Statistical Bulletin Transport Series Scottish Household Survey: Travel Diary 2009/2010

Table 17: [Start time] Start time of journey, 2009/20101
Before 7am 7am to 9:30am After 9:30am to before 12noon 12noon to 2pm After 2pm to before 4:30pm 4:30pm to before 6:30pm 6:30pm onwards Sample size (=100%)
row percentages
All journeys in 2009/2010 4 17 15 17 16 15 16 34,975
by gender:
Male 5 17 14 16 15 16 16 15,443
Female 2 17 15 19 17 14 15 19,532
by age:
16 - 19 3 18 7 15 19 15 22 1,083
20 - 29 4 16 10 15 15 19 19 4,356
30 - 39 4 20 12 16 16 17 15 6,205
40 - 49 5 19 13 16 16 15 16 7,029
50 - 59 4 18 13 17 15 17 16 5,710
60 - 69 3 14 23 20 17 11 13 5,590
70 - 79 1 13 26 24 19 9 9 3,584
80 and over 1 10 30 25 18 8 8 1,418
by purpose2,3:
Commuting 9 33 4 8 12 22 11 8,195
Business 7 31 16 23 12 8 3 405
Education 1 42 8 11 24 10 5 929
Shopping 1 8 26 26 19 11 8 8,368
Visit hospital or other health 0 15 28 22 20 6 8 1,077
Other personal business 2 11 24 20 14 13 16 2,580
Visiting friends or relatives 1 4 12 19 18 16 28 4,043
Eating/drinking 2 2 7 20 14 15 39 1,288
Sport / Entertainment 2 7 13 17 13 15 33 2,464
Holiday / day trip 2 11 20 25 16 14 12 764
Escort 1 26 10 13 20 13 16 2,457
Go home 10 10 10 14 16 21 18 997
Just go for a walk 3 16 18 18 18 12 15 1,229
by mainmode:
Walking 2 16 17 19 17 13 15 7,953
Driver car/van 4 19 14 16 15 17 15 17,835
Passenger car/van 3 12 13 19 18 15 19 4,543
Other 13 16 12 15 15 15 13 417
Bicycle 4 17 13 19 16 16 15 294
Bus 3 19 17 19 18 14 10 3,078
Taxi/Minicab 10 8 11 18 14 10 30 386
Rail 5 25 9 9 10 20 21 469
by current status2:
Self employed 3 20 15 14 15 15 18 2,225
Employed full time 6 20 9 13 14 20 18 12,923
Employed part time 2 19 13 20 17 14 15 4,294
Looking after the home or family 1 15 19 23 21 10 11 2,020
Permanently retired from work 1 11 27 24 19 9 10 8,760
Unemployed and seeking work 2 9 20 22 20 15 13 1,489
At school 2 25 5 10 26 10 22 333
In further/higher education 3 14 10 18 17 18 20 1,259
Permanently sick or disabled 1 12 25 24 19 8 11 1,267
Unable to work due to short-term illness/injury 1 13 24 23 18 12 10 254
Other 5 14 23 24 10 4 20 125
by annual net household income4:
up to £10,000 p.a. 2 12 20 22 17 12 15 5,320
over £10,000, up to £15,000 p.a. 3 14 20 21 17 11 13 5,755
over £15,000, up to £20,000 p.a. 4 15 17 18 16 15 15 5,026
over £20,000, up to £25,000 p.a. 4 18 14 16 17 16 15 4,096
over £25,000, up to £30,000 p.a. 5 18 13 15 16 17 16 3,460
over £30,000, up to £40,000 p.a. 5 20 11 15 16 17 16 4,995
over £40,000 p.a. 3 21 12 15 15 17 17 5,369
by urban/rural classification:
Large urban areas 4 16 14 17 17 16 17 12,342
Other urban 4 17 15 18 16 15 15 10,210
Small accessible towns 4 17 16 17 16 15 15 3,212
Small remote towns 4 18 14 16 17 15 15 1,928
Accessible rural 4 19 15 16 16 16 14 4,064
Remote rural 3 20 15 16 15 15 16 3,217
by day of travel:
Monday 4 20 14 16 16 16 14 6,389
Tuesday 4 20 14 15 17 16 14 6,372
Wednesday 4 20 13 15 16 16 16 6,458
Thursday 4 20 13 15 16 15 16 4,455
Friday 4 21 13 16 15 15 16 4,151
Saturday 3 9 19 23 16 14 16 2,317
Sunday 2 9 18 23 19 15 14 4,833
by length of journey:
Less than 5 min 3 15 16 17 17 14 17 2,192
5 to 10 min 3 15 16 19 16 14 18 13,523
11 to 20 min 3 18 13 17 16 16 16 9,003
21 to 30 min 4 18 13 17 18 16 13 4,431
31 to 60 min 6 20 13 15 15 19 12 3,793
61 to 120 min 7 18 18 17 17 15 9 1,296
121 to 179 min 9 26 18 15 12 13 8 243
180 min and over 13 26 22 17 9 6 7 494

1 Prior to 2007 only journeys over 1/4 mile or 5 minutes on foot were recorded. Since 2007 all journey lengths are recorded.
2 Purpose category of 'Other' and current status category of 'Gov't work or training scheme' have been excluded due to small sample sizes.
3 From 2007 onwards two new categories, 'Go home' and 'Just go for a walk', have been added. See the background note for more detail.
4 Sample size figures will not sum to the total due to non-response.