Official Statistics

Rural home working statistics

Rates of home workers by Rural Urban Classification 2011 (RUC11).

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Published: 5 March 2015
• Last updated: 27 January 2022 — See all updates

Applies to England

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Rural home working statistics

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For these statistics home workers are defined as those who usually spend at least half of their work time using their home, either within their grounds or in different places or using it as a base.

These documents are part of the larger compendium publication the Statistical Digest of Rural England, a collection of rural statistics on a wide range of social and economic government policy areas. The statistics allow comparisons between the different rural and urban area classifications.

Metadata

Indicators:

• Percentage of all those employed age 16 and over, by rural-urban classification

• Time series from 2006 for numbers of people home working or working somewhere separate to home, of all those employed and age 16 or over, by rural-urban classification

Data source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Annual Business Inquiry (ABI)

Coverage: England

Rural classification used: Office for National Statistics Rural Urban Classification

Next release date: tbc

Additional information:

• Office for National Statistics Labour Force Survey
• NOMIS - official labour market statistics
• Office for National Statistics Business Register and Employment Survey

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Published 5 March 2015
Last updated 27 January 2022 + show all updates

1. 27 January 2022

   Published today, latest available statistics on homeworking in rural areas.

2. 17 December 2020

   Published today, latest available rural statistics on home working (pre Covid-19 period)

3. 30 May 2019

   Published today, latest rural statistics on home workers.

4. 29 November 2017

   Published today, latest rural home working figures.

5. 21 July 2016

   We’ve changed how we’ve organised rural statistics and updated the content following Lord Cameron’s review of rural proofing.

6. 5 March 2015

   First published.