More than a third of the population continued to travel more than 10 kilometres from home over the past month, according to the latest data from the Central Statistics Office (CSO).
Some 65 per cent of the population stayed local — within 10 kilometres of their home — during the week ending March 12th.
During the week ending February 12th, an estimated 66.7 per cent of the population stayed within 10 kilometres of their home.
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All counties showed modest increases in the number of people staying local between March 5th and 12th, according to the CSO’s Staying Local Indicator.
These increases ranged from 0.5 percentage points in Leitrim to 2.5 percentage points in Donegal, Louth, Sligo, indicating some tightening of mobility behaviour.
Dublin continues to be the county with the highest percentage of the population staying local (80 per cent) reflecting its urbanised nature and access to services compared with other counties.
Mayo had the lowest percentage of the population staying at home, at 50 per cent.
The CSO said the propensity of people to stay within 10 kilometres of their home tends to differ by county, as movement is affected by local circumstances and conditions, such as access to services and levels of urbanisation.
It compiled the data by examining mobile phone usage from Three Ireland.
