More than half a million pupils spend more than an hour walking to school, the majority of them in rural areas.This is according to the National Household Travel Survey. Statistics show that of a total of 599,000 pupils who spend more than an hour walking to school, 450,000 were in rural areas.At 9.9%, KwaZulu-Natal had the most pupils enduring a long walk to school, followed by Eastern Cape at 6.5%, and Limpopo at 5.0%.At 1.7%, Western Cape had the fewest number of pupils who walked for more than an hour for education, followed by Northern Cape at 2.6% and Free State at 3.4%.The report notes that at 5.9%, black pupils "were more likely to walk all the way for more than an hour to their educational institutions compared to other learners [from other races]".White pupils were less likely to walk long distances to school at 0.4%, followed by Indians/Asians at 1.3%, and coloureds at 1.4%.Pupils who are likely to be subjected to long walks to school are from poor families, with 46% of them from families with an average household income of R854 a month and 35.6% from families where social grants are the only income.By walking the long distances, the pupils were more likely to be knocked down by motorists.The report notes that of 534 pedestrian deaths in 2013, 20% were younger than 18 years of age.The report shows that, of 14.2million households, 22% either walked, cycled or used animal-drawn carts to travel, the majority in the Northern Cape at 14.3%. Gauteng has the least number of people who use non-motorised transport, at 1%.Nationally, more than three-quarters of households indicated their main mode of travel was public transport (76%). Taxis ferried 51% of people - more people than any other mode of transport - and buses and trains carried 18.1% and 7.6% of people respectively...