Characteristics of Home Workers in the UK with Regional and EU Comparisons

Office for National Statistics provides an analysis of home working across the UK. The dataset examines who home workers are, where they are located, what they do, and how these characteristics have changed over time. It includes comparisons at the Local Authority and regional level, as well as across the European Union.

Use Cases

• Analyze demographic and occupational profiles of home workers based on the described characteristics.
• Track changes in home working prevalence over time as mentioned in the description.
• Compare home working patterns across UK Local Authorities and regions.
• Benchmark UK home working trends against other European Union countries.

Strengths

• Produced by the Office for National Statistics, a key official statistical body.
• Includes temporal analysis of how home working has changed over time.
• Provides geographic comparisons at multiple scales: Local Authority, regional, and EU level.

Limitations

• Row count and specific column definitions are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Collection Method

Analysis of official statistics, likely from surveys or administrative data.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:30:35.711521; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United Kingdom, with comparisons to the European Union.