Key findings: P7162 - Land transport survey, June 2021

Freight transportation


The volume of goods transported (payload) increased by 11,6% in June 2021 compared with June 2020. The corresponding income increased by 12,8% over the same period.


Income from freight transportation increased by 30,9% in the second quarter of 2021 compared with the second quarter of 2020. The main contributors to this increase were:

  • primary mining and quarrying products (22,4% and contributing 8,7 percentage points); and
  • ‘other’ freight (49,9% and contributing 8,4 percentage points).

Seasonally adjusted payload increased by 3,0% in the second quarter of 2021 compared with the first quarter of 2021. Road freight increased by 2,9% (contributing 2,3 percentage points) and rail freight increased by 3,3% (contributing 0,7 of a percentage point).

Passenger transportation 

The number of passenger journeys increased by 52,6% in June 2021 compared with June 2020. The corresponding income increased by 72,4% over the same period.

 

Seasonally adjusted passenger journeys increased by 11,0% in the second quarter of 2021 compared with the first quarter of 2021. Road passenger journeys increased by 11,2% (contributing 10,3 percentage points) and rail passenger journeys increased by 8,7% (contributing 0,7 of a percentage point).