Data Dictionary

Field Name Name Type Description Fixed Values
tripid Trip ID CHAR Trip ID number None
hhid Household ID CHAR Household ID Number None
persid Person ID CHAR Person ID number None
tripno Trip number CHAR Trip number for person on the day of survey None
starthour Start hour CHAR Trip start hour None
startime Start time CHAR Time of Starting Trip (in minutes, from midnight) None
arrhour Arrival hour CHAR Hour of Ending Trip (27 hr - day) None
arrtime Arrival time CHAR Time of Ending Trip (in minutes, from midnight) None
origplace1 Origin place 1 CHAR Origin Place Type (Summary) Transport Feature; Accommodation; Place of work; Outdoor feature; Place of education; Retail venue; Personal services; Entertainment venue; Sport and Recreation venue; Other place; NA
origplace2 Origin place 2 CHAR Origin Place Type (Detail) Bus Stop; Tram Stop; Train Station; Car Park; On-Street Feature; Airport; Waterside Structure; Bike Rack; Taxi Stand; Depot; Transport NEC; Survey Home; Someone Elses Home; 2nd Home; Farm; Hotel or Motel; Caravan Park; Campsite; Nursing Home; Retirement Village; Accommodation NEC; My Workplace; Another workplace or site; Conference Centre; Workplace NEC; Park; Lake or Reservoir; Bay or Beach; River or Creek; Lookout; Forest; Geographical Feature; Physical Features NEC; Childcare; Kinder or Preschool; Primary School; Secondary School; Technical School; Special School; School NEC; Tertiary; U3A; Education NEC; Shopping Centre; Supermarket; Food Store; Fast Food; Liquor Store; Milk Bar; Convenience Store; Petrol Station; Car Accessories; Vehicle Sales; Newsagency & Bookstore; Department or Discount Store; Chemist; Clothes, Shoes and accessories; Hardware; Domestic Appliances; Homeware; Furniture; Antiques & Secondhand; Garden Centre; Florist; Video; Computer or Music; Photo or Camera; Sport or Outdoor; Craft or Hobby; Toys, Games and Pop Culture; Tobacconist; Pet Shop; Gift Shop; Jewellery; Market; Office and home office goods; Phones & Accessories; Audio, Visual and Home entertainment; Computers and peripherals; Music DVDs and Videogames; Retail NEC; Hospital; Health Service; Bank or Financial Institution; Car Service; Government Office; Emergency Service; Insurance; Other Service; Places of Worship; Cemetery or Funeral service; Waste Disposal Service; Postal Facility; Hairdresser Beauty Salon; Laundrette Dry Cleaner; Vets & Kennels; Clothing and shoe repairs; IT services and repairs; GP & Specialist clinics; Psychlogy & mental health; Dental services; Optometry services; Muscle and joint therapy; Massage, Spa and Wellbeing Clinic; Other health services; Personal Service NEC; Theatre; Cinema; Nightclub; Pub or Bar; Restaurant or Cafe; Club; Gambling; Bingo, Bridge & Games venue; Hall; Community Centre; Reception Centre; Gallery or Museum; Library; Tourist Place; Winery; Child play centre; Arcade and amusement centre; Social NEC; Gym; Skating Rink; Squash Court; Tenpin Bowling; Other Indoor Sport; Lawn Bowls; Sport Ground or Oval; Golf; Racecourse; Tennis Court; Swimming Pool; Other Water Sport; Other Outdoor Sport; Group fitness class; Netball court; Basketball court; Athletics track; Other NEC; Cannot be Classfied; Recreational NEC; Somewhere Else; Not applicable; Another workplace or site
origpurp1 Origin purpose 1 CHAR Purpose at Start of Trip Stage (Summary) Change Mode; Accompany Someone; Buy Something; Pick-up or Deliver Something; Pick-up or Drop-off Someone; Education; Work Related; At Home; Personal Business; Social; Recreational; Other Purpose; Unknown Purpose (at start of day)
