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Commuters travelling 20km or more to work, every council ranked

Of those who travel to a fixed place of work, measured in a straight line from home, from the census of March 2021, taken in a lockdown. Figures for 2021, published for 329 councils in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Lowest first: the order says where a council sits, not whether that is good.

Lowest: Hammersmith and Fulham, 4%. The council in the middle: Bracknell Forest, 16.9%. Highest: Isles of Scilly, 39.4%.

Commuters travelling 20km or more to work, every council it is published for, lowest first
PlaceCouncilFigure
1Hammersmith and FulhamLondon4%
2City of LondonLondon4.1%
3 jointHackneyLondon4.3%
3 jointKensington and ChelseaLondon4.3%
5IslingtonLondon4.5%
6 jointCamdenLondon4.6%
6 jointWestminsterLondon4.6%
8 jointLambethLondon4.7%
8 jointWandsworthLondon4.7%
10SouthwarkLondon5.1%
11LewishamLondon5.2%
12 jointBelfastNorthern Ireland5.4%
12 jointTower HamletsLondon5.4%
14BrentLondon5.7%
15MertonLondon5.8%
16HaringeyLondon6%
17 jointBarnetLondon6.2%
17 jointEalingLondon6.2%
19North TynesideNorth East6.3%
20 jointBristolSouth West6.5%
20 jointIsle of WightSouth East6.5%
22 jointSuttonLondon6.6%
22 jointTamesideNorth West6.6%
24StockportNorth West6.9%
25 jointRichmond upon ThamesLondon7%
25 jointWaltham ForestLondon7%
27 jointGatesheadNorth East7.1%
27 jointKnowsleyNorth West7.1%
27 jointSouth TynesideNorth East7.1%
30SunderlandNorth East7.3%
31DudleyWest Midlands7.6%
32GreenwichLondon7.7%
33 jointHounslowLondon7.8%
33 jointKingston upon ThamesLondon7.8%
35 jointEnfieldLondon7.9%
35 jointManchesterNorth West7.9%
37 jointBradfordYorkshire and the Humber8%
37 jointLiverpoolNorth West8%
39NewhamLondon8.1%
40SalfordNorth West8.3%
41 jointBuryNorth West8.4%
41 jointSandwellWest Midlands8.4%
43 jointBournemouth, Christchurch and PooleSouth West8.5%
43 jointCroydonLondon8.5%
43 jointPlymouthSouth West8.5%
46 jointErewashEast Midlands8.6%
46 jointOldhamNorth West8.6%
48SheffieldYorkshire and the Humber8.7%
49 jointNewcastle upon TyneNorth East8.8%
49 jointSouth GloucestershireSouth West8.8%
51 jointKingston upon HullYorkshire and the Humber8.9%
51 jointTraffordNorth West8.9%
53WalsallWest Midlands9%
54 jointBlackpoolNorth West9.5%
54 jointLeedsYorkshire and the Humber9.5%
56 jointBroxtoweEast Midlands9.6%
56 jointGloucesterSouth West9.6%
56 jointRochdaleNorth West9.6%
59 jointOxfordSouth East9.9%
59 jointStoke-on-TrentWest Midlands9.9%
61 jointBirminghamWest Midlands10.1%
61 jointSouthamptonSouth East10.1%
63 jointKirkleesYorkshire and the Humber10.2%
63 jointRotherhamYorkshire and the Humber10.2%
63 jointSwanseaWales10.2%
63 jointWirralNorth West10.2%
67GosportSouth East10.4%
68 jointBlackburn with DarwenNorth West10.5%
68 jointBromleyLondon10.5%
68 jointBurnleyNorth West10.5%
71 jointBath and North East SomersetSouth West10.6%
71 jointMiddlesbroughNorth East10.6%
73Stockton-on-TeesNorth East10.7%
74 jointNorth East LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber10.8%
