Over half of Brampton residents commuting to work each day are spending 30 minutes or more travelling to their jobs.

The latest data released from the 2016 Census shows about 55 per cent of the almost 279,000 residents who are a part of the daily commuting crowd are in-transit for at least half an hour.

Approximately 44,500 (16 per cent) are on the road for more than an hour.

According to census data, 45 per cent of Brampton commuters take less than 30 minutes to make it to work.

Most commuters — about 76 per cent — are driving to work, slightly higher than the 74 per cent getting behind the wheel nationwide to reach their place of employment.

If carpooling is counted, more than 232,300 Bramptonians (83 per cent) get into a car daily to make their way to work.

That is up about two per cent from the 2011 census.

About 14 per cent of commuters in the city are taking public transit (up more than two per cent).

On a national scale, approximately 12 per cent of Canada’s commuters are public transit riders.

Less than two per cent of Brampton commuters (1.6 per cent) walk to work.