How long do you travel to get to work?
I live in Perth and spend an average of 1.5 hours to get to work one way (a total of 3 hours a day). Is this too long?
How Long Do You Travel for Work?
Cynicaloflife on 01/02/2020 - 18:56
Last edited 02/02/2020 - 10:53 by 1 other user
Last edited 02/02/2020 - 10:53 by 1 other user
Poll Options
- 65No, it is acceptable
- 783Yes, it is too long
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Hehe thanks. Yup already under control :) !
We need a "Awareness Day for Proper Polling Structure".
This post had as questions:
"How Long Do You Travel for Work?"
Not a Yes/No question.
"How long do you travel to get to work?"
Same issue as above, but not the same question.
"Is that an acceptable average for a city of Perth's size?"
An actual Yes/No question, but..
"No, it is acceptable" / "Yes, it is too long"
The opposite of how the poll options are phrased.
Wtf OP.
It messed me up and now the poll has been compromised.
5 hours commuting by train. It has taken me over 5 hours just to get home before. The NSW train network is a joke.
sheeez, it only takes my mum 7hrs to get to Sydney from Grafton on the train!
Yep! The trains are reliable in the mornings and will get you to work on time, but in the afternoons all bets are off. With the surge of immigration into Sydney I won't be surprised if the rail network collapses.
I live 15km from work. It takes min 45 to 55mins to get to work during peak. Off peak about half that. Joke. Melbourne
Sometimes close doesn't mean quick. Have a friend who lived probably 10km from work as the crow flies, but getting to work took closer to an hour, had to walk to a bus stop, catch the bus to the city, walk to/catch a tram, then walk to the office.
He moved further away, like 40km away, but he is now 2 min drive from a train station with ample parking and the train takes 30-40 mins to get to work.
Here's a handy travel time based map of Melbourne on "Getting to Flinders Steps" (swipe to the right to view different maps)
https://www.arcgis.com/apps/MapJournal/index.html?appid=780c…
Access to transport (or a train station if further out) clearly makes a huge difference to commute times as you can see with this data
90 mins good day, 2.5 hours bad day, more if someone Sneezes and has a smash enroute, then it’s a day.
But seriously, it’s a balance between value and quality of life. Mh commute is worth is because I live 1km from the beach, in a nice but smallish 3br house and now have no mortgage at the age of 35. So I enjoy my time off and my space. Time in the car is a small price to pay. Plus I hate the city.
This! I’m on the same boat with 90mins commute to work but I live 5 mins from the beach, had my own 4bdr townhouse at age of 25. Love the relax lifestyle and away from the city. Plus whole weekend I have both sat and sun off to recharge so I’m ok for now.
At one point my door to door was 3 minutes if I ran and the lights were with me. They moved me to an office further up the street and doubled my travel time; I didn't get a lot of sympathy.
I can understand this.
I also once got stuck in some road works and my home to work trip took 21 minutes. 3x longer then usual!Must’ve been tempted to park and walk.
10 hours. South coast NSW to NW Australia - but I only have to do it in once every 2 weeks.
Jees that's a long way for FIFO, but hey the money is there
Two weeks on/2 weeks off, plus 6 weeks annual leave. One of my workmates travels back and forth to Thailand every 2 weeks. Now THAT'S a long commute.
I live in Sydney and my commute is 15 minutes door to door.
You are lucky to have that in Sydney
5 mins / 3.4kms. I would never live 30mins+ (excl traffic) to work. The time you travel is just a waste and you could be doing something else. If you drive, consider your fuel costs, maintenance related to your car due to the kms x 2/day and hassle driving/peak hours.
Work from home. No dress up, water cooler gossip, or Friday drinks for me. Pretty isolating but also efficient and convenient.
Used to be 25-30 mins each way.
my front door to my desk = 30 minutes.
75 minutes door-to-door one way, used to travel 120 minutes one way for uni. I would wake up at 5am and get solid 45 minutes nap before/after uni, I could 'hear'/ 'feel' when my station was coming up.
Rarely train disruptions on my train line, I just live really god damn far.
In exchange of the distance I own a huge garden with plenty of fruits and vegetables.
Gee, lots of people here have an average travel time to work 15-30 mins. Either you all work at your local Bunnings/Coles/Woolies so you don't have to travel to city or you all are millionaires and live in the inner suburbs. Mine is at least 1 hr, sometimes 1.5 hr from door to door because I drive to the nearest train station and take the train to the city. Trains service in Melbourne is pretty bad because of the aging infrastructure and all the tunnel works.
Do you think the only regional/outskirt jobs are retail? I've always been in retail though so my commute has varied from 35min each way to a 3 minute walk each way. Currently a 3 minute drive :D
I work in IT, within 30 minutes of my house are there jobs in IT? Sure, many? No. Do they pay as well as ones working in the CBD? Usually no, the ones that do are even rarer.
I suspect it's probably similar in other industries, often the salaries of the jobs closer to the CBD outweigh the extra cost and time to get there.
