People in South Ayrshire were least likely to work from home at some point during the year, according to new figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

The ONS said that only 9.1 per cent of people surveyed across the region had worked from home in the week prior to being questioned.

East Ayrshire also featured in top 12 of people least likely to be working from home, with 17.3 per cent of residents saying they had worked from home.

Employees in London were more likely to work from home, while many areas in the North and Scotland saw much lower levels of homeworking.

Here we list the 20 areas where the fewest and most people worked from home at some point in 2020.

Areas where fewest people worked from home:

  • South Ayrshire – 9.1%
  • Burnley – 13.3%
  • Middlesbrough – 13.7%
  • Blackpool – 14.5%
  • Slough – 14.6%
  • Pendle – 15.3%
  • South Tyneside – 16.5%
  • Sandwell – 16.7%
  • Lincoln – 16.9%
  • Thurrock – 17.1%
  • Argyll & Bute – 17.1%
  • East Ayrshire – 17.3%
  • West Dunbartonshire – 17.4%
  • Redcar and Cleveland – 17.6%
  • North East Lincolnshire – 17.6%
  • Wolverhampton – 18.3%
  • Rochdale – 18.5%
  • Knowsley – 18.7%
  • North Lanarkshire – 19%
  • North Lincolnshire -19%


Areas which saw the most people working from home last year:

  • Richmond-upon-Thames – 70.7%
  • Waverley – 68.1%
  • Lewisham – 66.4%
  • Orkney Islands – 66.2%
  • Kensington & Chelsea – 65.5%
  • Guildford – 65.1%
  • Lambeth – 64.4%
  • Brentwood – 64%
  • Woking – 63.8%
  • Basingstoke – 62.9%
  • Craven – 62.3%
  • Hackney – 61.7%
  • Mid Sussex – 61.7%
  • St Albans – 61%
  • Wealden – 61%
  • Bracknell Forest – 60.9%
  • Derbyshire Dales – 60.5%
  • Wokingham – 60.3%
  • Elmbridge – 60.3%
  • Ribble Valley – 59.5%