origpurp2 Origin purpose 2 CHAR Purpose at Start of Trip Stage (detail) N/A - Unknown purpose at the start of the day; Change Mode (NEC); Got on or off PT; Parked or unparked a vehicle; Accompanied someone; Bought something; Browsing; window-shopping; Something picked-up or delivered for home; Someone picked-up or dropped-off; Education (NEC); At school; At Uni/Tech; At other Post-Secondary Study; At kindergarten / pre-school; Work-Related (NEC); Own Workplace; Employers Business; Something picked-up or delivered for Work; Go home; Personal Business (NEC); At childcare; Volunteer/Community activity; Religious activity; Personal business (eg banking); Medical/Dental purposes; Stayed overnight; At other house; Met/waited for someone; Walked the dog; Social (NEC); Ate or drank; Visited someone; Socialised (Pubs; Clubs etc); Watched sport; Watched concert; movies etc; Recreational (NEC); Participated in sport; Participated in concert;musical;band etc; Other recreational (eg. exercise); Other (NEC); NA
origlga Origin LGA CHAR Trip origin - Local Government Area (LGA) Alpine (S); Ararat (RC); Ballarat (C); Banyule (C); Bass Coast (S); Baw Baw (S); Bayside (C); Benalla (RC); Boroondara (C); Brimbank (C); Buloke (S); Campaspe (S); Cardinia (S); Casey (C); Central Goldfields (S); Colac-Otway (S); Corangamite (S); Darebin (C); East Gippsland (S); Frankston (C); Gannawarra (S); Glen Eira (C); Glenelg (S); Golden Plains (S); Greater Bendigo (C); Greater Dandenong (C); Greater Geelong (C); Greater Shepparton (C); Hepburn (S); Hindmarsh (S); Hobsons Bay (C); Horsham (RC); Hume (C); Indigo (S); Kingston (C); Knox (C); Latrobe (C); Loddon (S); Macedon Ranges (S); Manningham (C); Mansfield (S); Maribyrnong (C); Maroondah (C); Melbourne (C); Melton (S); Mildura (RC); Mitchell (S); Moira (S); Monash (C); Moonee Valley (C); Moorabool (S); Moreland (C); Mornington Peninsula (S); Mount Alexander (S); Moyne (S); Murrindindi (S); Nillumbik (S); Northern Grampians (S); Port Phillip (C); Pyrenees (S); Queenscliffe (B); South Gippsland (S); Southern Grampians (S); Stonnington (C); Strathbogie (S); Surf Coast (S); Swan Hill (RC); Towong (S); Wangaratta (RC); Warrnambool (C); Wellington (S); West Wimmera (S); Whitehorse (C); Whittlesea (C); Wodonga (RC); Wyndham (C); Yarra (C); Yarra Ranges (S); Yarriambiack (S); Unincorporated Victoria; Interstate
destplace1 Destination place 1 CHAR Destination Place Type (Summary) Transport Feature; Accommodation; Place of work; Outdoor feature; Place of education; Retail venue; Personal services; Entertainment venue; Sport and Recreation venue; Other place; NA
destplace2 Destination place 2 CHAR Destination Place Type (detailed) Bus Stop; Tram Stop; Train Station; Car Park; On-Street Feature; Airport; Waterside Structure; Bike Rack; Taxi Stand; Depot; Transport NEC; Survey Home; Someone Elses Home; 2nd Home; Farm; Hotel or Motel; Caravan Park; Campsite; Nursing Home; Retirement Village; Accommodation NEC; My Workplace; Another workplace or site; Conference Centre; Workplace NEC; Park; Lake or Reservoir; Bay or Beach; River or Creek; Lookout; Forest; Geographical Feature; Physical Features NEC; Childcare; Kinder or Preschool; Primary School; Secondary School; Technical School; Special School; School NEC; Tertiary; U3A; Education NEC; Shopping Centre; Supermarket; Food Store; Fast Food; Liquor Store; Milk Bar; Convenience Store; Petrol Station; Car Accessories; Vehicle Sales; Newsagency & Bookstore; Department or Discount Store; Chemist; Clothes, Shoes and accessories; Hardware; Domestic Appliances; Homeware; Furniture; Antiques & Secondhand; Garden Centre; Florist; Video; Computer or Music; Photo or Camera; Sport or Outdoor; Craft or Hobby; Toys, Games and Pop Culture; Tobacconist; Pet Shop; Gift Shop; Jewellery; Market; Office and home office goods; Phones & Accessories; Audio, Visual and Home entertainment; Computers and peripherals; Music DVDs and Videogames; Retail NEC; Hospital; Health Service; Bank or Financial Institution; Car Service; Government Office; Emergency Service; Insurance; Other Service; Places of Worship; Cemetery or Funeral service; Waste Disposal Service; Postal Facility; Hairdresser Beauty Salon; Laundrette Dry Cleaner; Vets & Kennels; Clothing and shoe repairs; IT services and repairs; GP & Specialist clinics; Psychlogy & mental