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CSO reveals local county has lowest proportion of people staying within 10KM

Mar 15, 2021 13:57 By Shannonside News
CSO reveals local county has lowest proportion of people staying within 10KM
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People in Roscommon are straying farthest from their homes according to data collected by Three and analysed by the CSO

There's been no change nationally in the number of people travelling more than 10 kilometres from their home according to the latest figures. The statistics from the CSO show that Roscommon has the lowest proportion of people staying within the radius.

Countrywide 63.8 percent of people stayed within 10 kilometres of their home for the second week in a row, according to figures correct up to March 5th.

The largest change was seen in Carlow, with 1.8 percent more people staying within the radius of their house, with a 1.4 percent increase seen in Kilkenny. However, at the other end of the spectrum there was an increase of movement outside 10 kilometres of people's homes in Sligo - up by 1.2 percent in the week.

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Roscommon remains the county with the largest proportion of people going beyond 10k from their home at 49.2% while in Dublin 77.6% are staying within the radius of their houses.

54.3% of people in Longford are staying within 10km of their homes, and 51.2% in Leitrim. The figures are compiled by the Central Statistics Office by using data from Three Ireland.

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