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Table 5.25: How adults usually travel to work or education by local authority
Column percentages, 2003/2004 data
Adults in work or education, excluding those who work from home

Walking

Driver car/van

Passenger car/van

Bicycle

Bus (ordinary, school or works)

Rail

Other

All

Base

Aberdeen City

18

54

7

1

16

0

4

100

564

Aberdeenshire

12

67

8

2

6

1

4

100

573

Angus

24

55

8

3

6

2

2

100

267

Argyll and Bute

18

55

13

3

6

4

2

100

184

Clackmannanshire

7

67

11

0

12

2

2

100

234

Dumfries and Galloway

18

63

8

2

6

0

3

100

295

Dundee City

24

42

12

2

19

1

0

100

324

East Ayrshire

14

62

8

1

12

2

1

100

286

East Dunbartonshire

3

65

6

1

13

11

1

100

235

East Lothian

14

58

9

2

11

4

1

100

230

East Renfrewshire

7

65

5

0

13

8

2

100

280

Edinburgh City

21

39

5

4

27

2

2

100

1,203

Eilean Siar

13

61

7

2

16

-

2

100

190

Falkirk

10

65

9

1

11

4

1

100

383

Fife

11

61

9

2

11

4

3

100

924

Glasgow City

17

41

8

1

23

7

3

100

1,234

Highland

18

60

8

3

9

-

3

100

448

Inverclyde

13

56

15

-

9

3

4

100

217

Midlothian

11

56

8

2

20

0

4

100

246

Moray

14

62

8

4

6

1

5

100

296

North Ayrshire

11

51

10

1

15

9

3

100

276

North Lanarkshire

11

59

11

1

13

4

2

100

709

Orkney

21

62

7

2

2

-

7

100

299

Perth and Kinross

18

62

6

1

11

-

2

100

270

Renfrewshire

11

52

11

0

17

6

3

100

423

Scottish Borders

21

63

7

3

4

1

1

100

295

Shetland

16

70

9

0

3

-

3

100

321

South Ayrshire

14

66

4

2

9

4

1

100

252

South Lanarkshire

10

62

12

0

10

4

2

100

682

Stirling

10

62

11

2

9

5

1

100

257

West Dunbartonshire

8

59

8

0

14

8

2

100

209

West Lothian

10

63

8

1

9

5

3

100

426

Scotland

15

55

8

2

14

4

2

100

13,032

Table 5.26: How adults usually travel to work/education by year
Column percentages, 1999-2004 data
Adults in work or education, excluding those who work from home

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

Walking

15.3

15.4

15.1

15.7

14.6

14.5

Driver car/van

50.6

52.5

53.8

51.9

55.5

55.3

Passenger car/van

11.4

10.0

10.1

10.6

9.0

7.9

Motorcycle/moped

0.3

0.2

0.5

0.4

0.5

0.5

Bicycle

1.7

1.9

1.6

1.5

1.8

1.7

School bus

0.8

0.7

0.7

0.7

0.6

0.8

Works bus

1.1

1.1

1.0

0.9

0.7

1.2

Ordinary (service) bus

12.5

12.9

12.4

13.2

12.0

12.6

Taxi/minicab

0.5

0.5

0.4

0.5

0.6

0.8

Rail

3.2

2.6

2.6

3.1

2.9

3.6

Underground

0.4

0.2

0.4

0.2

0.3

0.2

Ferry

0.1

0.0

0.1

0.1

0.0

0.1

Aeroplane

0.3

0.4

0.3

0.4

0.4

0.2

Other

1.7

1.6

1.0

0.8

1.0

0.7

All

100

100

100

100

100

100

Base

6,509

6,762

6,770

6,510

6,339

6,693

Table 5.27: How adults usually travel to work or education by net annual household income
Column percentages, 2003/2004 data
Adults in work or education, excluding those who work from home

£0 - £6,000

£6,001 - £10,000

£10,001 - £15,000

£15,001 -£20,000

£20,001 - £25,000

£25,001 - £30,000

£30,001 - £40,000

Over £40,000

All (income known)

