How do men and women differ when it comes to going to work?

MEN in the East Midlands are almost three times more likely than women to commute for more than an hour to get to work.

New figures from the Office for National Statistics show 5% of men in the region have commutes that take more than an hour, compared to 1.9% of women.

This means of all the commuters travelling for more than an hour to get to work, three-quarters (74.8%) are men.

In comparison, more than half (53.1%) of commuters travelling 15 minutes or less to work are women.

The most common length of commute was 15 minutes or less - 49.4% of women and 39.4% of men had commutes this length.

There are also variations in how men and women get to work.

Car or van is the most common way people in the East Midlands get to work, with 77.1% of women and 80.5% of men either driving or travelling as a passenger.

However, for other modes of transport, there’s a commuting gender gap.

Men make 75.7% of com- mutes by bike and 69.9% commutes by train.

Women, with shorter journeys to work on average, are more likely to walk - 62.5% of commutes on foot are made by women.

They are also more likely to take the bus to work - 54.4% of bus commutes are made by women.

Across the UK, men undertake almost two-thirds of commutes lasting more than an hour, new analysis shows.

It also reveals that women tend to undertake shorter journeys to work, accounting for more than half (55%) of commutes lasting 15 minutes or less. of

Commutes of more than an hour are still comparatively rare, with the most common commute lasting 15 minutes or less.

However, they are becoming more common, with the number of people travelling for more than an hour to get to work up by 31% since 2011.

Although men remain more likely to make commutes lasting more than an hour, the rise over time has been led by women.

The number of women with long commutes is up by 39%, compared with a 27% rise for men.

In particular, the number of women travelling for more than an hour to work in London has increased by 46% since 2011, accounting for more than half of the overall growth in long commutes for women.

Nationally, men are more likely than women to commute by train, while women are more likely to walk or travel by bus.

The car is the most equal and the most popular form of transport; accounting or two-thirds of all commutes by both men and women.

In contrast, cycling is among the most unequal ways of commuting, with men accounting for 74% of those who cycle to work.