2.3 Summary of Victoria's infrastructure from 2011 to 2031

In 2011, the DEC of infrastructure in Victoria was $43 billion, which was 23 per cent of the national figure. In 2031, Victoria's infrastructure DEC is projected to increase by around $38 billion, or 90 per cent, reaching $81 billion, which would be around 22 per cent of the national figure.

Figure 59 and Figure 60 show the spread of infrastructure DEC across the nine Audit regions in Victoria. Growth is highest in the Melbourne region, where DEC is projected to grow by 96 per cent.

Figure 59: Victoria regional DEC 2011

Regional DEC 2011 ($m) - Vic

<500

500 - 1,000

1,000 - 5,000

5,000 - 10,000

10,000 - 50,000

>50,000

1 Greater Melbourne

2 Ballarat

3 Bendigo

4 Geelong

5 Hume

6 Latrobe - Gippsland

7 North West

8 Shepparton

9 Warrnambool and South West

Source: ACIL Allen Consulting (2014a)

Figure 60: Victoria regional DEC 2031

Regional DEC 2031 ($m) - Vic

<500

500 - 1,000

1,000 - 5,000

5,000 - 10,000

10,000 - 50,000

>50,000

1 Greater Melbourne

2 Ballarat

3 Bendigo

4 Geelong

5 Hume

6 Latrobe - Gippsland

7 North West

8 Shepparton

9 Warrnambool and South West

Source: ACIL Allen Consulting (2014a)

Table 43 provides a snapshot of Victoria's economic infrastructure across the four sectors of transport, energy, communications and water. The table notes the capacity of each subsector in general terms and its rate of utilisation in 2011, along with historical (2011) and projected (2031) DEC for each subsector.

Table 43: Overview of Victorian infrastructure

Subsector

Capacity 2011

Utilisation 2011

DEC 2011

DEC 2031

Projected % increase in DEC

% of Nat.

% of Nat.

% of Nat.

% of Nat.

2011-2031

Transport

Urban Roads

608,100,000
Car VKT per day

27%

116,100,000
Car VKT per day

28%

$20,008m

26%

$40,796m

23%

104%

Urban Public Transport

72,200,000
Passenger KT per day

27%

24,000,000
Passenger KT per day

36%

National Highways

4,062
km of nationally significant roads

12%

497,600
vehicles per day

27%

$1,492m

16%

$2,249m

14%

51%

Freight Rail

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

$29m

1%

$39m

<1%

36%

Ports

74
Mt p.a. throughput

5%

40
Mt p.a. throughput

4%

$4,718m

23%

$8,162m

19%

73%

3.7
MTEU throughput

21%

2.4
MTEU throughput

35%

Airports

42
Count of airfields

15%

28,200,561
Total RPT passenger movements

21%

$4,061m

20%

$8,064m

20%

99%

Energy

10,765
Installed capacity (MW) of Generation

20%

55,050
Utilisation of Generation (GWh)

Electricity

9,982
Peak Demand Transmission (MW)

24%

52,352
Utilisation of Transmission (GWh)

9%

$3,074m

19%

$4,709m

18%

53%

8,836
Peak Demand Distribution (MW)

24%

43,319
Utilisation of Distribution (GWh)

Gas

n/a

n/a

310.07
Transmission throughput (PJ/a)

23%

$144m

13%

$159m

5%

10%

n/a

n/a

161.60
Distribution throughput (PJ/a)

47%

$483m

40%

$532m

35%

10%

Petroleum product terminals

n/a

n/a

20,727
Annual throughput (ML)

26%

$282m

26%

$421m

24%

49%

Telecomm
unications

4.60
Broadband average availability rating (out of 5)

n/a

1,539

n/a

$6,220m

30%

$12,641m

30%

103%

1.78
Broadband average quality rating (out of 5)

n/a

Total households with broadband internet access at home ('000)

Water & Sewerage

Water

75,269
Length of water mains (km)

35%

1,999,242
Water supplied (ML)

26%

9,703
Volume of water stored in dams (GL)

17%

2,432

Properties served - water ('000)

28%

$2,150m

20%

$3,252m

20%

51%

Sewerage

150,000
Desalination capacity (ML)

28%

498,112
Sewage collected (ML)

26%

35,623
Length of sewer mains (km)

27%

2,190
Properties served - sewerage ('000)

28%

Source: ACIL Allen Consulting (2014a)309




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309. DEC figures are rounded to the nearest $ million, so percentage changes may not tally exactly with rounded estimates in this table. See Glossary for explanation of abbreviations and terms.