health; Dental services; Optometry services; Muscle and joint therapy; Massage, Spa and Wellbeing Clinic; Other health services; Personal Service NEC; Theatre; Cinema; Nightclub; Pub or Bar; Restaurant or Cafe; Club; Gambling; Bingo, Bridge & Games venue; Hall; Community Centre; Reception Centre; Gallery or Museum; Library; Tourist Place; Winery; Child play centre; Arcade and amusement centre; Social NEC; Gym; Skating Rink; Squash Court; Tenpin Bowling; Other Indoor Sport; Lawn Bowls; Sport Ground or Oval; Golf; Racecourse; Tennis Court; Swimming Pool; Other Water Sport; Other Outdoor Sport; Group fitness class; Netball court; Basketball court; Athletics track; Other NEC; Cannot be Classfied; Recreational NEC; Somewhere Else; Another workplace or site
destpurp1 Destination purpose 1 CHAR Purpose at End of Trip (Summary) Change Mode; Accompany Someone; Buy Something; Pick-up or Deliver Something; Pick-up or Drop-off Someone; Education; Work Related; At Home; Personal Business; Social; Recreational; Other Purpose; Unknown Purpose (at start of day)
destpurp2 Destination purpose 2 CHAR Purpose at End of Trip (detailed) Change Mode (NEC); Got on or off PT; Parked or unparked a vehicle; Accompanied someone; Bought something; Browsing; window-shopping; Something picked-up or delivered for home; Someone picked-up or dropped-off; Education (NEC); At school; At Uni/Tech; At other Post-Secondary Study; At kindergarten / pre-school; Work-Related (NEC); Own Workplace; Employers Business; Something picked-up or delivered for Work; Go home; Personal Business (NEC); At childcare; Volunteer/Community activity; Religious activity; Personal business (eg banking); Medical/Dental purposes; Stayed overnight; At other house; Met/waited for someone; Walked the dog; Social (NEC); Ate or drank; Visited someone; Socialised (Pubs; Clubs etc); Watched sport; Watched concert; movies etc; Recreational (NEC); Participated in sport; Participated in concert;musical;band etc; Other recreational (eg. exercise); Other (NEC); NA
destlga Destination LGA CHAR Trip destination - Local Government Area (LGA) Alpine (S); Ararat (RC); Ballarat (C); Banyule (C); Bass Coast (S); Baw Baw (S); Bayside (C); Benalla (RC); Boroondara (C); Brimbank (C); Buloke (S); Campaspe (S); Cardinia (S); Casey (C); Central Goldfields (S); Colac-Otway (S); Corangamite (S); Darebin (C); East Gippsland (S); Frankston (C); Gannawarra (S); Glen Eira (C); Glenelg (S); Golden Plains (S); Greater Bendigo (C); Greater Dandenong (C); Greater Geelong (C); Greater Shepparton (C); Hepburn (S); Hindmarsh (S); Hobsons Bay (C); Horsham (RC); Hume (C); Indigo (S); Kingston (C); Knox (C); Latrobe (C); Loddon (S); Macedon Ranges (S); Manningham (C); Mansfield (S); Maribyrnong (C); Maroondah (C); Melbourne (C); Melton (S); Mildura (RC); Mitchell (S); Moira (S); Monash (C); Moonee Valley (C); Moorabool (S); Moreland (C); Mornington Peninsula (S); Mount Alexander (S); Moyne (S); Murrindindi (S); Nillumbik (S); Northern Grampians (S); Port Phillip (C); Pyrenees (S); Queenscliffe (B); South Gippsland (S); Southern Grampians (S); Stonnington (C); Strathbogie (S); Surf Coast (S); Swan Hill (RC); Towong (S); Wangaratta (RC); Warrnambool (C); Wellington (S); West Wimmera (S); Whitehorse (C); Whittlesea (C); Wodonga (RC); Wyndham (C); Yarra (C); Yarra Ranges (S); Yarriambiack (S); Unincorporated Victoria; Interstate
triptime Trip time CHAR Total trip time (in minutes) None
travtime Travel time CHAR Total time spent travelling (minus duration at stops) None
cumdist Cumulatve distance CHAR Total distance for trip - using VISTADIST (Network shortest path) None
linkmode Link mode CHAR Assigned as overall trip mode Vehicle Driver; Vehicle Passenger; Motorcycle; Walking; Bicycle; Taxi; Train; Tram; School Bus; Public Bus; Plane; Other; Mobility Scooter; Rideshare Service; e-Scooter; Running/jogging
