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(Table 3, Table 4, Table 5; Charts C and D)
4.1 The interviewer asks about any motor vehicles normally available for private use by members of the household. In 1999, almost two-thirds (64%) of households had one or more motor vehicles, and 63% of households had one or more cars. As so few of the households without a car had any other type of motor vehicle, the next section looks at the number of cars available to households.
4.2 Availability of cars
4.2.1 Table 3 shows that, overall, 45% of households had one car, 15% had two and 2% had three or more. The availability of cars differed greatly between types of household: for example, only 22% of single pensioner households, and 33% of single parent households, had one or more cars, compared with 87% of small family households. 15% of large adult households had three or more cars. There was also considerable variation with social class (households are counted on the basis of the social class of the Highest Income Householder): for example, only 39% of "unskilled" households had a car, compared with 94% of "professional" households. About 46% of "professional" households had two or more cars. There was also considerable variation with annual net household income: only 31% of households with a net income of up to £5,000 per year had at least one car, compared with 98% of households with a net income of over £40,000 per year. Over three-fifths of the households with an annual net income of over £30,000 had two or more cars. Chart C illustrates how car availability rises as household income increases.
4.2.2 There were also great differences between types of neighbourhood: only 30% of households in MOSAIC "families in council flats" areas, and 31% in "renting singles" areas, had a car, compared with 87% of those in "country dwellers" areas and 89% of those in "high income areas". 52% of households in the four city settlements had cars, compared with 80% of those in SHS-classified rural areas.
4.3 Bicycles which can be used by adults
4.3.1 The interviewer asks whether the household has any bicycles which can be used by adults. Table 3 shows that, in 1999, 32% of households had one or more bicycles. This percentage varied greatly with the type of the household, from 5% for single pensioner households to 57% for large family households (see Chart D). It also varied with social class (from 25% for "unskilled" households to 56% for "professional" households) and with annual net household income (from about a sixth of households with up to £10,000 per year to over three-fifths of those with £30,000 or more).
4.3.2 Looking at different types of neighbourhood, the percentage of households with bicycles varied from 13% for MOSAIC "renting singles" areas, and 16% for "families in council flats" areas, to 45% in "high income areas" and 49% in "country dwellers" areas. Under a quarter of households in the four city settlements had bicycles which adults could use, compared with around two-fifths of those in SHS-classified small towns and rural areas.
4.4 Motor vehicles - types and ownership
4.4.1 Table 4 shows that cars accounted for almost 95% of motor vehicles available for the private use of household members, with most of the rest being vans. Over 89% were privately owned, a further 2% were privately leased and just under 9% were company vehicles.
4.4.2 Table 5 shows how the type and ownership of vehicles varied with the annual net income of the household. A household with a mixture of vehicle types and/or ownership is counted in the first of the rows which is appropriate to it - for example, a household with a privately-owned van and a company car would be counted in the row labelled "privately owned van". The percentage of households which had a company car but no privately-owned car or van was just under 2% overall, but was higher (between 3-% and 5%) for those with annual net incomes over £15,000.
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