Official Statistics: Rural transport, travel and accessibility statistics

Rural transport and travel

Differences in travel behaviour, levels of mobility and access to services for people living in different settlement types.

Metadata

Indicators:

• travel behaviour
• distance travelled
• car and bus availability
• overall measure of accessibility of services

Data Source: Department for Transport – National Travel Survey

Coverage: England

Rural classification used: Office for National Statistics Rural Urban Classification

Rural accessibility to services

Measuring accessibility by the time taken to travel to particular service locations.

Metadata

Indicators:

• the number of key service locations and the percentage of people with ‘reasonable’ access by using public transport /walking and car

Data source: Department for Transport core accessibility indicators at Lower Super Output Area level

Coverage: England

Rural classification used: Office for National Statistics Rural Urban Classification

Additional information:

• Department for Transport travel time, destination and origin indicators to key sites and services, by Lower Super Output Area
• Rural services statistical series