trippurp Trip purpose CHAR Purpose of the trip Change Mode; Accompany Someone; Buy Something; Pick-up or Deliver Something; Pick-up or Drop-off Someone; Education; Work Related; At Home; Personal Business; Social; Recreational; Other Purpose; Unknown Purpose (at start of day)
duration Duration CHAR Duration of Stop Activity None
mode1 Travel mode 1 CHAR Travel mode for trip-stage (stop) #1 None
mode2 Travel mode 2 CHAR Travel mode for trip-stage (stop) #2 None
mode3 Travel mode 3 CHAR Travel mode for trip-stage (stop) #3 None
mode4 Travel mode 4 CHAR Travel mode for trip-stage (stop) #4 None
mode5 Travel mode 5 CHAR Travel mode for trip-stage (stop) #5 None
mode6 Travel mode 6 CHAR Travel mode for trip-stage (stop) #6 None
mode7 Travel mode 7 CHAR Travel mode for trip-stage (stop) #7 None
mode8 Travel mode 8 CHAR Travel mode for trip-stage (stop) #8 None
mode9 Travel mode 9 CHAR Travel mode for trip-stage (stop) #9 None
time1 Travel time 1 CHAR Travel time for trip-stage (stop) #1 (in minutes) None
time2 Travel time 2 CHAR Travel time for trip-stage (stop) #2 None
time3 Travel time 3 CHAR Travel time for trip-stage (stop) #3 None
time4 Travel time 4 CHAR Travel time for trip-stage (stop) #4 None
time5 Travel time 5 CHAR Travel time for trip-stage (stop) #5 None
time6 Travel time 6 CHAR Travel time for trip-stage (stop) #6 None
time7 Travel time 7 CHAR Travel time for trip-stage (stop) #7 None
time8 Travel time 8 CHAR Travel time for trip-stage (stop) #8 None
time9 Travel time 9 CHAR Travel time for trip-stage (stop) #9 None
dist1 Travel distance 1 CHAR Travel distance for trip-stage (stop) #1 (in km) None
dist2 Travel distance 2 CHAR Travel distance for trip-stage (stop) #2 None
dist3 Travel distance 3 CHAR Travel distance for trip-stage (stop) #3 None
dist4 Travel distance 4 CHAR Travel distance for trip-stage (stop) #4 None
dist5 Travel distance 5 CHAR Travel distance for trip-stage (stop) #5 None
dist6 Travel distance 6 CHAR Travel distance for trip-stage (stop) #6 None
dist7 Travel distance 7 CHAR Travel distance for trip-stage (stop) #7 None
dist8 Travel distance 8 CHAR Travel distance for trip-stage (stop) #8 None
dist9 Travel distance 9 CHAR Travel distance for trip-stage (stop) #9 None
trippoststratweight Trip weight CHAR Trip expansion weight None
trippoststratweight_GROUP_1 Trip weight grp 1 CHAR Trip expansion weight, jackknife group 1 None
trippoststratweight_GROUP_2 Trip weight grp 2 CHAR Trip expansion weight, jackknife group 2 None
trippoststratweight_GROUP_3 Trip weight grp 3 CHAR Trip expansion weight, jackknife group 3 None
trippoststratweight_GROUP_4 Trip weight grp 4 CHAR Trip expansion weight, jackknife group 4 None
trippoststratweight_GROUP_5 Trip weight grp 5 CHAR Trip expansion weight, jackknife group 5 None
trippoststratweight_GROUP_6 Trip weight grp 6 CHAR Trip expansion weight, jackknife group 6 None
trippoststratweight_GROUP_7 Trip weight grp 7 CHAR Trip expansion weight, jackknife group 7 None
trippoststratweight_GROUP_8 Trip weight grp 8 CHAR Trip expansion weight, jackknife group 8 None
trippoststratweight_GROUP_9 Trip weight grp 9 CHAR Trip expansion weight, jackknife group 9 None
trippoststratweight_GROUP_10 Trip weight grp 10 CHAR Trip expansion weight, jackknife group 10 None
homesubregion_ASGS Home Subregion CHAR Household subregion sorted into Greater Melbourne - Inner/Middle/Outer and regions into SA4 None
homeregion_ASGS Home region CHAR Household region sorted into Greater Melbourne (GGCS), Ballarat SA4, Bendigo SA4, Geelong SA4, Latrobe SA4, Shepparton SA4 None
dayType Travel day type CHAR Household travel day type: weekday or weekend None

Additional information

Field Value
Dataset Last Updated Date 30 September 2024
Format CSV
License Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
Open Data Title VISTA - Trips 2021-2026
Dataset File Size 19 MiB
Dataset Security Value BIL1 OFFICIAL - Authorised Public Release
Dataset Reporting Period Start 1 July 2023
Dataset Reporting Period End 30 June 2024
Geographic Coverage Victoria