Walking

36

28

21

15

14

11

9

8

14

Driver car/van

25

34

41

52

54

61

67

70

56

Passenger car/van

7

8

9

9

11

10

6

6

8

Bicycle

3

1

2

2

3

2

1

1

2

Bus (ordinary, school or works)

25

23

22

16

14

11

9

6

14

Rail

2

3

3

3

2

3

4

6

4

Other

2

2

3

3

2

2

3

3

2

All

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

Base

331

865

2,114

2,158

2,094

1872

2183

1260

12877

Table 5.28: How adults usually travel to work/education by urban/rural classification
Column percentages, 2003/2004 data
Adults in work or education, excluding those who work from home

Large urban areas

Other urban areas

Accessible small towns

Remote small towns

Accessible rural

Remote rural

Scotland

Walking

17

14

12

29

7

14

15

Driver car/van

46

58

60

48

72

70

55

Passenger car/van

8

9

10

10

8

6

8

Bicycle

2

2

1

3

1

1

2

Bus (ordinary, school or works)

21

11

10

7

8

5

14

Rail

5

4

3

1

2

0

4

Other

2

2

3

3

2

4

2

All

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

Base

4,738

3,788

1,370

598

1,557

981

13,032

Table 5.29: How school children normally travel to school by net annual household income
Column percentages, 2003/2004 data
Pupils in full-time education at school

£0 - £6,000

£6,001 - £10,000

£10,001 - £15,000

£15,001 -£20,000

£20,001 - £25,000

£25,001 - £30,000

£30,001 - £40,000

Over £40,001

All (income known)

Walking

63

61

64

51

54

48

45

41

52

Driver/passenger car/van

12

11

11

19

21

26

27

34

22

Bicycle

-

0

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Bus (ordinary or school)

24

25

21

25

22

22

24

21

23

Rail

-

1

0

1

0

1

1

2

1

Other

1

2

3

3

1

2

1

1

2

All

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

Base

105

525

1016

957

1002

1011

1235

682

6,533

Table 5.30: How school children normally travel to school by urban/rural classification
Column percentages, 2003/2004 data
Pupils in full-time education at school

Large urban areas

Other urban areas

Accessible small towns

Remote small towns

Accessible rural

Remote rural

Scotland

Walking

57

56

57

60

30

28

52

Driver/passenger car/van

23

23

19

18

22

17

22

Bicycle

0

2

2

4

1

2

1

Bus (ordinary or school)

17

17

21

16

44

51

23

Rail

1

0

0

-

1

-

1

Other

1

2

1

2

3

2

2

All

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

Base

2,211

1,897

775

280

863

570

6,596

Table 5.31: Adult participation in education and training by age
Column percentages, 2003/2004 data
Adult population aged 16-64 years

16 to 24

25 to 34

35 to 44

45 to 59

60 to 64

All

None

47

69

72

78

92

72

On-the-job training

17

19

19

16

3

16

Further Education course

11

3

3

2

1

3

A university based course

18

5

2

1

0

4

Distance learning/Open university

2

3

3

2

1

2

School

5

0

0

0

0

1

Adult education or evening class

2

2

3

3

2

2

Help with reading, writing or use of numbers

0

0

0

0

0

0

Other

1

1

1

1

1

1

Base

2,316

4,208

5,393

6,775

2,205

20,897

Columns add to more than 100% since multiple responses were allowed.

Table 5.32: Adult participation in training and education by sex
Column percentages, 2003/2004 data
Adult population aged 16-64 years

Male

Female

All

None

72

72

72

On-the-job training

17

15

16

Further Education course

3

3

3

A university based course

4

5

4

Distance learning/Open university

2

2

2

School

1

1

1

Adult education or evening class

2

3

2

Help with reading, writing or numbers

0

0

0

Other

1

1

1

Base

9,193

11,704

20,897

Columns add to more than 100% since multiple responses were allowed.

