In 2020, 20.5 percent of workers in South East England mainly worked from home, compared with the United Kingdom average of 17.4 percent. The area with the lowest percentage of people working from home in the UK was Northern Ireland, at 11.7 percent.
Percentage of those in employment who work mainly from home in the United Kingdom in 2020, by region
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Office for National Statistics (UK). (May 17, 2021). Percentage of those in employment who work mainly from home in the United Kingdom in 2020, by region [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 10, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/879152/-home-workers-by-region-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Percentage of those in employment who work mainly from home in the United Kingdom in 2020, by region." Chart. May 17, 2021. Statista. Accessed December 10, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/879152/-home-workers-by-region-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
Office for National Statistics (UK). (2021). Percentage of those in employment who work mainly from home in the United Kingdom in 2020, by region. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 10, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/879152/-home-workers-by-region-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Percentage of Those in Employment Who Work Mainly from Home in The United Kingdom in 2020, by Region." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 May 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/879152/-home-workers-by-region-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
Office for National Statistics (UK), Percentage of those in employment who work mainly from home in the United Kingdom in 2020, by region Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/879152/-home-workers-by-region-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/ (last visited December 10, 2023)
Percentage of those in employment who work mainly from home in the United Kingdom in 2020, by region [Graph], Office for National Statistics (UK), May 17, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/879152/-home-workers-by-region-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/