Hello Community,
My commute to work is around 1hr 10mins by public transport (Bus and Train), which I think is kind of okish.
My commute would be 55mins if I go by car, park at a station and catch train to work.
Just wanted to find out how much you all spend in commute to work.
24km each way
5.30am TO work <25 minutes (PB of 21)
3.45pm FROM work 30-35 minutes
RADelaide
15 seconds walk from bed to office.
1h 40m each way between central coast and Sydney.
Did you ever get used to it? Tried leaving earlier/finishing earlier?
Yes I'm used to it now. I can't really leave before 5, I prefer to be there when my team goes home.
Same trip, I just do early starts and get out of Sydney as early as possible - still plenty of time to enjoy the coast once I get back
Trip is usually consumed by reading, videogames or studying (and occasionally work but I try not to!)
How early is early? I leave my house at 6.15am which is early enough for me.
I usually watch Netflix to waste the time.
10 minute walk
same, it's the best.
It really is, i work in an office and have to sit in-front of a computer for 8 hours a day so a nice walk either side helps.
25-30 mins. I listen to audiobooks. Frankly I'd probably end up killing myself if I had a longer commute. I can't stand that wasted time.
Even with just a half hour commute, over the course of a year I'm wasting 260 hours, or 32 working days (i.e. 1 month) just sitting in a car.
I really wish we had a good metro train system throughout sydney.
Would you trade up a 20 minute commute for a 30min for a nicer place just a few stops up the same train line?
My situation
Yeah if I was really set on the nicer place.
Intresting, thanks, looking for appartments atm, so a yard would be nice but yeah 30mins+ away @Gordon
Cycling 15 minutes plus a shower
Driving 15-20 minutes plus 10 minute walk to office
Time is money!
Kept a lower paying job because of the commute/time cost in taking more money elsewhere!
Interesting, if the money is enough say around 10k extra. I always take the money. The way I see it is I don't make money while i'm commuting if it's 30min or 1hr. If it's only 5k more then social ,commute and benefits come into the decision
10 k per year/48 weeks (4 weeks leave), assuming after tax = $41.67 per day.
Longer commute (1 hours each way), results in less earned per hour.
Also, home in time to help/hug kids before AND after work = far more valuable than $41.67 a day. I can easily earn more when I want to later in life, but I can never get back missed school assemblies.
Currently earn enough to support us on our lifestyle, turned down job adding 1 hours commute for $48k more, hassle wasn't worth it, very fortunate to not have to earn highest salary I have the potential to, as we have modest tastes and live within our means (80%) rule.
Sounds trite, but your kids (if you have them) unless they're highly materialistic themselves (which is learned behaviours) will always remember the time you spent, not the money you spend. I know what I'd rather spend, and it's my time, as it's more valuable, you can't earn more of it. Money = easy to get.
yep . I was going to add i don't have kids. If I did different story, although an extra 48K would be hard to turn down for anyone kids or not. Good job :)
Totally understand, without kids, I'd be mining and buying houses to retire early!
with kids, it's different. Simple question really, "How much money would I sell my kids childhood for?".
48k = what? a pool, a boat? a couple of fancy holidays a year?. all nice to have, I'd like them, yes, but not at the expense of missing out on the things that won't ever come up again for me. 10 years at a lower salary is about half a mil give or take, which is a lot, I agree. But still nowhere near as valuable to me as time.
I wonder if/when they finally discover (and patent, $$$$$$$$) anti-aging genes, how much they'll charge you per year of life. More than a million I'd bet!
Very true. My sister works brutally long hours for good money. I asked about how often she sees the kids and she replied "hopefully when they're older, they'll appreciate the nice things they have for how hard I've worked".
She's a smart person but I think she has this completely wrong. Kids will never thank their parents for not being around. They just want to be with you.
You sound like you've got a good system going. Good job! :)
About 8 seconds from the breakfast table to my home office.
In regional Victoria, 20 min walk or 5-10 mins car (they drop me off on their way to school).
5 minute walk. sometime i:ll go home for lunch
In Canberra. Approx 20 minutes each way. I am renting a car parking spot next door to where I work.
When I catch the bus, its approx 45 minutes each way. However, when the light rail is built, I will cease driving and catch that as driving to work can be a little exxy (but nice).
Which suburb? Gungahlin I assume
Live in Franklin, Work in New Acton.
30 minutes, train.
5 minute walk, purposely moved as close to my new job as possible when I moved for it two years ago.
