Bus and Coach Statistics: 2005-06

Table 32 National Concessionary Fare Cards issued for Scotland-wide free bus travel for older and disabled people
As at 31st January 2007

	Disabled	Disabled + companion	Visually impaired	Visually impaired + companion	60+	All	Estimated population aged 60+ (mid 2005) ²	All cards as a % of 60+ pop.
	Category of eligibility ¹					All	Estimated population aged 60+ (mid 2005) ²	All cards as a % of 60+ pop.
All Scotland	54,988	77,639	5,272	9,640	831,276	978,815	1,106,017	88
Aberdeen City	3,421	981	10	606	33,213	38,231	41,613	92
Aberdeenshire	1,782	1,126	85	390	34,459	37,842	48,796	78
Angus	764	225	255	88	20,356	21,688	27,233	80
Argyll & Bute	691	1,115	97	154	17,403	19,460	24,064	81
Clackmannanshire	818	194	93	27	8,037	9,169	10,184	90
Dumfries & Galloway	1,509	739	77	380	25,853	28,558	40,452	71
Dundee City	2,205	619	527	97	27,252	30,700	32,868	93
East Ayrshire	1,567	2,126	104	182	20,127	24,106	26,690	90
East Dunbartonshire	568	929	62	101	19,067	20,727	24,377	85
East Lothian	729	1,666	67	235	16,860	19,557	21,404	91
East Renfrewshire	520	822	75	84	15,053	16,554	19,755	84
Edinburgh, City of	3,370	8,350	701	1,069	71,870	85,360	88,068	97
Eilean Siar	211	46	30	18	5,410	5,715	7,004	82
Falkirk	2,490	350	107	219	24,955	28,121	31,458	89
Fife	2,724	12,385	12	944	59,949	76,014	79,360	96
Glasgow City	8,283	15,724	661	1,187	81,312	107,167	110,247	97
Highland	2,432	1,129	326	457	34,718	39,062	50,837	77
Inverclyde	1,098	1,904	121	179	14,368	17,670	18,571	95
Midlothian	735	1,538	19	235	13,730	16,257	16,960	96
Moray	865	560	44	206	14,720	16,395	20,206	81
North Ayrshire	1,688	2,524	177	285	24,974	29,648	31,501	94
North Lanarkshire	4,512	6,080	278	425	45,325	56,620	63,464	89
Orkney Islands	229	64	15	12	3,709	4,029	4,834	83
Perth & Kinross	842	429	179	203	24,634	26,287	35,296	74
Renfrewshire	1,968	3,211	181	307	29,213	34,880	36,515	96
Scottish Borders	1,250	585	251	211	20,286	22,583	28,031	81
Shetland Islands	163	75	30	16	3,695	3,979	4,623	86
South Ayrshire	1,338	1,717	137	207	22,406	25,805	29,426	88
South Lanarkshire	3,302	5,040	268	483	47,955	57,048	65,143	88
Stirling	1,041	247	159	50	13,720	15,217	18,917	80
West Dunbartonshire	1,092	1,986	83	212	14,289	17,662	19,428	91
West Lothian	781	3,153	41	371	22,358	26,704	28,692	93
Highlands & Islands ( HITRANS) ^{( # )}	4,428	2,914	512	847	75,960	84,661	106,945	79
North East ( NESTRANS)	5,203	2,107	95	996	67,672	76,073	90,409	84
Shetland	163	75	30	16	3,695	3,979	4,623	86
South East ( SESTRAN)	12,897	28,221	1,291	3,311	238,045	283,765	304,157	93
South West	1,509	739	77	380	25,853	28,558	40,452	71
Strathclyde ( SPT) ^(#)	25,936	42,063	2,147	3,652	334,089	407,887	445,117	92
Tayside and Central ( TACTRAN)	4,852	1,520	1,120	438	85,962	93,892	114,314	82

( # ) the figures for this area are approximate - see section 6.1 of the text

1 Cardholders can only qualify under one category. There may be cardholders in the disabled, visually impaired and companion categories who are also over 60, but they cannot be identified as such in the information provided by the card mangement system
2 General Register Office for Scotland: www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/statistics/library/mid-2005-population-estimates/list-of-tables.html

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Table 32 National Concessionary Fare Cards issued for Scotland-wide free bus travel for older and disabled people As at 31st January 2007

Table 32 National Concessionary Fare Cards issued for Scotland-wide free bus travel for older and disabled people
As at 31st January 2007