Table 5.33: Adult participation in training and education by urban/rural classification
Column percentages, 2003/2004 data
Adult population aged 16-64 years

Large urban areas

Other urban areas

Accessible small towns

Remote small towns

Accessible rural

Remote rural

Scotland

None

71

74

71

73

73

75

72

On-the-job training

15

16

19

14

17

15

16

Further Education course

3

4

4

2

3

3

3

A university based course

7

3

3

3

2

1

4

Distance learning/Open university

2

2

2

4

2

4

2

School

1

1

1

2

1

1

1

Adult education or evening class

3

2

2

3

3

4

2

Help with reading, writing or use of numbers

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Other

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Base

7,608

5,924

2,170

928

2,531

1,734

20,895

Columns add to more than 100% since multiple responses were allowed.

Table 5.34: Adult participation in training and education by local authority
Row percentages, 2003/2004 data Adult population aged 16-64 years

None

On-the-job training

Further Education course

A university based course

Distance learning/Open university

School

Adult education or evening class

Help with reading, writing or use of numbers

Other

Base

Aberdeen City

68

14

3

9

3

1

3

0

0

812

Aberdeenshire

70

18

4

2

3

1

3

0

0

859

Angus

74

14

6

2

1

1

3

0

0

404

Argyll and Bute

74

13

4

2

3

0

5

0

1

348

Clackmannanshire

73

15

3

3

3

0

3

0

1

401

Dumfries and Galloway

77

15

2

2

2

1

3

0

1

523

Dundee City

78

9

2

8

2

1

1

0

0

530

East Ayrshire

80

15

3

1

1

1

1

0

1

483

East Dunbartonshire

67

18

3

6

2

1

3

0

0

356

East Lothian

74

18

1

3

1

1

1

0

1

366

East Renfrewshire

68

19

2

6

2

1

2

0

1

418

Edinburgh City

68

15

3

9

2

0

4

0

1

1,723

Eilean Siar

79

11

3

3

2

0

3

0

0

353

Falkirk

70

22

3

2

2

1

2

0

0

580

Fife

71

19

4

3

2

1

2

0

1

1,435

Glasgow City

70

17

4

6

1

1

2

0

0

2,272

Highland

73

16

2

1

5

1

4

0

1

743

Inverclyde

72

18

3

4

2

1

2

0

1

363

Midlothian

78

13

3

2

2

1

1

0

0

402

Moray

66

26

3

1

2

0

1

0

1

444

North Ayrshire

78

12

3

4

1

0

3

0

1

533

North Lanarkshire

79

12

4

2

1

1

2

0

0

1,205

Orkney

67

22

6

2

5

0

4

0

1

471

Perth and Kinross

71

18

4

3

2

0

3

0

0

394

Renfrewshire

66

22

3

5

2

1

2

0

1

675

Scottish Borders

78

12

3

3

2

0

2

0

0

455

Shetland

66

20

5

1

6

1

3

0

1

467

South Ayrshire

70

17

4

4

1

1

3

0

2

406

South Lanarkshire

77

14

3

3

3

0

1

0

0

1,093

Stirling

66

23

2

8

2

0

3

0

0

396

West Dunbartonshire

73

17

3

5

1

0

2

0

1

338

West Lothian

79

14

3

2

1

0

1

0

0

649

Scotland

72

16

3

4

2

1

2

0

1

20,897

Rows add to more than 100% since multiple responses were allowed.

Table 5.35: Adult participation in training and education by qualifications held
Column percentages, 2003/2004 data
Adult population aged 16-64 years

No qualifications

O Grade or equivalent

Highers or equivalent

First or higher degree

Professional qualifications

All

None

90

67

62

59

58

72

On-the-job training

6

19

21

24

29

16

Further Education course

1

4

4

2

2

3

A university based course

0

5

7

10

6

4

Distance learning/Open university

0

2

3

4

4

2

School

0

1

1

0

0

1

Adult education or evening class

1

3

3

4

4

2

Help with reading, writing or use of numbers

0

0

0

0

0

0

Other

1

1

1

1

1

1

Base

4,668

13,268

11,100

3,315

2,945

20,897

Columns add to more than 100% since multiple responses were allowed.

