173% increase in number of people working from home

Michael Bolton

Figures from Census 2022 showed an 173 per cent increase in the number of people working from home compared to 2016, details from the Central Statistics Office shows.

CSO figures show 747,961 people working from home for at least one day a week, representing 32 per cent of workers.

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown had the highest proportion of people working from home for at least one day a week at 57 per cent, with Monaghan and Longford having the lowest at 21 per cent.

For commuting to work, the most common method was by car, with 1,280,000 people, or 63 per cent driving to work.

Walking and cycling were the next main ways of commuting to work in Census 2022, with around 240,000 people, or 12 per cent of all commuters.

Public transport was the next most used method with nine per cent of people using it to get to work.

At the time of Census 2022, there was 2,320,297 in employment, an increase of 16 per cent since 2016.

The number of retired people also increased, with 657,790, an increase of 21 per cent.

For men, the largest industry groups for employment were Farming and IT activities, with over 59,000 people employed.

The industry group with the most female workers in 2022 was Residential care and social work activities, with almost 81,000 people employed.