You think there are no accountants, lawyers, doctors, teachers, police, engineers in regional areas?
P. S. I will never understand people with govt jobs (ie pay scales that don't vary by location) slogging their guts out in the city commute.
Theres certainly not many roles for corporate strategists (me) outside of the CBD… so i've committed myself to a long commute for life. Even worst is the area of strategy almost keeps me in Sydney for life :(
Local school, 8 minute drive against the traffic each way.
12 minutes by bike
Sydney. 3mins when i drive but usually walk it in 10-12mins
Jeez, how slow do you drive?
Probably lives off Parramatta Road or something …
Sydney
20mins morning max
On the way home? 25min to 30mins driving
Regional Victoria, 8 minutes one way tops.
Used to be around 50mins in the morning and 1hr the other way (due to early start and early finish which picks up the school traffic in the arvo).
These days it's 10-15mins each way as I moved to another office closer to home (same company). Sooo much better.
30mins door to door one way on the bike. 6kms. Takes about the same in the car during peak hour.
A friend of mine lives in Melbourne's northern suburbs and travelled to work 5 days a week for about a year or so. Just lately he's managed to get 2 days working from home.
Regional NSW. 6 minutes each way.
50 mins into Brisbane CBD on the bus for me. The last 1km of the commute can take anywhere from 5-10 mins due to traffic (mainly tradies in utes).
1hr 10mins each way avoiding tolls. Otherwise 1hr with tolls ($16 tolls per day). F**k tolls.
10mins for $8 is a joke…
3.7km.
35 min walk in the morning, 12-16 min run home in the arvo.
so much for most liveable cities in the world…
I ride my bike into Sydney CBD and it takes me about 20 minutes each way.
Sydney: 40 minutes from Erskineville to Parramatta on the train, so lots of time to read, etc.
Recently transferred to a temporary position. Anywhere from 50 mins-90mins in a car. It's annoying but they give me travel time to offset the longer commute.
2 seconds. Working from home now a days :) lol. But the wfh option is coming to conclusive point and have to start commutung again I guess, unless I change jobs.
Usually it is 15-40 min commute based on whether getting express train or not.
I have few colleagues commutung 1.5-2hrs each side. Tough eh.
1.5-2hours isn't tough, it's stupid. Stupid for the employee, stupid for the company and stupid for society in terms of congestion.
Mate, there are plenty of guys living in and around berwick/officer area. And during line upgrades or skyrail etc, it was/will be 2hrs min one side.
But yep, I agree with you.
7 mins if the one set of traffic lights I encounter on the way is in my favour, 9 mins otherwise. 15 minutes if I defy I my OzBargain conscience and stop off at the local bakery for a coffee. Ahh the benefits to getting out of the city and settling down in a regional town!
I used to travel 1.5-2 hours each way for work when I lived with my parents in the suburbs and had a job in the Sydney CBD. It was originally a 1 hour 10 minute busride (so grateful they had a direct route offered by the private sector) but then there were various infrastructure projects underway delaying road travel in to the city… when it hit 2 hours each way each day (i.e. 4 hours) that's when I bit the bullet and moved out of home.
I live western Sydney. By car 15-20 mins 7.5km. By bicycle 20-25 mins 6.9km. By foot 55-60mins 6.9km. My preferred method is bicycle mostly on path ways.
I used to spend ~15 hours a week commuting on the train. Thanks to Melbourne's crappy trains this slowly turned into ~20 hours.
Moved within 10-15 minute WALK of my workplace 2 years ago and it's one of the best things I ever could have done.
2 minutes
not me personally but for some perspective, the apollo missions took 3 days to get to the moon one way.
But once on the moon, you were only one giant leap from work.
60-70 mins for me depending on the crappiness of metro trains
Depends on mode of transport
15 mins by car
30 mins by bike
45 mins to run
Cycling or running I usually take a scenic route to extend it
O mins if working from homeI don't think i could take a job that required 3 hours of travel each way
50 mins door to door.
30 mins train ride.Used to be 5 mins walk.
About 10 seconds, unless the kids have left lots of toys in the way.
I live 6.5km from work. On a good day, I combine my morning run with getting to work and it takes about 30 mins. Then shower, dress and ready to start my day :) Another 30 mins run back home.
If the missus is away, I do school drop-offs and pickups and it takes closer to 40 mins each way:(
My commute is 45 - 50 mins 1 way driving. Some days it's ok, others I hate it.
Up to 1hr each way.
Would be curious to know how OP travels, if it's PT, Car, or a mix.20min i ride a pushie, bike paths 90% of the way. It's amazing. My work has amazing end of trip facilities.
I'm in Melbourne. It's 3 hours every day for me too, door to door. if the public transport (profanity) up, it'll usually be a lot longer.
Yes it sucks, but we can't afford any properties closer to the city and we don't want to rent.
Driving or by train?
For the last 5 years it's been 45-60 minutes each way. Recently moved and it's now 15-20 minutes. Loving that.
Live in the western suburbs of Melbourne. About 15 metres from my bed to my study.