Table 5.36: Qualifications held by age and by sex
Column percentages, 2003/2004 data
Adult population aged 16-64 years

Male

Female

16 to 24

25 to 34

35 to 44

45 to 59

60 to 64

All

No qualifications

20

22

7

10

18

29

42

21

O Grade or equivalent

63

64

70

76

69

56

44

64

Highers or equivalent

58

51

54

66

57

50

34

54

First or higher degree

17

15

10

26

17

15

8

16

Professional qualifications

13

15

2

14

16

18

14

14

Base

9,193

11,704

2,316

4,208

5,393

6,775

2,205

20,897

Columns add to more than 100% since multiple responses were allowed.

Table 5.37: Qualifications held by net annual household income
Column percentages, 2003/2004 data
Adult population aged 16-64 years

£0 - £6,000

£6,001 - £10,000

£10,001 - £15,000

£15,001 -£20,000

£20,001 - £25,000

£25,001 - £30,000

£30,001 - £40,000

Over £40,000

All (income known)

No qualifications

38

40

31

24

18

13

8

3

21

O Grade or equivalent

49

49

55

62

68

71

73

77

64

Highers or equivalent

36

32

41

47

54

62

72

86

54

First or higher degree

9

5

9

11

12

15

25

48

16

Professional qualifications

6

4

6

10

12

14

24

40

14

Base

1,375

2,724

3,757

3,273

2,779

2,313

2,601

1,496

20,318

Columns add to more than 100% since multiple responses were allowed.

Table 5.38: Qualifications held by local authority
Row percentages, 2003/2004 data Adult population aged 16-64 years

No qualifications

O Grade or equivalent

Highers or equivalent

First or higher degree

Professional qualifications

Base

Aberdeen City

11

69

62

22

13

812

Aberdeenshire

18

67

57

15

15

859

Angus

14

78

59

13

14

404

Argyll and Bute

21

66

55

13

15

348

Clackmannanshire

18

69

54

10

13

401

Dumfries and Galloway

26

63

47

11

14

523

Dundee City

27

53

46

15

9

530

East Ayrshire

32

54

46

9

9

483

East Dunbartonshire

13

73

70

29

29

356

East Lothian

17

67

54

18

18

366

East Renfrewshire

17

69

70

25

23

418

Edinburgh City

13

69

67

32

21

1,723

Eilean Siar

28

60

52

10

14

353

Falkirk

20

68

46

9

12

580

Fife

20

69

51

12

13

1,435

Glasgow City

28

57

49

18

11

2,272

Highland

18

68

55

13

16

743

Inverclyde

28

59

52

11

11

363

Midlothian

21

69

46

11

10

402

Moray

20

47

55

12

11

444

North Ayrshire

25

54

52

10

13

533

North Lanarkshire

28

58

44

9

9

1,205

Orkney

22

68

56

11

24

471

Perth and Kinross

13

73

60

18

18

394

Renfrewshire

21

59

57

15

14

675

Scottish Borders

20

64

58

18

21

455

Shetland

22

73

49

15

15

467

South Ayrshire

20

60

59

14

19

406

South Lanarkshire

25

58

52

14

11

1,093

Stirling

9

79

63

23

16

396

West Dunbartonshire

27

61

46

9

10

338

West Lothian

24

63

43

10

10

649

Scotland

21

64

54

16

14

20,897

Rows add to more than 100% since multiple responses were allowed.

Table 5.39: Qualifications held by urban/rural classification
Column percentages, 2003/2004 data
Adult population aged 16-64 years

Large urban areas

Other urban areas

Accessible small towns

Remote small towns

Accessible rural

Remote rural

Scotland

No qualifications

21

22

22

22

17

21

21

O Grade or equivalent

62

64

62

64

67

66

64

Highers or equivalent

55

50

54

52

58

54

54

First or higher degree

20

11

13

9

18

16

16

Professional qualifications

14

12

14

13

18

18

14

Base

7,608

5,924

2,170

928

2,531

1,734

20,895

Columns add to more than 100% since multiple responses were allowed.

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