Germany Remains A Driving Force

2023 Author: Eric Donovan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-08-03 21:17

The car remains the most popular form of transport for Germans. According to a survey, usage depends not only on fuel prices, but also on age, occupation and educational qualifications.

Germans don't want to do without their cars. Only around one in five Germans consider alternative means of transport such as bus and train. A good two thirds of all German citizens, on the other hand, only use their motor vehicle when they have to cover longer distances of more than 300 kilometers. This is now the result of a representative survey by the market research institute GfK.

The useful life of a car depends on numerous factors such as age, occupation and educational level. Among older people aged 60 and over, only three out of five respondents use a car, in the age group between 30 and 39 years the figure is 78.5 percent. Workers tend to be behind the wheel more often, while only one in two civil servants drives a vehicle. Even academics often choose public transport alternatives. People with a low level of education, on the other hand, limit themselves to the car as a mobile device.

State and place of residence are further criteria. Every fourth city dweller makes use of the extensive public transport network. On the other hand, almost 60 percent insist on their automobile. In rural regions and in places with less than 5,000 inhabitants, where the public infrastructure is poor, as many as 77 percent of those surveyed rely on their car.