| Railways | total: 33,343 km (2015) standard gauge: 17,446 km 1.435-m gauge (650 km electrified) (2015) narrow gauge: 12,318 km 1.067-m gauge (2,075.5 km electrified) (2015) broad gauge: 3,247 km 1.600-m gauge (372 km electrified) (2015) |
| Roadways | total: 873,573 km (2015) urban: 145,928 km (2015) non-urban: 727,645 km (2015) |
| Waterways | 2,000 km (mainly used for recreation on Murray and Murray-Darling River systems) (2011) |
| Pipelines | 637 km condensate/gas, 30054 km gas, 240 km liquid petroleum gas, 3609 km oil, 110 km oil/gas/water, 72 km refined products (2013) |
| Ports and terminals | major seaport(s): Brisbane, Cairns, Darwin, Fremantle, Geelong, Gladstone, Hobart, Melbourne, Newcastle, Port Adelaide, Port Kembla, Sydney container port(s) (TEUs): Melbourne (2,967,315), Sydney (2,572,714) (2019) LNG terminal(s) (export): Australia Pacific, Barrow Island, Burrup (Pluto), Curtis Island, Darwin, Karratha, Bladin Point (Ichthys), Gladstone, Prelude (offshore FLNG), Wheatstone dry bulk cargo port(s): Dampier (iron ore), Dalrymple Bay (coal), Hay Point (coal), Port Hedland (iron ore), Port Walcott (iron ore) |
| Merchant marine | total: 581 by type: bulk carrier 3, general cargo 78, oil tanker 6, other 494 (2020) |
| Airports | total: 418 (2020) |
| Airports - with paved runways | total: 349 (2017) over 3,047 m: 11 (2017) 2,438 to 3,047 m: 14 (2017) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 155 (2017) 914 to 1,523 m: 155 (2017) under 914 m: 14 (2017) |
| Airports - with unpaved runways | total: 131 (2013) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 16 (2013) 914 to 1,523 m: 101 (2013) under 914 m: 14 (2013) |
| Heliports | 1 (2013) |
| National air transport system | number of registered air carriers: 25 (2020) inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 583 annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 75,667,645 (2018) annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 2,027,640,000 mt-km (2018) |
| Civil aircraft registration country code prefix | VH |
Source: CIA World Factbook
This page was last updated on September 18, 2021
