Transport across Scotland in 2005 and 2006: some Scottish Household Survey results for parts of Scotland

Table 11 Adults (16+) - use of local bus services, and train services, in the previous month ^1: 2005 and 2006

	Every day or almost every day	2 or 3 times per week	about once a week	once a fortnight or once a month	not used in past month	Every day or almost every day	2 or 3 times per week	about once a week	once a fortnight or once a month	not used in past month	Sample size ² (=100%)
	Local bus services					Train services					Sample size ² (=100%)
								row percentages			n =
All Scotland	12	12	8	12	56	2	1	3	13	81	28,247
Large urban areas	18	17	10	13	42	2	2	3	13	79	10,092
Other urban areas	10	11	7	11	60	2	1	3	17	77	8,164
"Accessible" small towns	7	9	8	12	63	1	1	2	13	82	2,645
"Remote" small towns	4	5	6	11	74	1	1	1	10	87	1,542
"Accessible" rural areas	5	7	5	10	73	1	1	2	12	84	3,176
"Remote" rural areas	3	3	4	10	80	0	0	1	6	93	2,627
Aberdeen City	16	17	11	15	41	0	1	1	11	87	1,089
Aberdeenshire	4	4	5	12	75	0	0	1	8	90	1,145
Angus	5	8	6	9	72	1	1	2	11	85	571
Argyll & Bute	6	4	4	12	75	2	1	3	14	80	555
Clackmannanshire	7	8	8	14	64	1	1	1	14	83	604
Dumfries & Galloway	5	7	5	13	72	0	0	1	8	91	785
Dundee City	12	19	9	8	52	0	0	1	6	93	784
East Ayrshire	9	12	8	12	60	1	1	2	10	86	613
East Dunbartonshire	9	10	10	11	60	4	5	7	22	62	476
East Lothian	11	9	8	19	53	3	2	2	16	77	493
East Renfrewshire	7	9	8	15	60	5	5	5	22	62	493
Edinburgh, City of	25	19	14	16	26	1	1	2	11	86	2,364
Eilean Siar	6	6	7	10	71	0	0	0	2	98	475
Falkirk	10	10	9	9	62	3	1	2	17	76	706
Fife	9	10	6	12	63	1	1	1	16	81	2,013
Glasgow City	19	18	10	13	40	4	3	3	12	77	2,876
Highland	4	5	7	11	73	0	1	1	10	88	1,100
Inverclyde	13	13	6	15	53	3	3	4	22	68	492
Midlothian	15	12	7	20	47	0	0	1	7	92	497
Moray	1	6	6	9	78	0	0	0	11	89	588
North Ayrshire	11	12	5	9	63	3	2	6	18	72	677
North Lanarkshire	11	12	7	10	60	3	1	3	20	73	1,623
Orkney Islands	1	1	2	4	91	0	0	0	0	99	616
Perth & Kinross	6	13	5	11	65	0	1	1	8	89	629
Renfrewshire	13	16	10	8	53	3	4	6	15	72	866
Scottish Borders	4	8	5	8	76	0	0	0	2	97	599
Shetland Islands	3	4	4	8	82	0	0	0	0	99	584
South Ayrshire	9	14	8	8	61	2	3	4	20	72	575
South Lanarkshire	11	9	7	11	62	3	3	5	19	72	1,489
Stirling	7	11	4	6	72	1	2	4	18	75	605
West Dunbartonshire	15	13	7	12	53	4	3	5	22	66	475
West Lothian	8	8	7	12	65	2	1	3	17	76	790
Highlands & Islands	4	5	6	10	75	0	0	1	9	90	3,206
North-East	10	11	8	14	58	0	0	1	9	89	2,234
South-East	14	13	9	14	51	1	1	2	13	83	8,065
South-West	5	7	5	13	72	0	0	1	8	91	785
Strathclyde	14	13	8	11	53	3	3	4	17	73	10,778
Tayside & Central	8	13	6	9	64	1	1	2	10	87	2,589
Zetland	3	4	4	8	82	0	0	0	0	99	584

1. The interviewer asks "how often have you used your local bus service in the past month, if at all?", and later asks "how often have you used a train service in the past month?" (noting that this does not include the underground in Glasgow or London)
2. The number who gave one of the answers shown when asked about their use of the local bus service - excluding a few for whom no information is available.

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