Used to have 45+ minutes each way by bus which was usually quite pleasant as I could offset my work times a bit (to avoid peak) but I couldn't imagine doing it now.
Would also like to live a bit more rural but that will be difficult for now.
10min door to desk by car. (6km). I got a job closer to home, previously was a 20-30min drive in a company car. Lost the car when I changed jobs.
I often cycle, which takes about 30-35min door to desk allowing for a cool down and shower, 17min riding. I much prefer riding despite the time disadvantage, but other commitments mean I can't do it every day.
6 or 7 mins by car
14 to 21 mins by bike depending on weather.
40 minutes by bus , 15 by car.
I wouldn’t travel more than an hour and a half on public transport to get to work unless I was getting paid way above the pay grade.
1hr15min door to door, about 15mins less if I drive to the station. This is in Sydney.
I drive, it takes between 25 and 45 minutes depending on the time of day (I work varying hours) 17km.
Less than 1 minute, after making coffee to sit at my home office desk.
10-15 mins by bicycle.
15-30 mins by bus.
30-35 mins walk.
Have never driven to work for work but I imagine 15-20 mins due to traffic in the CBD.
Perth. I have a strong preference for bike over bus but half the time I am too disorganised to bring shirt to work beforehand.
less than 10 mins drive if bad traffic
less than 5 mins drive if good traffic
3-4 minutes in good traffic
4-5 minutes in bad traffic
135 minutes each way. 185km each way. Enjoy my own company so works for me.
I just need an app to read out new bargains over Bluetooth when they hit RSS feed.
Sitting for that far will surely make your bottom tight!
You must really love your job if you're happy to travel 4 hours every day to get to it..
That's literally over 1 month of solid travel time per year. Commuting.
I'm sorry but that is ridiculous.
I do love my work. I'm in the fortunate position of only working part time so I only do that trip once a week. Every day would not be feasible.
Live in CBD - 2kms to work
Walk : 40mins
Bus : 30-40mins (10min walk to bus stop)
You could get to work in 15mins walking 2km.
Is that 2km walk inaccessible?
Powerwalk makes it about 30mins.
I generally do it once a week but only in the afternoons to avoid the morning sweat (not good for meetings etc)
How slow do you walk? Average walking speed is 5 km/h, which is 2.5km in 30 minutes.
Power walking ranges from 7 to 9 km/h which gets you 3.5 to 4.5 km in 30 minutes, or 2km in 13-17 minutes.
@Shwayne: Pre slow from these calcs, also count in the time waiting for lights (approx 8-10) depending on the direction i take
1.5 hours door to door. (driving to station, train to work)
Moved in w/ partner now it's 30min door to door
Less than 30 min walk - Melbourne CBD. I arrive stress free and get my dose of exercise each way. When I'm ready to give up on life I'll move to the burbs and commute.
Downvoted? maybe someone doesn't like that your are stress free and get exercise?
+1 Similar situation.
I don't know why you'd ever want to give it up though!
Having a bigger house/garden on the weekends just isn't worth dealing with packed metro trains.
Door to door, direct bus about 30 minutes, but usually it is two buses, childcare, then a train…about 1 hour and 15 minutes (includes at least 15 minutes at childcare) :(
5 minutes drive (10 blocks away)
10 minute drive to work, thankfully in the same suburb I live.
Use to take an hour and 15 minutes with public transport. Now it takes 20 mins with the motorbike.
5 mins, 3km. Love it. I work in finance so sometimes longish hours which come with it so great to be able to switch off the moment I'm out the door and not have long commutes added in.
used to be 40 mins before the light rail construction began. now it is 1h-1.2h. (bus, Sydney east)
Hopefully you'll be staying in the area to reap befits afterwards
2 min drive… and im still late to work everyday
I'm 10 minutes if I get stuck at the 2 sets of traffic lights that I always blame if I'm late (that includes a slight detour to drop kids off at the bus stop).
10 minutes drive with the option to work from home, moving offices soon so it'll become 35-40 minutes…
Perth. Half hour on the motorbike in peak hour. I just ride up the middle of the traffic at lights. (It's not illegal!)
Means I could buy a cheap house on a big block 18km from the city and not have to spend an hour in my car each way.
Motorbikes are where it's at. Saves me soooo much time.
By car 35 mins, by train 1 hr but best decision I have ever made was to get a good bike. An hr 10 mins but I've have gotten in shape, eating healthier and more because I get hungry and met bunch of great mates, got the mrs into it too and now we go out on weekends riding around.
