Scottish Transport Statistics No 30: 2011 Edition

Table 1.17 People who hold a full driving licence 1, 2000-2010
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
All people
Age group percent of population
17-20 29.2 32.3 25.9 31.2 30.1 26.6 34.4 31.9 37.9 32.5 30.9
21-29 66.1 66.0 63.5 60.1 62.4 61.7 60.3 59.4 56.6 58.6 59.4
30-39 77.7 76.2 80.6 79.9 78.6 78.7 76.0 78.4 78.5 76.8 76.3
40-49 77.0 79.0 77.3 80.5 79.2 79.2 79.3 80.0 82.6 80.1 80.8
50-59 73.3 72.0 72.0 74.0 74.3 74.8 76.1 76.4 77.8 78.1 77.9
60-69 58.9 60.8 62.0 64.0 65.2 65.4 68.2 69.1 70.1 74.6 72.3
70+ 35.4 38.6 37.5 39.3 41.5 41.7 44.0 49.0 46.1 49.2 48.0
All aged 17+ 64.0 64.7 64.6 65.8 65.8 65.6 66.4 67.0 67.6 68.0 67.6
Sample size 14,440 14,527 13,936 13,850 14,660 13,970 14,075 12,153 12,267 12,447 12,361
Men
Age group
17-20 32.9 32.4 32.8 39.3 36.0 29.8 35.8 32.2 37.5 37.6 33.0
21-29 73.2 71.3 70.2 65.0 67.3 65.5 63.2 62.8 63.2 60.4 65.7
30-39 84.9 81.5 87.1 85.3 83.7 84.4 80.7 81.6 81.4 81.2 80.3
40-49 86.0 85.0 84.4 86.3 85.0 86.4 85.2 86.0 86.9 86.3 85.7
50-59 85.1 85.4 83.9 85.0 82.1 85.4 84.7 87.2 83.5 85.0 84.5
60-69 79.2 80.0 80.7 80.4 81.6 83.0 83.6 82.7 84.0 86.0 84.0
70+ 60.1 63.5 62.3 63.6 65.2 64.7 68.6 72.0 70.3 72.6 68.7
All aged 17+ 76.2 75.6 76.7 76.5 75.8 75.7 75.5 75.8 76.0 76.2 75.6
Sample size 6,141 6,153 5,913 5,909 6,222 5,920 6,056 5,211 5,289 5,400 5,450
Women
Age group
17-20 25.0 32.2 19.3 22.3 24.3 22.5 33.1 31.7 38.3 26.5 28.4
21-29 59.7 60.9 57.3 55.0 57.6 57.9 57.3 56.0 49.9 56.8 53.1
30-39 71.2 71.4 74.5 75.2 73.8 73.5 71.7 75.4 75.9 72.7 72.6
40-49 67.8 73.4 70.5 74.7 73.5 72.6 73.7 74.5 78.3 74.3 76.3
50-59 61.8 59.2 60.3 62.9 67.2 63.7 67.8 66.0 72.5 71.3 71.7
60-69 42.0 42.9 46.3 49.2 51.1 50.6 55.3 57.3 57.3 64.5 61.8
70+ 20.2 23.0 21.6 23.7 25.9 26.6 26.2 33.7 30.1 33.0 33.5
All aged 17+ 53.0 55.0 53.8 56.0 56.9 56.4 58.0 59.2 59.9 60.6 60.2
Sample size 8,299 8,374 8,023 7,941 8,438 8,050 8,019 6,942 6,978 7,047 6,911

Source: Scottish Household Survey.