Every third employee in Hungary is a commuter

Almost 1,5 million Hungarians work outside their hometown or village, according to the data collected during latest population census. Most of the commuters live in Budapest, Érd and Budakeszi. Lechnerkozpont.hu reports that commuters go to work to Budapest from altogether 2087 different places.

In 2011, 34 percent of Hungarian employees were commuters, including those too who work abroad and those who shift between towns.

Most people go from Budapest to other towns, there are altogether 78681 individuals fitting into this category. The capital is followed by Érd with 17,321 commuters and Dunakeszi with 12,226 commuters. 17 percent of commuters go to work to Budapest, while 30829 people go to Székesfehérvár, this is followed by Győr with 30,281 commuters and Miskolc with 25,704 commuters working there.

Lechner Központ states that they examined the results of the 2011 population census published by the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (HCSO). 1,340,831 commuters were examined, especially focusing on those 837,186 individuals who went to work to one of the bigger cities. The results from the latter category show that 29,427 different routes were taken, the average distance was 92 kilometres and the average time needed to get to work was 74 minutes.

The following map illustrates the percentage of those residents living in the included places who go to work to other cities or towns. The majority of commuters reside in the Western Transdanubia, these towns and villages fit into the category where 75,1 or 100 percent of the residents work elsewhere. A very good example for this is Lendvadedes, where all seven employed residents work in other towns. Most of the towns and villages (1,603 altogether) fit into the 50,1-75 percent category. The 25,1-50 percent rates are found mostly in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén and Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg counties. There are only 155 places falling into the 0-25 percent category, mostly located in the previous two counties. In the whole country, there are only three places where there were no commuters, these being Csenyéte, Gagyapáti and Litka.