Pretty sore most days though so that's a bummer…no pun intended :D
70 minutes each way Melbourne. Have company ute and I have to drive.
6 minute walk.
It used to be an hour in the car when I was renting a house in an outer Brisbane suburb. This year I moved to a one bedroom unit near work. Best move ever! I only wish I had done it much sooner.
For 3 years 70min train to Melb CBD then 10min walk. Had to stand about every second day on the train home. I read a lottttt of books!
Now, 3 min drive to regional work. Planning on buying a bike for the exercise.
Best thing I ever did.
For 3.5 years my commute time has been 9 mins by car. I forgot what sydney traffic is.
40-50 minutes to Melbourne CBD door to door (walk/train/walk) depending on train delays.
45 minutes by bike door to door.
I ride my bike 2-3 days a week if the weather is good.
50 mins door to door. Since you can now download stuff from streaming services like Netflix to watch on the train, a slightly longer commute is a good thing.
12 minutes, by car, Brisbane
If I take public transportation, it would take me around 50 minutes, including getting two buses and 15 minutes walk.
Car -> +1hour
Motorcycle -> 17 minutes (no speeding) + free parking
Car: 45 to 75 minutes.
Public transport: at least 2:45
My wife is a little different..
Walk: 5 minutes
Drive: 10 - 15 minutes
Yes, she drives..
Canberra, 20 mins (15 on the bus), pretty consistent as there's bus lane most of the way.
Sydney, 35-40min on the train.
Which line could I ask.
Do you think if it was 25min it would make much difference to your life?
North Shore.
When the train is on time it takes me 32 minutes. So I reckon 25 wouldn't make much of a difference.
Ah ok, we are looking to downsize. Gordon at the moment seem to be a good balance between nice size and near the rail. Roseville and anything closer to the city gotta compromise.
I think it's 30min Gordon vs 21min Roseville, 9 mins which is like 40% longer.
Never been more than 15 mins, my last job was 3 mins by car or 10 walking, I wouldn't even accept a job that was more than 30 mins away I would definitely feel like I was wasting too much of my life considering how little time there is outside of work and sleep to begin with.
Anyone see that piece about Facebook paying employees $10k more if they move closer to work? When's that going to take off here…
When it does, you can bet rents close to the cbd will go up by $10k / year.
ie, our employers will be paying local boomers (landlords) the +10k
No doubt lol
The last site I worked at for a year was sometimes 35 minutes (if I had a 6am start) or 60 minutes (6pm start). If I caught the train then 50 minutes or so.
Current sites - 25 minutes and 45 minutes without traffic. The hours I work I can usually avoid most of the traffic.
The job before those it could've been 5 minutes or 1.5 hours, depending where I was working that day.
15 min to drive 10k in Perth. Luckily I live in the city but commute to the suburbs.
Recently made the move out of Sydney and couldn't be happier.
23 minutes, 25 if bad traffic. 32km.
I've been taking it slow lately though, up to 27 minutes, as each of my Japanese lessons takes about that long.
8 minutes, Melbourne
Yeah 50mins door to door on a bus, to go 7km to work…
I tried cycling but the north shore hills are too hectic, and I’m not super fit. 25mins on the bike / 70mins on foot.
If I drive, it generally takes 10-15mins
60 to 75 minutes. FML
Public transport for me would take 2.5 hours via combination of train and bus.
Perth, 12km to work place from home. Takes around 25ish minutes to drive. I dont bother catching public transport because I have to take two trains and one bus to get to my work
35 minutes (walk 5 then train 24 then walk 6)
Brisbane North side to CBD
Live on campus but for some reason I'm still late to class.
20-30 minutes usually but with work on the Monash it's often 40
Shizz, I thought my 25-30 minutes travel is bad…
1 hr and 10 mins on a tram and a bus against peak traffic and I am usually the only person on the bus in the morning
9 years ago it was 1 hour each way no problems. Traffic has gone to trash over the years and it's pretty much 1hr 15 min each way now. Over it. Bring on long service.
2 to 2.5 hours each way. The best part is when transdev cancel 2-3 busses in a row because of traffic. Or when the trains go down and replacement busses are an hour away.
ouch
Currently in Sydney 50 mins by car, 1hr 20m by train.
Next job in Brissy, 5 mins by car, 10 minute walk.
45-50 mins bus. could get that down to 35ish by swapping to a hot sardine can train but screw that