In addition to 281 journeys a year mainly on foot, the average person walked 87 part journeys which were completed mainly by other modes of transport. Almost half of these were part of a journey made mainly by bus. Men and women walked similar distances in total, as the average walk trip length was further for men. Walking to work The Labour Force Survey asks questions on how people usually travel to work. Men who were the main driver of a company car walked only 117 miles on average.
Children walk a little more than adults.
In car owning households, those aged 16 and under walked 187 miles a year on average, compared to 283 miles for those in households without a car. Walking is the most popular sporting or leisure activity reported in the General Household Survey. Both these rates had increased since 1993. The National Travel Survey asks whether respondents have a physical disability or long standing health problem that makes it difficult for you to go out on foot. About 1 in 30 people either needed help when walking outside the home, or were not able to walk on their own at all.