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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 2018 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, 2001-2018
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 6 years to 2018 the index has decreased by 2.2 percentage points. Overall the index increased by 8% between 2001 and 2018. 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?
Natural disasters (and the cost of cleaning up after them) actually create an increase in GDP, thus counting natural disasters as a benefit to our economy. From a GPI perspective, natural disasters would be a decline in our well-being
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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Ease of using public transport
Why is this indicator important?
Public transport facilitates people’s ability to access health services and programmes, recreational activities, education and employment. Perceptions of the ease of various forms of transport for getting around the region can impact on people’s travel opportunities and choices.
Percentage of residents that find it somewhat easy, very easy or extremely easy to make journeys across the Wellington region by public transport, 2004-2019
Findings
- In 2019, 71% of respondents rated getting around the Wellington region by public transport as somewhat easy, very easy or extremely easy. This has decreased by 14 percentage points since 2018.
Ease of using public transport
Definition and data details
Indicator Definition
The percentage of respondents in the Wellington region that thought that making a journey across the region by public transport is somewhat easy, very easy or extremely easy
Data Source
Metlink Annual Public Transport Customer Satisfaction Monitor
Last updated April 2020
Data points available only for 2014 to 2019. Changes were made to the survey in 2014, the survey scale was modified so results from 2014 onwards will differ from those results previously reported.
Indicators are updated in April and November each year; for those indicators where new data or survey results have become available.
While care has been taken in processing, analysing and extracting information, we cannot guarantee that the information is free from error and we shall not be liable for any loss suffered through the use, directly or indirectly, of any information, product or service.
