Bus and Coach Statistics: 2005-06

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Table 22 Car/van commuters who said they could not use public transport - most common reasons why they cannot 1,2: April 2003 to December 2005

No direct route

Lack of service

Need a car for/at work

Work unsoci-able hours

Takes too long

Inconv-enient

Use my own car

Too infreq-uent

Sample size (=100%)

row percentages

All people aged 16+

35

24

24

21

19

13

9

5

5,419

by sex:

men

32

23

30

25

18

12

9

4

2,803

women

39

25

18

17

20

13

9

6

2,616

by age 2:

16 - 19

42

31

8

18

13

15

5

2

58

20 - 29

36

20

19

23

21

13

10

4

685

30 - 39

35

22

25

23

21

14

8

5

1,602

40 - 49

36

24

27

22

18

13

9

5

1,620

50 - 59

36

28

25

18

17

11

9

5

1,132

60 - 69

32

24

20

22

16

10

9

8

302

by current situation:

Self-employed

24

24

49

14

18

16

16

5

352

Employed full-time

36

23

24

23

19

13

8

5

3,999

Employed part-time

36

27

15

18

18

13

10

7

1,068

by socio-economic classification:

Higher managerial & prof. occs

41

22

35

10

28

18

13

6

428

Lower managerial and prof. occs

37

22

30

18

19

11

9

5

1,528

Intermediate occupations

45

24

15

19

23

17

10

5

492

Small employers & sole traders

29

22

45

9

19

11

14

3

197

Lower supervisory & tech. occs

34

23

23

27

15

11

8

5

692

Semi-routine occupations

32

27

12

29

16

13

7

7

679

Routine occupations

31

29

16

29

16

11

7

4

646

by annual net household income:

up to £ 10,000

30

26

18

26

17

13

7

3

281

over £ 10,000, up to £ 15,000

31

25

22

23

13

10

7

6

664

over £ 15,000, up to £ 20,000

34

23

18

26

17

12

8

6

909

over £ 20,000, up to £ 25,000

37

25

20

24

19

12

9

5

942

over £ 25,000, up to £ 30,000

33

25

28

24

18

13

11

4

895

over £ 30,000, up to £ 40,000

37

24

27

17

19

13

10

5

1,102

over £ 40,000

42

21

30

14

25

16

8

6

605

by urban / rural classification:

Large urban areas

39

10

30

19

20

13

7

3

1,286

Other urban areas

36

18

24

26

22

17

10

4

1,551

Small "accessible" towns

36

24

25

22

19

11

10

5

619

Small "remote" towns

30

30

19

23

9

9

6

6

301

"Accessible" rural areas

36

40

22

21

18

11

11

8

939

"Remote" rural areas

20

54

12

15

9

6

6

9

723

by distance between home and work:

Less than 1 km

29

24

25

15

9

12

12

3

504

1 to less than 2 km

33

19

21

22

12

10

9

4

547

2 to less than 3 km

32

23

21

24

16

11

9

5

399

3 to less than 5 km

29

22

22

27

15

12

7

4

592

5 to less than 10 km

33

23

24

23

19

14

8

6

1,006

10 to less than 15 km

37

24

26

19

19

13

9

6

693

15 to less than 20 km

41

25

22

24

18

12

8

5

461

20 to less than 40 km

44

29

25

20

27

13

10

6

731

Over 40 km

44

26

30

16

32

15

9

4

294

by usual method of travel to work:

Driver of car / van

35

24

26

21

19

13

10

5

4,986

Passenger in car / van

40

29

4

24

19

15

2

7

433

1. The percentages may total more than 100, because respondents can give more than one reason. There are also small numbers who gave "other" reasons.
2. Due to small sample sizes those aged 70 and over are not shown.

Page updated: Monday, March 19, 2007