74 jointNottinghamEast Midlands10.8%
76 jointCalderdaleYorkshire and the Humber10.9%
76 jointFarehamSouth East10.9%
76 jointGedlingEast Midlands10.9%
79HarrowLondon11%
80 jointBoltonNorth West11.1%
80 jointSt. HelensNorth West11.1%
82 jointHyndburnNorth West11.2%
82 jointTorbaySouth West11.2%
84 jointCardiffWales11.3%
84 jointChesterfieldEast Midlands11.3%
84 jointRedbridgeLondon11.3%
87 jointDerbyEast Midlands11.4%
87 jointExeterSouth West11.4%
87 jointSpelthorneSouth East11.4%
90EastleighSouth East11.5%
91WakefieldYorkshire and the Humber11.6%
92Newcastle-under-LymeWest Midlands11.7%
93AshfieldEast Midlands11.8%
94HavantSouth East11.9%
95 jointBexleyLondon12.1%
95 jointOadby and WigstonEast Midlands12.1%
97 jointAdurSouth East12.2%
97 jointEpsom and EwellSouth East12.2%
97 jointLeicesterEast Midlands12.2%
97 jointSolihullWest Midlands12.2%
101HaltonNorth West12.3%
102 jointAmber ValleyEast Midlands12.4%
102 jointPrestonNorth West12.4%
104CambridgeEast of England12.6%
105Brighton and HoveSouth East12.7%
106 jointBarnsleyYorkshire and the Humber12.8%
106 jointCaerphillyWales12.8%
106 jointCharnwoodEast Midlands12.8%
106 jointMansfieldEast Midlands12.8%
110 jointHillingdonLondon12.9%
110 jointLisburn and CastlereaghNorthern Ireland12.9%
112PortsmouthSouth East13.1%
113 jointCheltenhamSouth West13.2%
113 jointIpswichEast of England13.2%
113 jointNorwichEast of England13.2%
116North DevonSouth West13.3%
117PendleNorth West13.4%
118 jointBlabyEast Midlands13.5%
118 jointHartlepoolNorth East13.5%
118 jointWiganNorth West13.5%
121 jointBarking and DagenhamLondon13.7%
121 jointFyldeNorth West13.7%
121 jointRedcar and ClevelandNorth East13.7%
124South RibbleNorth West13.8%
125RunnymedeSouth East13.9%
126 jointCoventryWest Midlands14%
126 jointDerry City and StrabaneNorthern Ireland14%
126 jointSloughSouth East14%
126 jointWyreNorth West14%
130 jointBroadlandEast of England14.1%
130 jointWolverhamptonWest Midlands14.1%
132TewkesburySouth West14.2%
133 jointAntrim and NewtownabbeyNorthern Ireland14.4%
133 jointWorthingSouth East14.4%
135Vale of GlamorganWales14.5%
136WrexhamWales14.7%
137 jointCrawleySouth East14.8%
137 jointSeftonNorth West14.8%
139 jointArds and North DownNorthern Ireland14.9%
139 jointHertsmereEast of England14.9%
141 jointNorth East DerbyshireEast Midlands15%
141 jointYorkYorkshire and the Humber15%
143 jointMilton KeynesSouth East15.1%
143 jointTorfaenWales15.1%
145ChorleyNorth West15.2%
146RedditchWest Midlands15.3%
147ArunSouth East15.4%
148SwindonSouth West15.5%
149Nuneaton and BedworthWest Midlands15.6%
150WarwickWest Midlands15.8%
151 jointEastbourneSouth East15.9%
151 jointHastingsSouth East15.9%
151 jointReadingSouth East15.9%
151 jointWarringtonNorth West15.9%
155 jointDoncasterYorkshire and the Humber16.1%
155 jointElmbridgeSouth East16.1%
157 jointBromsgroveWest Midlands16.2%
157 jointWokingSouth East16.2%
159 jointHinckley and BosworthEast Midlands16.3%
159 jointNeath Port TalbotWales16.3%
159 jointWest LancashireNorth West16.3%
162 jointLewesSouth East16.4%
