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Table 21 Employed 1 adults (16+) not working from home - usual method of travel to work 2: 2006

Walking

Car or van

Bicycle

Bus

Rail (inc. Glas Underg)

Other (eg taxi, m/cycle)

Sample size
(=100%)

Driver

Passen.

All

row percentages

n =

All not working from home in 2006

14

60

7

67

2

12

3

2

6,068

by sex:

men

10

65

6

70

3

10

4

3

2,798

women

17

56

8

64

1

13

3

1

3,270

by age:

16 - 19

22

25

20

45

0

26

2

5

96

20 - 29

17

49

8

57

3

17

6

2

951

30 - 39

13

62

5

67

3

12

4

2

1,609

40 - 49

13

63

7

70

2

9

4

3

1,673

50 - 59

14

65

7

71

1

10

2

2

1,351

60 and over

11

68

8

76

0

10

2

1

388

by current situation:

Self-employed

9

77

4

80

2

2

3

4

280

Employed full-time

12

61

7

69

2

11

4

2

4,417

Employed part-time

21

53

7

60

1

15

2

1

1,371

by socio-economic classification:

Higher managerial & prof. occs

9

65

4

69

3

8

9

2

619

Lower managerial and prof. occs

9

72

4

76

2

8

4

1

1,886

Intermediate occupations

12

60

6

66

2

15

5

1

746

Small employers & sole traders

12

77

3

80

1

2

1

4

92

Lower supervisory & tech. occs

13

60

9

68

2

12

2

4

767

Semi-routine occupations

24

44

9

53

2

16

2

3

1,071

Routine occupations

19

49

13

62

2

15

1

1

778

by annual net household income:

up to £ 10,000

28

37

7

45

3

19

3

2

369

over £ 10,000, up to £ 15,000

21

42

9

50

2

22

3

2

873

over £ 15,000, up to £ 20,000

19

52

7

59

2

17

3

1

929

over £ 20,000, up to £ 25,000

14

59

9

68

2

12

2

1

906

over £ 25,000, up to £ 30,000

14

63

7

70

2

10

3

2

915

over £ 30,000, up to £ 40,000

11

67

6

73

2

9

4

2

1,235

over £ 40,000

5

75

5

80

2

4

6

3

818

by urban / rural classification:

Large urban areas

16

52

6

58

2

18

4

2

2,048

Other urban areas

12

62

8

71

2

9

4

2

1,820

"Accessible" small towns

14

63

8

71

1

9

3

2

586

"Remote" small towns

25

53

8

60

4

6

1

2

328

"Accessible" rural areas

8

75

6

81

0

7

3

2

741

"Remote" rural areas

16

69

4

73

3

5

0

3

545

by distance between home and work:

Less than 1 km

63

28

3

31

3

2

0

1

796

1 to less than 2 km

30

46

9

56

3

9

0

2

715

2 to less than 3 km

14

53

8

61

5

18

1

1

556

3 to less than 5 km

3

59

10

69

2

22

3

0

784

5 to less than 10 km

2

72

6

78

2

14

3

1

1,139

10 to less than 15 km

1

76

6

82

1

11

4

1

633

15 to less than 20 km

1

76

6

82

0

10

6

1

380

20 to less than 40 km 3

0

78

6

84

0

6

8

1

614

Over 40 km 3

5

66

9

75

1

6

12

1

228

by number of cars available to the household:

none

36

2

12

14

4

37

5

3

958

one

16

56

8

65

2

12

4

2

2,959

more than one

5

82

4

86

1

3

3

2

2,151

1. Those whose current situation was described as "self-employed", "employed full-time" or "employed part-time"
2. The usual main method of transport is recorded if the method varies, or if the journey involves more than one method.
3 The small percentages apparently walking or cycling very long distances may be due to errors in the recorded information or the estimation process, or to people staying away from home during their working week.

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