The line graph compares the proportion of adults who traveled to work, worked from home, and worked hybridly in the UK from January 2021 to April 2022. In general, there was an upward trend in the share of commuting to work and hybrid work, while the reverse was true for working remotely. Also, the figure for travel to work consistently had higher shares compared to the remaining ones.
Focusing on the increases first, in April 2021, around 40% of adults commuted to work, considerably higher than that of hybrid working, at 10%. These figures then rose steadily, reaching about 55% and 16% by October, respectively. Despite this growth, the former dipped negligibly to 50% in January 2022 before recovering to its peak of nearly 60% in April. However, this was followed by another decrease to 45% in July. In the meantime, the share of hybrid working saw a minor decline to 12% in January 2022 and remained relatively stable until April. After this, the figure soared to 25% in the final month.
The pattern for working remotely, on the other hand, bucked the trend. In April 2021, it accounted for approximately 32%, a figure that then dropped substantially to almost 15% in October. After rising to roughly 20% in January 2022, it went down to just under 15% in April and remained more or less unchanged until the end of the period.