Victorian Integrated Survey of Travel and Activity
Results from the VISTA 07 survey
The Victorian Integrated Survey of Travel and Activity 2007 (VISTA 07) provides a detailed picture of how people in Melbourne, Geelong, Ballarat, Bendigo, Shepparton and Latrobe travel on an average day.
Summary data from VISTA 07 is freely available through a customised online analysis tool. View the VISTA 07 data.
A summary brochure of travel statistics from VISTA 07 (PDF, 1.6 MB, 12 pp) providing benchmark data and a comparison of travel between the Melbourne, Geelong and regional centres, is also available for download.
A follow up survey to VISTA 07 was completed in June 2010. Information about this recent data collection, including information for households that were selected to take part in the survey, is available below.
Information on this page
- Overview of VISTA 09/10
- Map of VISTA 09/10 study areas
- Download the VISTA 09/10 survey forms
- Further information
Overview of VISTA 09/10
The most recent VISTA survey ran from July 2009 to June 2010. The survey collected information from households in Melbourne, Geelong and the regional centres of Ballarat, Bendigo, Shepparton and Latrobe.
As part of VISTA 09/10, all members of surveyed households completed a travel diary for a specified day. By collecting information on all personal travel made - from walking the dog, through to a flight interstate - the results of VISTA 09/10 will enhance our understanding of the complex travel interactions occurring in our communities. This detailed picture of travel will inform the transport and land-use planning decisions being made by Government. Furthermore, by surveying different households on different days of the year, seasonal changes in travel behaviour can be identified.
All information collected through VISTA 09/10 is treated confidentially. Results are aggregated to provide an overview of daily travel across a region, and all personal contact information is deleted from survey data prior to its use for transport planning purposes. No name, address or contact information of VISTA 09/10 participants is kept by the Department of Transport.
VISTA 09/10 was undertaken on behalf of the Department of Transport by the Urban Transport Institute and I-View Pty Ltd. Please contact vista@transport.vic.gov.au to request specific outputs from the 2009/10 survey.
VISTA 09/10 Study Areas
VISTA 09/10 Survey Forms
Copies of the various VISTA 09/10 questionnaire sections can be downloaded below:
- Household form - Front page (PDF, 460 KB, 1 p.)
- Household form - Inside page (Person information, 1 of 2) (PDF, 587 KB, 1 p.)
- Household form - Inside page (Person information, 2 of 2) (PDF, 589 KB, 1 p.)
- Household form - Back page - Vehicle information (PDF, 606 KB, 1 p.)
- Travel diary - front page (PDF, 464 KB, 1 p.)
- Travel diary - sample stop page (PDF, 544 KB, 1 p.)*
- Travel diary - income question (PDF, 358 KB, 1 p.)
- Travel diary - additional information (PDF, 173 KB, 1 p.)
* While only one sample 'stop page' is included as a download here, the actual travel diary includes 13 stop pages. Additional diaries can be requested by individuals who travel a lot on their survey day.
Further information
View answers to the Frequently Asked Questions (PDF, 56 KB, 4 pp.) or email the survey team.