# Working from home: highest and lowest councils in South East (2021)

Elmbridge had the highest share of workers working mainly from home of South East’s 64 councils in 2021, at 53.7%.

Isle of Wight had the lowest, at 22.3%. The middle council, Spelthorne, had 35.9%.

| Rank | Area | Working mainly from home |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Elmbridge](https://openindex.co.uk/elmbridge) | 53.7% |
| 2 | [Wokingham](https://openindex.co.uk/wokingham) | 50.7% |
| 3 | [Windsor and Maidenhead](https://openindex.co.uk/windsor-and-maidenhead) | 47.9% |
| 4 | [Waverley](https://openindex.co.uk/waverley) | 47.6% |
| 5 | [Mole Valley](https://openindex.co.uk/mole-valley) | 45.8% |
| 6 | [Epsom and Ewell](https://openindex.co.uk/epsom-and-ewell) | 44.9% |
| 7 | [Hart](https://openindex.co.uk/hart) | 44.8% |
| 8 | [Woking](https://openindex.co.uk/woking) | 44.7% |
| 9 | [Guildford](https://openindex.co.uk/guildford) | 44.2% |
| =10 | [Tandridge](https://openindex.co.uk/tandridge) | 43.3% |
| =10 | [Winchester](https://openindex.co.uk/winchester) | 43.3% |
| 12 | [South Oxfordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/south-oxfordshire) | 42.8% |
| 13 | [Brighton and Hove](https://openindex.co.uk/brighton-and-hove) | 42.7% |
| 14 | [Tunbridge Wells](https://openindex.co.uk/tunbridge-wells) | 42.3% |
| 15 | [Sevenoaks](https://openindex.co.uk/sevenoaks) | 42.2% |
| 16 | [Reigate and Banstead](https://openindex.co.uk/reigate-and-banstead) | 42.0% |
| =17 | [Vale of White Horse](https://openindex.co.uk/vale-of-white-horse) | 41.3% |
| =17 | [West Berkshire](https://openindex.co.uk/west-berkshire) | 41.3% |
| 19 | [Buckinghamshire](https://openindex.co.uk/buckinghamshire) | 41.1% |
| 20 | [Mid Sussex](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-sussex) | 40.9% |
| =21 | [Horsham](https://openindex.co.uk/horsham) | 40.8% |
| =21 | [Surrey Heath](https://openindex.co.uk/surrey-heath) | 40.8% |
| 23 | [Bracknell Forest](https://openindex.co.uk/bracknell-forest) | 39.9% |
| 24 | [Reading](https://openindex.co.uk/reading) | 39.3% |
| 25 | [Basingstoke and Deane](https://openindex.co.uk/basingstoke-and-deane) | 39.2% |
| 26 | [Runnymede](https://openindex.co.uk/runnymede) | 38.9% |
| 27 | [Oxford](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford) | 38.8% |
| 28 | [East Hampshire](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hampshire) | 37.5% |
| 29 | [Tonbridge and Malling](https://openindex.co.uk/tonbridge-and-malling) | 37.0% |
| 30 | [Milton Keynes](https://openindex.co.uk/milton-keynes) | 36.4% |
| 31 | [Test Valley](https://openindex.co.uk/test-valley) | 36.2% |
| 32 | [Spelthorne](https://openindex.co.uk/spelthorne) | 35.9% |
| 33 | [Lewes](https://openindex.co.uk/lewes) | 35.3% |
| 34 | [West Oxfordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/west-oxfordshire) | 35.0% |
| 35 | [Wealden](https://openindex.co.uk/wealden) | 34.9% |
| 36 | [Fareham](https://openindex.co.uk/fareham) | 34.5% |
| =37 | [Chichester](https://openindex.co.uk/chichester) | 34.4% |
| =37 | [Eastleigh](https://openindex.co.uk/eastleigh) | 34.4% |
| 39 | [Rother](https://openindex.co.uk/rother) | 32.4% |
| 40 | [Cherwell](https://openindex.co.uk/cherwell) | 32.2% |
| 41 | [Worthing](https://openindex.co.uk/worthing) | 31.3% |
| =42 | [Adur](https://openindex.co.uk/adur) | 31.1% |
| =42 | [Maidstone](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone) | 31.1% |
| 44 | [Dartford](https://openindex.co.uk/dartford) | 31.0% |
| =45 | [Canterbury](https://openindex.co.uk/canterbury) | 30.4% |
| =45 | [New Forest](https://openindex.co.uk/new-forest) | 30.4% |
| 47 | [Ashford](https://openindex.co.uk/ashford) | 30.1% |
| 48 | [Rushmoor](https://openindex.co.uk/rushmoor) | 28.9% |
| 49 | [Folkestone and Hythe](https://openindex.co.uk/folkestone-and-hythe) | 28.8% |
| 50 | [Slough](https://openindex.co.uk/slough) | 27.1% |
| 51 | [Crawley](https://openindex.co.uk/crawley) | 27.0% |
| 52 | [Hastings](https://openindex.co.uk/hastings) | 26.8% |
| 53 | [Gravesham](https://openindex.co.uk/gravesham) | 26.2% |
| 54 | [Medway](https://openindex.co.uk/medway) | 26.0% |
| =55 | [Havant](https://openindex.co.uk/havant) | 25.6% |
| =55 | [Southampton](https://openindex.co.uk/southampton) | 25.6% |
| 57 | [Swale](https://openindex.co.uk/swale) | 25.4% |
| 58 | [Portsmouth](https://openindex.co.uk/portsmouth) | 24.9% |
| 59 | [Arun](https://openindex.co.uk/arun) | 24.7% |
| 60 | [Thanet](https://openindex.co.uk/thanet) | 24.3% |
| 61 | [Dover](https://openindex.co.uk/dover) | 24.1% |
| 62 | [Eastbourne](https://openindex.co.uk/eastbourne) | 23.1% |
| 63 | [Gosport](https://openindex.co.uk/gosport) | 23.0% |
| 64 | [Isle of Wight](https://openindex.co.uk/isle-of-wight) | 22.3% |

Source: Census 2021, England and Wales, ONS Census 2021. Covers England and Wales. Period: 2021. Period: 2021.

## Other rankings of this measure

- [England and Wales](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/work-from-home/uk)
- [England](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/work-from-home/england)
- [Wales](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/work-from-home/wales)
- [North East](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/work-from-home/north-east)
- [North West](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/work-from-home/north-west)
- [Yorkshire and The Humber](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/work-from-home/yorkshire-and-the-humber)
- [East Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/work-from-home/east-midlands)
- [West Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/work-from-home/west-midlands)
- [East of England](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/work-from-home/east-of-england)
- [London](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/work-from-home/london)
- [South West](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/work-from-home/south-west)

- [The map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/work-from-home)
- [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/work-from-home)

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