Ivana Bacik
Question:6. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach the average commute distance for journeys to education in each year since 2003. [56723/23]
View answerWednesday, 17 January 2024
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Average distances travelled to places of education are primarily determined using Census and National Travel Survey data. The following table sets out the average distance travelled to education in kilometres for the census years between 2002 and 2022 for age ranges representing primary, secondary and third level students. It should be noted that for Census 2002 and 2006, the commuting distance was calculated based on direct responses to a census question, whereas for the 2011, 2016 & 2022 censuses distance travelled was based on the distance between people’s usual place of residence and their place of education. Third level students who recorded the address of their family home as their place of usual residence rather than their term time address may therefore have been attributed longer journeys in the 2011, 2016 and 2022 censuses than in the previous censuses.
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Average distance travelled in kilometres to School or College |
2002* (Kms) |
2006* (Kms) |
2011 (Kms) |
2016 (Kms) |
2022 (Kms) |
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Children at school aged between 5 and 12 years |
4.0 |
4.0 |
2.8 |
2.8 |
3.2 |
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Students at school or college aged between 13 and 18 years |
8.0 |
7.6 |
7.7 |
7.2 |
7 |
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Students at school or college aged 19 and over |
13.2 |
12.9 |
30.8 |
32.4 |
34.8 |