69% of commuters go to work by car

Some two out of three commuters drove to work last year as the numbers using buses has plummeted by 20% in the last five years.

Latest figures from Census 2011 on how people travel to work, show 1,136,615 people either drove to work or were a passenger in a car last year — representing 69% of commuters.

However, the number of commuters using public buses fell by 23,277 between 2006 and 2011 — a drop of 20%. Between 2006 and 2011 there was a 9.6% rise in the number of people cycling to work — from 36,306 to 39,803.