surveying unit of non-stop travel by a single mode for a single purpose) by people aged 5 and over resident in a main urban area (population centres of 30,000 people or more).
Data Source
Ministry of Transport: TMIF TP005
Last updated Marc 2016
Indicators are updated in May and November each year; for those indicators where new data or survey results have become available.
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