Working mainly from home compared with council own-source income share
Working mainly from home, 2022 (CSO Census of Population) vs. council own-source income share, 2023 (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage — Local Authority Budgets). 31 areas, Pearson r = +0.45.
This is a pattern across areas, not a cause. It says nothing about any individual case.
- One year apart: The Census figure is from April 2022; the council income figure is for 2023, the closest year Local Authority Budgets has published. Reading any difference here as change over time would be wrong -- these are two different years, not a before-and-after.
- A journey-to-work snapshot, not a full remote-work count: The Census asks how someone travelled to work (or study) on one specific day. Someone who works from home most days but travelled in that day is not counted here, and the reverse.
| Area | Working mainly from home | Council own-source income share |
|---|---|---|
| Carlow County Council | 11.1 | 32.82% |
| Cavan County Council | 8.2 | 34.20% |
| Clare County Council | 10.6 | 34.49% |
| Cork City Council | 12.1 | 44.01% |
| Cork County Council | 12.2 | 35.99% |
| Donegal County Council | 11.2 | 37.15% |
| Dublin City Council | 11.7 | 33.95% |
| Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council | 18.5 | 46.75% |
| Fingal County Council | 12.4 | 49.47% |
| Galway City Council | 11.0 | 38.18% |
| Galway County Council | 11.2 | 29.91% |
| Kerry County Council | 10.5 | 32.99% |
| Kildare County Council | 11.8 | 41.33% |
| Kilkenny County Council | 10.9 | 33.54% |
| Laois County Council | 8.7 | 24.77% |
| Leitrim County Council | 10.2 | 32.81% |
| Limerick City And County Council | 10.2 | 9.17% |
| Longford County Council | 7.6 | 28.76% |
| Louth County Council | 9.6 | 28.22% |
| Mayo County Council | 9.1 | 33.09% |
| Meath County Council | 11.0 | 35.44% |
| Monaghan County Council | 7.4 | 33.18% |
| Offaly County Council | 8.3 | 33.01% |
| Roscommon County Council | 9.4 | 32.59% |
| Sligo County Council | 12.4 | 34.89% |
| South Dublin County Council | 10.4 | 48.87% |
| Tipperary County Council | 9.6 | 31.19% |
| Waterford City And County Council | 10.7 | 33.86% |
| Westmeath County Council | 9.3 | 28.85% |
| Wexford County Council | 10.1 | 37.55% |
| Wicklow County Council | 14.0 | 31.68% |