Attitudes to Transport Noise in Wales

Prelimary results of the Wales National Travel Survey, for the six months to August 2025, show that attitudes to noise are similar to those in previous surveys - in that 1 in 4 people surveyed said they were regularly bothered by noise from outside their homes, and people living in the most deprived areas are more likely to be affected than people in the least deprived areas. All respondents were asked if they are bothered by noise from outside their home, and those who responded yes were asked about the type of noise.  Of the respondents who reported regularly being bothered by noise from outside their home, road traffic was reported as the source of noise for 56.8% of respondents. When asked about the type of road traffic noise that bothered them, most respondents reported this was caused by cars (69.6%), followed by motorcycles (57.3%) and heavy goods or construction vehicles (46.4%). 

Full survey: Wales National Travel Survey 2025 headline results: preliminary, six-month results | Transport for Wales.

The travel attitudes document contains the results of the 2025 noise questions on pages 10-11.

They are consistent with previous findings from noise questions in the National Survey for Wales (described in Annex B of the  Noise and Soundscape Action Plan 2018 to 2023 and Annex B of the Noise and Soundscape Plan for Wales 2023 to 2028).