Galway commuters still drive to work in droves
More than two-thirds of Galway’s workforce drive to work – with a far small proportion getting the train or bus.
The latest Census figures showed that almost 110,000 people in Galway were travelling to work in April 2022.
Most of them drove to work, with almost 70,200 people driving to work by car in 2022.
Commuters in the county were among the most likely to drive to work, with 71% doing do. Overall, over 4,200 people travelled by bus while 500 went by train.
Some 9,012 Galway employees walked to work, up from 8,872 in 2016, while 2,552 people cycled, up from 2,498 since 2016.
In the city area, 16% of commuters walked to work, the second highest rate in the country.
Commuters in Galway were travelling for longer in April 2022, with an average journey time of 26.3 minutes compared with 25.5 minutes in 2016. Nationally, the average journey time increased from 28.2 minutes to 29.1 minutes between 2016 and 2022.
Galway City commuters had the shortest average journey times at 23 minutes.
Almost 31,500 Galway commuters had a journey time of 15 to 30 minutes, while almost 23,900 people were travelling for less than 15 minutes.
Overall, more than 9,300 people had a journey time of 60 minutes and over.
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