Transport and Travel in Scotland 2010

Summarises a broad range of transport statistics including road vehicles, traffic, casualties, bus and rail passengers, road and rail freight, air and water transport and personal travel as well as providing some comparisons with GB figures. Further breakdowns of Scottish Household Survey transport data including households' access to cars and bikes, frequency of driving, modes of travel to work and school, use and opinions of public transport and access to services are also presented.


Table 6: [Travel to work] Employed adults not working from home - usual method of travel to work*, 2010

How random adult usually travels to work/education Sample size (=100%)
Walking Driver Car/Van Passenger Car/Van Bicycle Bus Rail
(inc. U/g)
Other
row percentages
All people aged 16+ in 2010: 13.4 61.0 6.3 2.3 10.8 3.6 2.7 5,221
By gender:
Male 10.9 64.5 5.6 3.5 8.5 3.4 3.6 2,446
Female 16.1 57.3 7.0 1.0 13.1 3.8 1.6 2,775
by age:
16 - 20 25.4 32.3 17.6 0.5 18.8 4.8 0.6 116
21 - 29 17.0 51.7 8.0 2.6 14.1 4.5 2.2 774
30 - 39 12.3 63.3 5.6 2.8 9.6 3.6 2.8 1,240
40 - 49 11.0 65.4 4.5 2.5 8.8 3.8 4.1 1,488
50 - 59 12.3 65.9 5.5 1.9 9.8 3.0 1.5 1,149
60 and over 15.0 58.8 7.9 1.6 13.2 1.6 2.1 454
by current situation:
Self employed 11.4 70.8 3.3 3.1 2.5 2.6 6.3 322
Employed full time 11.0 62.9 6.7 2.6 10.3 3.8 2.7 3,728
Employed part time 21.8 52.2 5.5 1.2 14.6 3.2 1.6 1,171
by annual net household income:
up to £10,000 p.a. 29.9 29.0 5.8 2.8 25.4 5.1 1.9 245
over £10,000 - £15,000 21.6 43.5 6.0 1.6 23.8 1.8 1.7 587
over £15,000 - £20,000 18.2 49.9 6.9 2.2 16.6 3.3 2.8 706
over £20,000 - £25,000 13.6 56.7 9.8 3.4 12.6 1.7 2.3 693
over £25,000 - £30,000 15.4 62.7 6.7 1.6 8.2 3.3 2.1 640
over £30,000 - £40,000 11.6 64.9 6.7 2.0 7.1 5.3 2.4 1,093
over £40,000 p.a. 6.8 74.2 3.7 2.6 5.3 3.6 3.7 1,214
by Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation:
1 (20% most deprived) 20.1 45.0 9.5 1.7 18.3 2.9 2.4 837
2' 14.5 57.9 8.0 0.6 12.7 4.5 1.9 1,001
3' 13.4 63.0 6.3 2.8 8.8 3.3 2.4 1,157
4' 9.0 68.7 4.5 2.6 7.8 3.7 3.7 1,205
5 (20% least deprived) 11.7 66.6 3.9 3.6 7.9 3.6 2.7 1,018
by urban/rural classification:
Large urban areas 14.8 50.7 6.0 3.6 17.0 5.6 2.4 1,784
Other urban 13.4 63.8 7.5 1.2 8.6 2.4 3.0 1,566
Small accessible towns 9.0 71.9 7.3 1.8 5.8 2.5 1.8 464
Small remote towns 22.7 57.2 6.1 3.0 5.5 1.7 3.7 344
Accessible rural 7.4 76.7 3.3 1.7 5.8 3.2 1.9 644
Remote rural 16.5 67.0 6.0 1.1 3.4 0.8 5.1 418
by number of cars available to household:
None 34.1 3.5 8.1 4.7 41.1 6.5 2.0 826
One 15.2 57.2 8.7 2.5 9.4 4.1 2.9 2,471
Two + 5.3 82.3 3.2 1.3 3.0 2.2 2.7 1,924
by household type:
Single adult 16.7 54.1 4.3 2.8 14.6 4.7 2.8 1,183
Small adult 13.3 61.4 5.9 2.2 11.2 3.7 2.2 1,296
Single parent 17.4 54.7 5.4 0.8 19.5 1.1 1.1 329
Small family 10.1 69.3 4.8 2.9 6.8 3.7 2.4 1,079
Large family 13.7 60.0 9.5 2.4 7.8 2.1 4.4 417
Large adult 14.1 57.6 8.2 1.8 11.5 4.1 2.6 534
Pensioners 14.2 57.8 6.0 1.3 14.6 2.9 3.1 383

*Those in full-time employment, part-time employment and self-employed only.

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