Toll road travel: by the numbers
Daily-toll road use
Daily average traffic
numbers for each road
Toll spend
Average toll road
spend per customer
Reasons for travel
Where people are going
when they use toll roads
Daily-toll road travel
These charts show the average daily traffic numbers on each of our roads.
From 2020 and into 2022 , travel restrictions and other pandemic containment measures reduced travel on affected roads as shown.
The data also shows travel is generally trending up again as people move around their cities and states once again.
Traffic numbers can also vary based on changes such as lane-widening works and new connectivity with other roads.
Pandemic impacts on travel
Want to know more about how the pandemic has changed people’s mobility? Between 2020 and 2022 we surveyed thousands of people across cities in Australia and North America to track the impact of COVID-19 on mobility.
Toll spend
Linkt is Transurban's retail brand in Australia, providing customers with convenient options to pay for toll travel. Below we've included information on average weekly spend for our Australian customers travelling in a private vehicle. We have based this on data collected between July 2021 and June 2022. The figures exclude dormant customer accounts.
Average weekly spend
On average, customers travelling in a private vehicle spend $6.70 per week on tolls, with 82% spending less than $10 per week.
Reasons for travel
Through our Urban Mobility Trends reports we've surveyed thousands of people across Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, the Greater Washington Area, and Montreal about the reasons they use different types of transport, including toll roads and Express Lanes. Overall we found that most people use toll roads or Express Lanes to go on a getaway, or when people need to get to and from the airport. Read the full report using the link below.