The issue of producing socio-economic profiles for transit service area buffers when the census collection districts (CDs) are not wholly contained has been investigated with regard to several contributing variables in Adelaide, South Australia. The analysis was carried out by grouping the CDs, according to the existing level of transit access of dwelling units, distance from the city centre, and direction (whether the CD is located in northern part or southern part of city etc.) of travel. This research focused on understanding the influence of these factors on the transit dependent socio-economic profile of the dwelling units. The results suggest that, within a certain distance (in the northern statistical sub division it is 17 kilometres) there is no difference between the transit dependent social economic profile of CDs with full transit access (wholly contained) and those with partial transit access (partially contained). This research has outlined the process for calculating the threshold distance in Northern Adelaide to help other researchers prepare socio-economic (Author/publisher) For the covering entry of this conference, please see ITRD abstract no. E211825.
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