London: Distance travelled to work

Location Type: Regions, ONS Geographic Code: E12000007

Key Facts

All Residents	8,799,728
Male	4,268,106
Female	4,531,622
Households	3,423,892
Population Density (people/km2)	5,597.6

Related Census Areas
Is within
- England
  Country
Borders with
- East of England
  Regions
- South East
  Regions
Overlaps with
- Output Area at TL354001
  Output Areas
- Tatsfield
  Built Up Areas
- Ewell
  Built Up Areas
- Worcester Park and Stoneleigh
  Built Up Areas
- Swanley
  Built Up Areas
- Ashford (Spelthorne)
  Built Up Areas
- Stanwell
  Built Up Areas
- Stanwell Moor
  Built Up Areas
- Aveley
  Built Up Areas
- Borehamwood
  Built Up Areas
- Waltham Cross
  Built Up Areas
- Output Area at TL358000
  Output Areas
Contains
- City of London
  London Boroughs
- Islington
  London Boroughs
- Kensington and Chelsea
  London Boroughs
- Kingston upon Thames
  London Boroughs
- Lambeth
  London Boroughs
- Lewisham
  London Boroughs
- Merton
  London Boroughs
- Newham
  London Boroughs
- Redbridge
  London Boroughs
- Richmond upon Thames
  London Boroughs
- Southwark
  London Boroughs
- Sutton
  London Boroughs
- Tower Hamlets
  London Boroughs
- Waltham Forest
  London Boroughs
- Wandsworth
  London Boroughs
- Hounslow
  London Boroughs
- Hillingdon
  London Boroughs
- Havering
  London Boroughs
- Barking and Dagenham
  London Boroughs
- Barnet
  London Boroughs
- Bexley
  London Boroughs
- Brent
  London Boroughs
- Bromley
  London Boroughs
- Camden
  London Boroughs
- Croydon
  London Boroughs
- Ealing
  London Boroughs
- Enfield
  London Boroughs
- Greenwich
  London Boroughs
- Hackney
  London Boroughs
- Hammersmith and Fulham
  London Boroughs
- Haringey
  London Boroughs
- Harrow
  London Boroughs
- Westminster
  London Boroughs

Table Code	ts058
Issued	2022-12-08
Unit of Measure	Person
Number of Response Options	11

Description
Data
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This dataset provides Census 2021 estimates that classify usual residents aged 16 years and over in employment the week before the census in England and Wales by the distance they travelled to work. The estimates are as at Census Day, 21 March 2021.

Summary

The distance, in kilometres, between a person's residential postcode and their workplace postcode measured in a straight line. A distance travelled of 0.1km indicates that the workplace postcode is the same as the residential postcode. Distances over 1200km are treated as invalid, and an imputed or estimated value is added.

“Work mainly at or from home” is made up of those that ticked either the 'Mainly work at or from home' box for the address of workplace question, or the “Work mainly at or from home” box for the method of travel to work question.

“Other” includes no fixed place of work, working on an offshore installation and working outside of the UK.

Distance is calculated as the straight line distance between the enumeration postcode and the workplace postcode.

Quality Statement

As Census 2021 was during a unique period of rapid change, take care when using this data for planning purposes.
Read more in our Travel to work quality information for Census 2021 methodology.

Distance travelled to work: Total: All usual residents aged 16 years and over in employment the week before the census	4,360,077
Less than 2km	331,191
2km to less than 5km	484,894
5km to less than 10km	533,671
10km to less than 20km	409,530
20km to less than 30km	79,897
30km to less than 40km	23,145
40km to less than 60km	15,808
60km and over	29,917
Works mainly from home	1,836,823
Works mainly at an offshore installation, in no fixed place, or outside the UK	615,201

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