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Table 29: [Travel to school] School children in full-time education, usual method of travel, 2008

How does the random schoolchild usually travel to school?

Sample size (=100%)

Walking

Passenger Car/Van

Bicycle

School bus*

Service bus

Rail
(inc. U/g)

Other

row percentages

All children in full-time education, 2008:

48.8

23.6

1.5

16.5

7.3

0.7

1.5

2,750

By gender:

Male

48.7

23.5

2.3

15.6

6.9

0.8

2.2

1,434

Female

49.0

23.8

0.6

17.5

7.8

0.6

0.7

1,316

by age:

age 4-5

54.4

37.5

1.5

5.7

0.8

0.0

0.0

200

age 6-7

53.7

32.8

1.3

9.0

1.3

0.0

1.8

460

age 8-9

55.8

31.4

1.8

7.6

2.7

0.2

0.6

440

age 10-11

55.5

22.4

3.3

13.0

3.5

0.4

1.9

421

All 4-11

55.0

29.9

2.0

9.4

2.3

0.2

1.2

1,521

age 12-13

45.2

15.8

1.1

23.3

11.3

1.1

2.3

460

age 14-15

41.8

17.0

0.8

24.8

12.4

1.3

1.8

504

age 16-18

35.4

16.6

0.3

27.0

17.7

2.1

0.9

265

All 12 - 18

41.9

16.5

0.8

24.6

13.0

1.4

1.8

1,229

by annual net household income:

up to £10,000 p.a.

53.2

17.5

0.6

14.4

13.2

0.5

0.5

154

over £10,000 - £15,000

47.9

14.7

1.4

19.2

12.1

0.7

3.9

306

over £15,000 - £20,000

53.5

19.7

0.0

16.3

8.7

0.6

1.2

338

over £20,000 - £25,000

54.8

18.3

0.6

17.6

7.5

0.0

1.3

305

over £25,000 - £30,000

50.1

22.9

1.6

15.0

7.8

0.8

1.7

340

over £30,000 - £40,000

45.8

30.1

1.6

14.1

6.0

0.7

1.6

588

over £40,000 p.a.

44.9

28.0

2.7

18.3

4.2

1.2

0.8

688

by Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation:

1 (20% most deprived)

54.9

17.4

0.5

13.2

12.1

0.5

1.4

518

2'

51.4

20.3

0.8

16.9

8.9

0.8

1.0

526

3'

47.3

21.6

1.7

20.5

5.3

0.8

2.8

575

4'

36.0

31.0

3.1

22.5

5.6

0.5

1.3

590

5 (20% least deprived)

55.3

26.9

1.2

9.5

5.1

1.0

1.0

541

by urban/rural classification:

Large urban areas

52.4

24.5

0.6

7.4

12.3

1.3

1.4

915

Other urban

56.7

24.2

1.7

11.4

4.7

0.3

1.0

836

Small accessible towns

51.9

17.1

1.4

25.1

4.5

0.0

0.0

267

Small remote towns

65.4

20.9

3.2

6.8

1.0

0.0

2.8

147

Accessible rural

24.5

25.3

1.5

38.0

5.9

1.2

3.6

344

Remote rural

21.7

23.9

4.3

45.4

2.3

0.0

2.3

241

by number of cars available to household:

None

63.5

4.1

0.5

14.9

13.3

1.2

2.5

465

One

49.3

24.7

1.0

15.8

7.0

0.6

1.5

1,207

Two or more

41.7

31.1

2.4

18.1

5.0

0.7

1.1

1,078

by household type†:

Single parent

49.9

22.7

0.6

16.1

7.7

0.5

2.5

553

Small family

50.6

26.3

2.0

13.6

5.7

0.7

1.0

1,233

Large family or large adult

46.8

21.4

1.4

19.4

8.6

0.9

1.6

938

*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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