Summary
- Satisfaction with local bus services in Portsmouth is divided; 29% of respondents are satisfied and 39% are dissatisfied
- Bus users are more satisfied than non-bus users – 37% are satisfied compared to 7% of non-bus users
- Non-bus users are more likely to give a neutral rating of ‘neither satisfied nor dissatisfied’ (+18 percentage points) or be ‘dissatisfied’ (+12 percentage points)
- A slightly larger proportion of females are satisfied with local bus services in Portsmouth (+4 percentage points) – but a larger proportion also say they are dissatisfied (+4 percentage points)
- Respondents with a disability, who are more frequent users of the bus, are more satisfied with local bus services in Portsmouth than those with no disability (+8 percentage points)
- A similar proportion of respondents are ‘neither satisfied nor dissatisfied’ with local bus services, regardless of whether they have a disability (32% with a disability and 31% with no disability) This means that a larger proportion of respondents with no disability are dissatisfied with local bus services in Portsmouth (+9 percentage points)
- Respondents with children in the household are less satisfied with the local bus services in Portsmouth; 23% are satisfied compared to 32% of respondents with no children in the household. A larger proportion of respondents with children in the household are dissatisfied; 43% compared to 37% of those with no children in the household