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81% -- driving licence ownership rate for UK adults (2025)
81% of UK adults hold a driving licence.
- Ownership drops significantly among younger adults, lower-income households, and recent migrants.
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81%
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Data Vintage
2025
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Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Cabinet Office
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Tier B
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Cabinet Office
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UK adults: 81% driving licence ownership rate. Source: Cabinet Office (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/uk-adults-hold-driving-licence
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/uk-adults-hold-driving-licence" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>81%</strong> -- driving licence ownership rate for UK adults<br><small>Source: Cabinet Office (2025) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/uk-adults-hold-driving-licence" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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