The table illustrates the proportion of residents from two areas, including urban and rural in the UK who can access four types of public services within a 15-minute drive.
Overall, within 15-minute travel, all urban dwellers can get access to all services surveyed, whereas the similar pattern can only be seen among their rural counterparts in two categories, namely healthcare services and secondary school. In addition, the lowest rate of access to primary school is among rural residents.
It can be observed that 100% residents in the UK, regardless of their living places, have the opportunity to access medical services and secondary schools within a 15-minute drive. Besides, while the accessibility rate of city dwellers to postal services is 100%, that rate of rural people witnessed a 5% lower.
The accessibility rate to primary school of rural residents is around 65%, ranking the lowest percentage among four services. It is significantly lower than that figure for city people in the same category.
