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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 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.

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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. 

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10 Indicators are being used to track Connected Community in the Wellington region

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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, 2004-2016

Findings

 

  • In 2016, 86% of respondents rated getting around the Wellington region by public transport as somewhat easy, very easy or extremely easy. This has increased by 4% since 2014.

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 2017

Data points available only for 2011 to 2015.  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.

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