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Bus journeys per person in the West Midlands

Compare bus use across the 7 metropolitan boroughs. Darker blue means more journeys per person.

Birmingham is the darkest area. Solihull is the lightest. Coventry is the separate area to the east. Use the table for the figure in each borough.

Example statistics

Bus use is highest in Birmingham and lowest in Solihull.

The map shades each West Midlands metropolitan borough by bus journeys per person in 2024. Darker blue means more journeys. These are example figures, not official Department for Transport statistics.

Bus journeys per person in 2024 for the 7 West Midlands metropolitan boroughs, shaded from light blue to dark blue

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About this statistic

Status
Example data
Statistic
Bus passenger journeys per person
Period
April 2023 to March 2024
Geography
West Midlands metropolitan boroughs
Unit
Journeys per person per year
West Midlands average
43
Warning These are example figures. They are not official Department for Transport statistics.
Bus journeys per person, by local authority
Local authority Journeys per person Band Compared with the West Midlands average
Birmingham 68 60 or more 25 more than the average
Sandwell 54 45 to 59 11 more than the average
Wolverhampton 49 45 to 59 6 more than the average
Walsall 41 30 to 44 2 fewer than the average
Dudley 36 30 to 44 7 fewer than the average
Coventry 33 30 to 44 10 fewer than the average
Solihull 22 Fewer than 30 21 fewer than the average

Colour on the map shows a band, not the exact figure. Birmingham has 68 journeys per person. Solihull has 22. The West Midlands average on this page is 43.

If you cannot use the map

This section describes the same boroughs and colours shown on the map. The table above has the figure for each local authority.

What the map shows

The image of the map uses the same colours as the interactive map. Darker blue means more bus journeys per person.

Map key
On the map What it shows
Darkest blue 60 or more journeys per person. Only Birmingham is in this band, at 68.
Dark blue 45 to 59 journeys per person. Sandwell (54) and Wolverhampton (49) are in this band.
Mid blue 30 to 44 journeys per person. Walsall (41), Dudley (36) and Coventry (33) are in this band.
Light blue Fewer than 30 journeys per person. Only Solihull is in this band, at 22.

Where the boroughs are

  • The 7 shaded areas are the metropolitan boroughs that make up the West Midlands Combined Authority area.
  • Birmingham is the large central area. It has the highest bus use.
  • Sandwell sits west of Birmingham, around West Bromwich and Smethwick.
  • Wolverhampton is the north-west borough. Walsall is immediately east of it.
  • Dudley is the south-west borough, around Dudley, Stourbridge and Halesowen.
  • Solihull is south-east of Birmingham. It has the lowest bus use.
  • Coventry is the separate shaded area further east, beyond the Meriden gap.

About the data

  • The figures are example data for this page. They are not a Department for Transport release.
  • In a live service this would be bus passenger journeys divided by resident population, for the financial year.
  • The West Midlands average on this page is 43 journeys per person. That is the unweighted mean of the 7 boroughs.
  • Colour shows the band, not the exact figure. Use the table for the number of journeys in each borough.
  • Coventry is shown separately because it does not share a boundary with the other 6 boroughs.

Contact the Department for Transport

Use these details to ask about bus passenger journey statistics. Quote Bus passenger journeys per person.

Local bus passenger journeys

  • Bus statistics, Department for Transport
  • Quote April 2023 to March 2024
  • Email: bus.statistics@example.com
  • Telephone: 020 7946 0440
  • Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm (except public holidays)

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West Midlands bus data or how the figures are collected

West Midlands bus data

  • Transport data, Transport for West Midlands
  • Email: tfwm.data@example.com
  • Telephone: 020 7946 0441
  • Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm

How the figures are collected