82% of families in the Aberdeen area have one or more cars. 13% have three - well above Scottish average. of 3%. (Evening Express Transport Survey 2007)

54% have cars under four years old (modern cars are less polluting). (Evening Express Transport Survey 2007)

In Scotland 87% of small family households have cars and 64% of over-17s have a driving licence.

In 2000 73% of all UK households (including inner city areas, like London, where car ownership is low) had regular use of a car. (SOURCE: Household Survey, ONS, National Travel Survey)

In rural areas of the UK the figure increased to 84%. (SOURCE: Household Survey, ONS, National Travel Survey)

89% of families in rural Scotland have access to a car and cars are used for 77% of journeys. (SOURCE: Aberdeen University for Scottish Office Central Research Unit 1997)

In Aberdeen car ownership is 24% greater than the average in Scotland's large urban areas. 70% of Aberdeen city residents have a driving licence compared to 58% in Scotland's urban areas.

In Aberdeenshire car ownership is 21% greater than in comparable rural areas. 82% of shire residents have a driving licence.

45% of residents in Aberdeen City use a car every day, compared to 34 in urban Scotland as a whole.

55% of Aberdeenshire residents use a car every day compared with 47% in urban Scotland.