More than eight in 10 homes were less than 10km away from a work hub, while almost six in 10 homes were less than 1km away from a childcare service. Photograph: iStock.People live on average 5.6km from a remote working hub and 1.6km from a childcare service, new data published by Central Statistics Office shows.
People living in Leitrim had the longest distance to travel to a childcare service, at 3.2km, followed by people in Roscommon and Mayo .Homes in Dublin city were on average just 400m from a childcare facility.Homes in Cork city were on average just 1.6km away from remote working hubs, followed by homes in Dublin city and Galway city, at 2.1km away.
The data shows distances people travel for remote working as hybrid working — partly from offices, work hubs or home — has become more commonplace since restrictions on communal working were imposed during the Covid-19 pandemic to stem the spread of the virus. Remote workers in Donegal had the longest to travel to a hub with almost four in 10, or 38.4 per cent of homes situated 1km or more from a remote work hub.The data shows the vast majority of people lived very close to childcare services: just 0.6 per cent of homes were 10km or more from a childcare service.