Table 19: [ Driving licence] People aged 17+ that hold a full driving licence, 2019

	17-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50-59	60-69	70-79	80+	All 17+	Sample size of group
									percentage of the relevant sub-group*
All people aged 17+:	39.0	60.3	71.8	82.3	81.3	76.3	70.1	43.2	71.2	9,720
by gender:
Men	36	64	76	85	87	83	83	62	77	4,330
Women	43	57	67	79	76	71	60	29	66	5,390
Identified in another way	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	-
Refused	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	-
by ethnicity:
White Scottish	44	65	77	82	80	76	69	41	72	7,590
White other British	**	70	77	94	91	83	80	60	81	1,270
White Polish	**	**	57	**	**	**	**	**	50	150
Other white	**	32	54	78	**	**	**	**	53	400
Asian, Asian Scottish or Asian British	**	**	55	**	**	**	**	**	57	190
Other	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	54	130
by current situation:
Self employed	**	**	87	89	96	95	**	**	90	630
Employed full time	**	73	80	90	89	88	**	**	83	3,210
Employed part time	**	59	73	82	81	79	**	**	75	1,050
Looking after the home or family	**	31	43	64	71	**	**	**	52	360
Permanently retired from work	**	**	**	**	83	78	69	43	67	3,280
Unemployed and seeking work	**	20	44	**	56	**	**	**	39	290
In further / higher education	43	48	**	**	**	**	**	**	47	270
Permanently sick or disabled	**	**	8	34	39	32	**	**	59	500
by annual net household income:
up to £10,000 p.a.	**	33	36	58	57	69	55	33	50	900
over £10,000 - £15,000	**	36	47	40	55	64	65	36	52	1,400
over £15,000 - £20,000	**	46	51	62	73	70	70	35	59	1,470
over £20,000 - £25,000	**	58	65	74	77	73	73	50	67	1,190
over £25,000 - £30,000	**	72	69	77	84	76	77	73	75	900
over £30,000 - £40,000	**	70	73	89	85	87	77	**	79	1,370
over £40,000 - £50,000	**	81	84	92	93	91	**	**	86	900
over £50,000 p.a.	**	80	90	97	95	94	**	**	91	1,200
by Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation:
1 - Most Deprived	**	41	55	64	56	49	44	19	49	1,810
2	**	60	66	75	75	69	57	34	65	1,990
3	**	64	74	83	83	80	75	42	73	2,090
4	**	69	84	93	92	86	79	53	82	2,050
5 - Least Deprived	**	73	87	94	96	91	88	63	86	1,790
by urban/rural:
Large urban areas	25	53	64	76	76	70	62	37	63	2,920
Other urban	38	63	71	81	78	74	65	46	70	3,330
Small accessible towns	**	71	80	90	88	79	75	39	79	860
Small remote towns	**	58	77	80	82	75	78	33	72	570
Accessible rural	**	75	90	96	92	90	84	57	86	1,040
Remote rural	**	80	92	90	93	88	79	43	84	1,010
Sample size of age groups	140	1,020	1,490	1,380	1,680	1,690	1,510	820	9,720	9,720

* Percentage includes people for whom it was not known, or not recorded, what type of driving licence (if any) was held

** Percentages based on a denominator of 50 respondents or fewer are not shown.

Estimates based on smaller sample sizes may be subject to larger levels of variation and therefore may see relatively large fluctuations over time

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