Commuter Survey Aims to Provide Local Authorities with the most Recent Insights of Commuters that are Currently Leaving the County.

Meath County Council has launched a Commuter Survey to get up to date figures on the habits of commuters in the county that could have a far-reaching and positive effect on the lives of Meath commuters.

Interactions Research Limited, on behalf of Meath County Council, will carry out the survey. The survey is available at www.meath.ie/commutersurvey.
The survey results will provide the most recent snapshot of Meath commuter flow including mode of travel, journey length, commuter satisfaction, attitudes to co-working and more.It will provide the Economic Development Team in the Local Authority and the State Agencies insights into the skill and educational levels of commuters that are currently leaving the county.

Meath has the highest number of commuters of any county in Ireland (outside of the capital) with 54% of the working population commuting to work outside the county. Proximity to Dublin means that Meath also has a higher than average commuting rate to the capital with 41% of people working in Dublin.

Jackie Maguire, CEO, Meath County Council, said at the launch of the survey that “we are delighted to launch this survey of Meath Commuters so that we can look to address the many issues of commuting in the county which continue to increase as the economy grows. Meath has 33,000 daily commuters who work outside the county with the majority (25,000) travelling to Dublin. As anyone can imagine, this twice daily movement of tens of thousands of people can lead to long commute times for everyone concerned. Not only that, but family and personal lives can be adversely affected with so many people taking long commutes to and from work every day. In order to address the real commuter issues, we must first investigate and understand the trends and from these results put forward meaningful solutions - hence the need for this survey.”