Working location trends Britain 2023

As of May 2023, 39 percent of workers in Great Britain advised that they had worked from home at some point in the previous seven days, with 73 percent of British workers saying they had travelled to work in the last week. At the height of the first wave of the Coronavirus pandemic, in April 2020, almost half of UK workers were working from home, and just 31 percent of people were traveling to work.

Percentage of adults that have worked from home or travelled to work at some point in the previous seven days in Great Britain (March 2020 to May 2023)

Characteristic	Working from home	Travelled to work
May 29, 23	39%	73%
May 14, 23	39%	68%
May 1, 23	37%	73%
Apr 16, 23	37%	67%
Apr 2, 23	38%	71%
Mar 19, 23	40%	71%
Mar 5, 23	37%	71%
Feb 19, 23	38%	72%
Feb 5, 23	40%	71%
Jan 22, 23	39%	68%
Jan 8, 23	29%	49%
Dec 18, 22	38%	70%
Dec 4, 22	38%	73%
Nov 20, 22	38%	72%
Nov 6, 22	38%	71%
Oct 23, 22	37%	72%
Oct 9, 22	33%	70%
Sep 25, 22	37%	69%
Sep 11, 22	35%	66%
Aug 29, 22	36%	63%
Aug 14, 22	33%	64%
Jul 31, 22	38%	65%
Jul 17, 22	40%	68%
Jul 3, 22	39%	67%
Jun 19, 22	34%	61%
Jun 5, 22	38%	71%
May 22, 22	37%	75%
May 8, 22	38%	70%
Apr 24, 22	36%	66%
Apr 10, 22	37%	69%
Mar 27, 22	26%	71%
Mar 13, 22	25%	73%
Feb 27, 22	27%	68%
Feb 13, 22	31%	68%
Jan 30, 22	36%	62%
Jan 16, 22	34%	59%
Jan 3, 22	32%	60%
Dec 12, 21	32%	72%
Nov 28, 21	29%	71%
Nov 14, 21	30%	67%
Oct 31, 21	33%	70%
Oct 17, 21	30%	70%
Oct 3, 21	29%	67%
Sep 19, 21	29%	65%
Sep 5, 21	32%	57%
Aug 22, 21	29%	55%
Aug 15, 21	29%	60%
Aug 8, 21	30%	59%
Aug 1, 21	33%	57%
Jul 25, 21	34%	61%
Jul 18, 21	35%	64%
Jul 11, 21	37%	60%
Jul 4, 21	39%	60%
Jun 27, 21	37%	63%
Jun 20, 21	37%	64%
Jun 13, 21	39%	64%
Jun 6, 21	35%	60%
May 31, 21	37%	64%
May 23, 21	37%	61%
May 16, 21	38%	62%
May 9, 21	37%	60%
May 3, 21	37%	60%
Apr 25, 21	38%	58%
Apr 18, 21	37%	55%
Apr 11, 21	37%	53%
Apr 04, 21	40%	53%
Mar 28, 21	40%	53%
Mar 21, 21	41%	51%
Mar 14, 21	42%	53%
Mar 7, 21	46%	48%
Feb 28, 21	43%	49%
Feb 21, 21	45%	46%
Feb 14, 21	48%	44%
Feb 7, 21	46%	47%
Jan 31, 21	46%	46%
Jan 24, 21	43%	47%
Jan 17, 21	45%	48%
Jan 10, 21	43%	48%
Jan 3, 21	32%	44%
Dec 20, 20	39%	57%
Dec 13, 20	37%	58%
Dec 6, 20	40%	54%
Nov 29, 20	39%	54%
Nov 22, 20	37%	56%
Nov 15, 20	39%	51%
Nov 8, 20	38%	58%
Nov 1, 20	37%	56%
Oct 25, 20	40%	59%
Oct 18, 20	36%	60%
Oct 11, 20	34%	65%
Oct 4, 20	37%	61%
Sep 27, 20	35%	59%
Sep 20, 20	32%	64%
Sep 13, 20	32%	62%
Aug 30, 20	27%	57%
Aug 16, 20	31%	55%
Aug 9, 20	30%	55%
Aug 2, 20	32%	51%
Jul 26, 20	33%	54%
Jul 19, 20	35%	53%
Jul 12, 20	36%	50%
Jul 5, 20	39%	48%
Jun 28, 20	37%	49%
Jun 21, 20	41%	44%
Jun 14, 20	49%	41%
Jun 7, 20	40%	37%
May 31, 20	41%	40%
May 24, 20	39%	36%
May 17, 20	46%	34%
May 10, 20	42%	38%
May 3, 20	44%	34%
Apr 27, 20	44%	34%
Apr 20, 20	45%	32%
Apr 13, 20	49%	31%
Apr 6, 20	46%	44%
Mar 30, 20	43%	-

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Release date

June 2023

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Region

United Kingdom (Great Britain)

Survey time period

March 2022 to May 2023

Number of respondents

2,000 to 2,500 per wave

Age group

16 years and older

Special properties

Residents of Great Britain

Method of interview

Telephone interviews and online survey

Supplementary notes

For this survey, a person is said to be working if last week: they had a paid job, either as an employee or self-employed; or they did any casual work for payment; or they did any unpaid or voluntary work.

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