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The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today (05 December 2023) released Census 2022 Profile 7 – Employment, Occupations and Commuting. This press release highlights some of the main results for Mayo. A full list of county press releases is available.
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Statistician's Comment
Commenting on the results, Dr. Tracy Clegg, Statistician in the Census Division, said: “Profile 7 covers the topics of Employment, Unemployment and Commuting providing statistics, analysis and data tables. The report looks at people at work or unemployed, occupations and industrial sectors as well as the commuting patterns of workers, students and children in school or childcare. New for Census 2022 are the additional topics of commuting to childcare and time leaving workplace, school, college or childcare giving more rounded information on travelling patterns as well as information on working from home.”
Some highlights for Mayo
People at Work/Unemployed
More than 111,600 people living in the county in April 2022 were aged 15 and over and of these more than 58,300 people were at work. This was an increase of 13% (from the more than 51,400 people recorded as working in Census 2016). Nationally there were 2.3 million people at work in April 2022, which was up by 16%.
Almost 5,700 people were unemployed in the county in April 2022. This was considerably lower than the 2016 figure of almost 8,600 people (a decrease of 34%). The unemployment rate was 9% compared with 14% in 2016. Nationally there were almost 211,000 people unemployed compared with over 297,000 in Census 2016. The unemployment rate was 8% in 2022 compared with 13% in 2016.
There were more than 23,000 retired people in Mayo, up 15% since Census 2016. There was a 13% increase in the number of people who were unable to work due to permanent sickness or disability to 5,408 people. The number of people looking after their home/family fell by 9% to just over 7,400.
The labour force participation rate was 57% in Mayo compared with 61% nationally. This was the joint lowest rate in the country. Among females in the county the rate was 52% while for males it was 63%. The county’s male labour force participation rate was also the joint lowest nationally, along with Donegal. Nationally the trend was similar at 56% for female labour force participation and 67% for males.
Most people in work in Mayo were in full-time employment, with nearly 43,000 people in this category, compared with over 10,100 who were working part-time.
Where people worked
The Manufacturing sector accounted for the largest number of workers in the county at almost 8,300. The Wholesale and Retail Trade was the next largest, with just over 8,100 workers followed by Human Health and Social Work Activities with almost 7,400 workers.
Working From Home
A new question was included in Census 2022 asking people whether they ever worked from home and if so, for how many days per week. There were more than 58,300 people at work in Mayo in April 2022. Of these, over 38,600 never worked from home while almost 14,000 people worked from home at least some of the time. Of those working from home, just over 3,400 people did so for five days per week, with 2,518 doing so for one day and 2,305 for two days each.
Travelling to Work
There were 51,884 people travelling to work in the county in April 2022. The majority of these drove to work, with 35,450 people driving to work by car in 2022. There were 445 people travelling by bus, while 91 were travelling by train. Looking at active travel, 3,848 people walked to work, up from 3,828 in 2016, while 437 people cycled, an increase of 48 people since 2016.
Commuters in the county were travelling for longer in April 2022, with an average journey time of 25.1 minutes compared with 23.3 minutes in 2016. Nationally, the average journey time increased from 28.2 minutes to 29.1 minutes between 2016 and 2022. There were 16,680 Mayo commuters who had a journey time of less than 15 minutes, while 14,351 people had a journey time of 15 to 30 minutes. A further 4,596 people had a journey time of 60 minutes and over.
Travelling to School, College or Childcare
In Mayo, nearly 4,200 children aged under 5 travelled to childcare or school. Most of these (over 3,600) travelled by car, while 322 walked and 24 went by bus.
Most of the 14,619 primary school aged children (5 to 12 years old) travelling to school in the county in April 2022 also travelled by car, with 9,899 doing so. The second most common means of travel was by bus at 1,937 children. A further 1,509 children walked while 194 children cycled.
Of the 10,376 secondary students (those aged 13-18 years) travelling to school, 5,103 were driven to school in a car, while 221 drove themselves to school. There were 3,371 students using a bus, and 12 using the train. A further 1,198 students walked to school while 65 cycled.
For the 4,224 third-level students commuting, driving was the most popular means of travel, at 1,390 people. There were 1,127 students who walked, while 667 used a bus. Another 126 students travelled by train, DART or Luas while 57 cycled.