Personal Income
(asked on 13th November 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the relationship between household income and (a) taxi and (b) bus use.
The number of trips and distance travelled per person per year for different household income levels (based on data for households in England in 2014) are given in the table.
Household income is gross equivalised income, which accounts for household size and composition.
Real household income quintile | ||||||
Lowest real income level | Second level | Third level | Fourth level | Highest real income level | All income levels | |
Trips per person per year by main mode: | ||||||
Local and non-local buses | 96 | 72 | 53 | 43 | 35 | 60 |
Taxi/minicab | 14 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 |
Distance (miles) per person per year by main mode: | ||||||
Local and non-local buses | 465 | 407 | 308 | 251 | 193 | 326 |
Taxi/minicab | 61 | 43 | 42 | 51 | 85 | 56 |