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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Elias Visontay Transport and urban affairs reporter

More Australians head back to the office and most prefer Thursday or Friday, study finds

Australia public transport
Survey finds 21% of respondents said they felt the higher costs of everyday travel, such as petrol prices and public transport fares. Photograph: Flavio Brancaleone/EPA

As an increasing number of Australians favour the office over working from home, Friday has emerged as one of the most popular days to commute and be among colleagues, new research shows.

On average Australian workers spent just 21% – or between one and two days – of their work week at home during a two-week survey period in September, down from a corresponding data point of 27% in March. This is according to the latest Transport Opinion Survey conducted by the University of Sydney’s Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies, based on data from 1,029 respondents, who were also asked about priorities and transport attitudes.

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