Prior to this it was a 45 minute commute each way. It makes such a huge difference, but working for yourself by yourself comes with it's own set of downsides.
10 mins only… Lucky me
20 minutes cycle South Yarra to Melbourne CBD. I'm not a fast rider
9min on the train and a few min walk either side. The rent I pay could be to a mortgage for a mcflat some out in the far west or neighbouring city with a 3-4hr daily commute. I'd much prefer to rent a moderate place and have those extra hours to do what I like with.
12seconds to the study. Can't imagine commuting to a workplace to be with a bunch of miserable ppl who have commuted hours to get there. Going into the office twice a month is depressing and tiring enough. No wonder half the workforce has mental health issues
8min no traffic 15min with heavy traffic
If you live in between mandurah and butler and have jobs at either end how the hell do you spend 1.5 hours one way?
Thats a 1.5+ hour one way trip from end to end.
Are you living in the middle and switching jobs mid way through the day?Strange…
Anyway, that’s crazy far unless your making good money and want no life.
55m in the morning and 1h5m in the arvo on a 170km round trip.
I don't think I could do much more in Perth traffic!I used to travel 2 hours each way. Never again.
It's 25 mins to my current job, and I'd only consider up to a 45 min max commute now.Door to door between 1 hour 15 mins and 1 hour 30 mins on the train. This is in Sydney.
Favourite part of my day, relaxing on the train without being disturbed.
If it is close to a dream job. Will definitely accept travel time up to 1hr one way (public transport).
I travel 65 minutes each side, and I have lived 10 minutes away from work as well. I was more exhausted when I was next to work because I used to feel at work all the time. Could even see my workplace from window.
Now, I use public transport door to door these 65 minutes are to listen to some of my favourite music or I watch my netflix series on tab or take a nap in 40 minutes train commute.
I reach home fresh and ready to do household jobs.if it takes me longer than 15 minutes its a bad day!
(profanity) doing 1.5 minutes daily!
Feel sorry for you!1hr each way. So total 2hrs transit time for me.
The industry I am in doesn't have any local jobs, unfortunately.
IMO 1 hour each way is quite normal in Melbourne these days.I moved to regional Vic and commute is now a 30sec walk. My wife on the other hand still travels to Melbourne and its 1hr50min door to door. She is happy to do it at this stage because she loves her job, and can study/read/relax/plan/work on the commute. She also has the option to WFH once or twice a week.
With my tiny commute I have time to do the household chores, cook, walk the dog etc so she doesn't have to. So whilst the commute is long, it evens out in other areas.take the longest commute and use the time for something. I used to travel from Nambour to Brisbane to work (about 2 hours each way) and did my entire Masters degree by external study on the train.
For all these people living 1+hr away from work in order to be able to afford a home (rather than rent) …
Is the long commute time worth the reward of owning your own home?
Or, if you had your time again, would you choose to rent closer to work (instead of own a long way from work)?
I sacrifice living far from work to own my first own home 4 bedroom townhouse which I wouldn’t be able to afford in Sydney. For next few years I may rent in Sydney closer to work and rent out my place (rentvesting) to fix the long distance.
1 hour sitting on a train is fine (can read, Netflix, emails, work on laptop, etc)
1 hour driving would drive me insane
Owning your own home with some land around you is very rewarding, so yes I'd do it again (this is after living in a box in the sky 20 mins from work)
anywhere from 30-1hr, depending where the site is. Construction foreman.
I am the same boat 90 mins each way driving to work in sydney but happy for now as more work opportunity in new role to develop myself and also almost double my old salary. Will work now that I have not got kids and still young to work hard for my career
1.5 mins drive or 12 min walk.
Kids school is next door so can drop off kids on the way.13 minutes, where I work in Launceston. Used to be 5 minutes when I lived in Hobart.
You are wasting too many hours commuting…get a job closer to home/move to the country.
Currently 1.5 hours each way, not a fan.
Living in WA and my commute takes 1hr to 1.5hr depending on how lucky I am with public transport. Bus, Train, Bus with a 15 minute walk to one of the bus stops.
Reason for that is because I bought my first property slightly further away and will eventually move out and make it my investment property and move closer to the city.
I used to live 2min door to door from work and lived in the CBD, but I think a lot of people underestimate how adaptable humans can be. You said you wake up at 4:30 and get home at 7-8pm. If it takes so long, you are commuting by public transport? As others have said, use the time wisely on the train, you are catching it at off-peak so you should be able to get a seat. Reading, learning a new language, learn a new skill, just find something enjoyable.
Good luck with it and hope it works out and with the work experience, you can work somewhere closer.
My commute is about 1:15 in the morning and 1:30 on the way home.
I use that time to read and listen to music.
20 min ride on my M365 scooter :D
45 minutes each way.but I travel 55km each way as well.
9 minutes each way. Even that gets annoying some days I can't imagine 1.5 hours
45 min - 1 hr door to door, given everything goes smoothly with the express trains.
Nicely said. Don't forget to take your parental leave (and a few cheeky personal days here and there!)