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Table 24 Pupils in full-time education at school - usual method of travel to school 1 : 2006

Usual method of travel to school

Sample size
(=100%)

Walking

Car or Van

Bicycle

School bus 2

Service bus

Bus (any type)

Rail 3

Other 4

row percentages

n =

All full-time at school in 2006

51

22

1

17

7

24

1

1

3,240

by sex:

boys

50

21

1

18

6

24

1

2

1,616

girls

52

22

0

16

7

23

1

1

1,624

by age:

4-5

59

31

0

7

2

9

0

2

293

6-7

58

29

0

9

3

12

0

1

520

8-9

61

21

1

13

3

16

0

1

517

10-11

57

24

2

11

5

16

0

2

478

All 4-11

59

26

1

10

3

14

0

1

1,808

12-13

40

19

1

24

11

35

3

2

531

14-15

45

13

1

25

13

38

2

1

581

16-18

38

18

1

28

9

38

4

2

320

All 12-18

42

17

1

25

11

37

3

2

1,432

by socio-economic classification of Highest Income Householder:

Higher managerial & prof. occs

43

31

2

14

8

22

3

1

290

Lower managerial and prof. occs

47

26

0

20

4

24

1

1

924

Intermediate occupations

56

24

1

10

7

17

2

0

208

Small employers & sole traders

44

25

2

23

4

27

2

0

263

Lower supervisory & tech. occs

52

23

2

15

7

22

0

1

437

Semi-routine occupations

57

14

1

18

7

24

2

2

350

Routine occupations

55

13

0

20

10

30

0

2

355

by annual net household income:

up to £ 10,000

63

12

0

15

8

23

0

1

240

over £ 10,000, up to £ 15,000

60

15

0

16

6

22

1

1

434

over £ 15,000, up to £ 20,000

55

17

1

15

11

26

1

2

424

over £ 20,000, up to £ 25,000

56

19

1

15

7

22

1

2

414

over £ 25,000, up to £ 30,000

51

24

0

14

8

22

1

1

446

over £ 30,000, up to £ 40,000

46

24

2

20

5

25

1

1

688

over £ 40,000

42

29

1

20

5

25

3

1

569

by Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation quintiles:

1 (most deprived 20% of areas)

60

14

0

11

12

23

1

1

675

2

58

20

1

13

7

19

1

1

576

3

49

21

1

22

6

28

0

2

695

4

36

27

1

27

5

32

3

1

639

5 (least deprived 20% of areas)

53

26

1

13

4

17

2

1

653

by urban / rural classification:

Large urban areas

57

24

0

6

11

17

1

1

1,056

Other urban areas

59

23

1

10

5

15

1

1

990

"Accessible" small towns

51

17

2

23

4

27

2

1

323

"Remote" small towns

69

17

3

6

5

11

0

0

155

"Accessible" rural areas

24

21

1

47

3

50

1

1

420

"Remote" rural areas

33

15

0

46

4

50

0

2

296

by distance between home and school:

Less than 1 km

83

13

1

2

1

3

0

0

1,532

1 to less than 2 km

44

31

1

14

9

23

0

2

663

2 to less than 3 km

8

34

1

32

20

52

2

2

247

3 to less than 5 km

1

30

0

46

20

66

0

3

194

5 to less than 10 km

2

17

0

62

11

73

5

3

195

Over 10 km 5

4

16

0

68

6

75

1

4

133

by number of cars available to the household:

none

70

4

0

11

12

23

1

2

573

one

53

23

1

16

7

22

1

1

1,385

more than one

42

28

1

21

5

26

2

1

1,282

1. The usual main method of transport is recorded if the method varies, or if the journey involves more than one method
2 Including those who were said to travel by "private bus", and a few who went by "works bus".
3 Including the Glasgow Underground.
4 e.g. motorcycle, lorry, taxi, ferry, etc.
5 The small percentage walking or cycling very long distances may be due to errors in the recorded information or estimation process, or to pupils staying away from home during the week.

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