A third of employees work from home at least one day a week, new figures show

Watergrasshill in Cork had the highest proportion of commuters (82%) in the country using the car to drive to work among towns of at least 1,500 people. Picture: Larry Cummins

The number of retirees is rising at a faster rate than people are joining the workforce, while almost a third of employees work from home at least one day a week, new figures show.

The latest details from Census 2022, published on Tuesday by the Central Statistics Office, show 2.3 million people are in work, a rise of 16% compared to the previous census in 2016.