7.3 Summary of Australian Capital Territory infrastructure from 2011 to 2031

Table 86 provides a snapshot of the ACT's economic infrastructure across the four sectors of transport, water, energy and communications.

The table notes the capacity of each subsector and its rate of utilisation in 2011, along with historic (2011) and projected (2031) DEC for each subsector.

Given the ACT's size, there is only the one Audit region for the territory. In 2011, the DEC of infrastructure in the ACT was $3.5 billion, which was around two per cent of the national figure.

In 2031, ACT infrastructure DEC is projected to increase by around $3.3 billion, or 96 per cent, reaching $6.8 billion (1.8 per cent of national DEC).

Table 86: Overview of ACT 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

84,200,000
Car VKT per day

4%

9,900,000
Car VKT per day

2%

$1,824m

2%

$3,577m

2%

96%

Urban
Public Transport

3,400,000
Passenger KT per day

1%

700,000
Passenger KT per day

1%

National Highways

0
km of nationally significant roads

n/a

0
vehicles per day

n/a

$0m

n/a

$0m

n/a

n/a

Freight Rail

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

$0m

n/a

$0m

n/a

-16%

Ports

0
Mt p.a. throughput

n/a

0
Mt p.a. throughput

n/a

$0m

n/a

$0m

n/a

n/a

0.0
MTEU throughput

n/a

0.0
MTEU throughput

n/a

Airports

1
Count of airfields

0%

3,240,848
Total RPT passenger movements

2%

$900m

4%

$1,943m

5%

116%

Energy

0
Installed capacity (MW) of Generation

n/a

0
Utilisation of
Generation (GWh)

Electricity

620
Peak Demand Transmission (MW)

2%

3,062
Utilisation of Transmission (GWh)

<1%

$168m

1%

$246m

1%

47%

620
Peak Demand Distribution (MW)

2%

3,062
Utilisation of Distribution (GWh)

Gas

n/a

n/a

0.00
Transmission throughput (PJ/a)

n/a

$0m

n/a

$0m

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

7.05
Distribution throughput (PJ/a)

2%

$39m

3%

$22m

1%

-44%

Petroleum product terminals

n/a

n/a

0
Annual throughput (ML)

n/a

$0m

n/a

$0m

n/a

n/a

Telecommunications

4.85
Broadband average availability rating (out of 5)

n/a

115

n/a

$316m

2%

$656m

2%

108%

2.70
Broadband average quality rating (out of 5)

n/a

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

Water & Sewerage

Water

3,134
Length of water mains (km)

1%

33,650
Water supplied (ML)

1%

56
Volume of water stored in dams (GL)

<1%

150
Properties served - water ('000)

2%

$209m

2%

$316m

2%

51%

Sewerage

0
Desalination capacity (ML)

n/a

35,441
Sewage collected (ML)

2%

3,134
Length of sewer mains (km)

2%

149
Properties served - sewerage ('000)

2%

Source: ACIL Allen Consulting (2014a)499




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499. 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.