Scottish Household Survey: Travel Diary 2011

Table 9: [Car occupancy] Percentage of car stages1 by car occupancy 2001-20112
  2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010  
  column percentages
One 58.3 59.3 59.6 59.7 60.7 60.5 61.5 60.2 60.5 61.5 63.4
Two 27.7 27.4 27.3 26.7 26.6 26.8 26.3 27.1 25.8 25.8 25.6
Three 8.6 8.0 8.0 8.6 8.0 8.1 7.3 7.4 8.3 8.1 6.8
Four 4.2 3.9 3.8 3.9 3.5 3.5 3.7 3.9 4.3 3.2 3.4
Five or more 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.4 1.1 1.3 0.9
  people
Average occupancy 1.62 1.61 1.60 1.60 1.58 1.58 1.57 1.59 1.60 1.57 1.53
Sample size (=100%) 15,245 15,052 15,110 15,044 14,399 14,790 10,365 10,331 9,655 8,328 8,881

1 A journey can consist of one or more stages.  A new stage is defined when there is a change in the form of transport or when there is a change of vehicle requiring a separate ticket.

2 Based on drivers who responsed to the question on car occupancy. Respondents asked for all car stages.