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Table 27: [Travel to school] School children in full-time education, usual method of travel, 2007

How does the random schoolchild usually travel to school?

Sample size (n=100%)

Walking

Car or van

Bicycle

School bus*

Service bus

Rail (inc. u/g)

All other modes

All children in full-time education, 2007

53.4

21.8

0.8

14.5

6.9

0.9

1.7

2,517

By gender:

Male

53.6

20.8

1.4

15.4

6.1

0.8

1.9

1,283

Female

53.2

22.8

0.2

13.6

7.7

1.0

1.6

1,234

by age:

age 4-5

56.5

30.6

0.5

8.3

2.4

0

1.7

191

age 6-7

60

29.2

0.2

7.3

2.9

0

0.3

397

age 8-9

55.3

31.6

0.5

8.8

1.7

0

2.0

410

age 10-11

62.3

23.3

0.9

7.9

4.6

0

1.0

422

All 4-11

58.9

28.2

0.6

8.0

3.0

0

1.2

1,420

age 12-13

48.2

14.7

1.8

22.1

10.9

0.8

1.4

400

age 14-15

44.3

11.9

0.6

26.2

10.9

3.4

2.8

449

age 16-18

46.7

14.2

0.9

17.9

15.5

1.6

3.2

248

All 12 - 18

46.2

13.4

1.1

22.9

11.9

2.1

2.4

1,097

by annual net household income:

up to £10,000 p.a.

54.9

12.6

0.3

17.9

10.9

0.8

2.6

151

over £10,000 - £15,000

58.1

15.9

0.5

10.0

11.6

1.0

2.9

316

over £15,000 - £20,000

61.3

14.2

1.1

11.7

9.3

0

2.5

347

over £20,000 - £25,000

57.6

20.1

0.9

12.0

6.3

1.1

1.9

336

over £25,000 - £30,000

52.4

22.9

1.0

14.0

6.7

1.7

1.3

333

over £30,000 - £40,000

50.1

25.1

0.8

16.8

5.7

0.5

1.0

522

over £40,000 p.a.

45.4

30.3

0.6

17.9

3.2

1.3

1.2

498

by Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation:

1 (20 % most deprived)

57.1

14.8

0.4

10.9

13.1

1.4

2.4

482

2

59.2

19.3

0.3

9.5

8.9

0.9

1.9

450

3

49.1

25.8

0.6

17.2

5.3

0.6

1.5

537

4

47.0

27.4

0.7

19.7

3.0

0.2

2.0

513

5 (20% least deprived)

54.6

21.8

1.8

15.1

4.4

1.4

0.8

535

by urban/rural classification:

Large urban areas

55.8

23.0

0.6

7.0

10.2

2.1

1.3

781

Other urban

60.4

20.4

1.5

8.8

6.7

0.4

1.9

777

Small accessible towns

56.7

18.4

0.7

18.8

3.7

0.4

1.1

238

Small remote towns

70.2

19.6

0.3

6.2

2.0

0

1.7

150

Accessible rural

32.7

27.0

0

32.7

4.0

0.2

3.4

333

Remote rural

30.9

17.9

0.8

46.2

3.5

0

0.7

238

by number of cars available to household:

None

67.9

2.6

0.9

11.5

11.9

1.6

3.6

444

One

55.5

22.2

0.8

12.1

7.4

0.6

1.4

1,040

Two +

44.5

30.3

0.8

18.4

4.1

0.8

1.2

1,033

by household type†:

Single parent

59.1

14.6

0.9

13.9

8.2

1.1

2.3

530

Small family

53.5

26.5

1.1

12.1

5.2

0.3

1.2

1,096

Large family or large adult

50.1

21.2

0.5

17.3

7.9

1.4

1.6

874

*Includes school bus, private bus and works bus.
†Small adult are not shown due to sample size, and large family and large adult have been combined.

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