employment density. Besides this, the volume of employees illustrates the supply of job
opportunities. It is expected that a high concentration of employees and a great supply of jobs
cause low commuting rates. On the other hand commuting rates will be quite high if a low
supply of job opportunities exists. In addition to commuting rates the average commuting
distance will be taken into consideration.
To answer the question if commuting behaviour is influenced by individual characteristics
age, education and working hours are analysed. The commuting rate and average commuting
distance for these individual characteristics are examined dependent on age.