162 jointStaffordshire MoorlandsWest Midlands16.4%
164RushmoorSouth East16.8%
165 jointBracknell ForestSouth East16.9%
165 jointRossendaleNorth West16.9%
167FlintshireWales17%
168 jointWatfordEast of England17.1%
168 jointWindsor and MaidenheadSouth East17.1%
170 jointSouth CambridgeshireEast of England17.2%
170 jointTeignbridgeSouth West17.2%
172 jointBolsoverEast Midlands17.3%
172 jointRugbyWest Midlands17.3%
172 jointTelford and WrekinWest Midlands17.3%
175Cannock ChaseWest Midlands17.4%
176Reigate and BansteadSouth East17.6%
177 jointNewportWales17.7%
177 jointWelwyn HatfieldEast of England17.7%
177 jointWokinghamSouth East17.7%
180WorcesterWest Midlands17.8%
181 jointBroxbourneEast of England18%
181 jointPeterboroughEast of England18%
181 jointRushcliffeEast Midlands18%
184 jointEast StaffordshireWest Midlands18.1%
184 jointMole ValleySouth East18.1%
186GuildfordSouth East18.2%
187 jointHigh PeakEast Midlands18.3%
187 jointLancasterNorth West18.3%
189StroudSouth West18.4%
190 jointNorth LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber18.5%
190 jointWestmorland and FurnessNorth West18.5%
192South DerbyshireEast Midlands18.8%
193 jointHarlowEast of England18.9%
193 jointRhondda Cynon TafWales18.9%
193 jointTamworthWest Midlands18.9%
193 jointThanetSouth East18.9%
197 jointNorth NorthamptonshireEast Midlands19%
197 jointSouth StaffordshireWest Midlands19%
199 jointDarlingtonNorth East19.1%
199 jointEast DevonSouth West19.1%
199 jointSouthend-on-SeaEast of England19.1%
202 jointCheshire EastNorth West19.3%
202 jointNew ForestSouth East19.3%
204 jointBlaenau GwentWales19.4%
204 jointThree RiversEast of England19.4%
206 jointCumberlandNorth West19.5%
206 jointNorth WarwickshireWest Midlands19.5%
206 jointRibble ValleyNorth West19.5%
206 jointWest BerkshireSouth East19.5%
210 jointHartSouth East19.6%
210 jointMid SussexSouth East19.6%
210 jointNorth SomersetSouth West19.6%
213Epping ForestEast of England19.8%
214 jointPembrokeshireWales19.9%
214 jointSomersetSouth West19.9%
214 jointSurrey HeathSouth East19.9%
214 jointVale of White HorseSouth East19.9%
218LincolnEast Midlands20%
219StevenageEast of England20.1%
220West NorthamptonshireEast Midlands20.2%
221TorridgeSouth West20.4%
222 jointRotherSouth East20.5%
222 jointWest OxfordshireSouth East20.5%
224St AlbansEast of England20.6%
225BedfordEast of England20.8%
226 jointCheshire West and ChesterNorth West20.9%
226 jointLutonEast of England20.9%
226 jointTandridgeSouth East20.9%
226 jointWyre ForestWest Midlands20.9%
230 jointBasingstoke and DeaneSouth East21%
230 jointHerefordshireWest Midlands21%
230 jointNorth West LeicestershireEast Midlands21%
233 jointBridgendWales21.2%
233 jointCounty DurhamNorth East21.2%
233 jointDacorumEast of England21.2%
233 jointMerthyr TydfilWales21.2%
237South HamsSouth West21.3%
238 jointFermanagh and OmaghNorthern Ireland21.5%
238 jointWaverleySouth East21.5%
240 jointHaveringLondon21.6%
240 jointLichfieldWest Midlands21.6%
242 jointDoverSouth East21.8%
242 jointTunbridge WellsSouth East21.8%
244 jointConwyWales22%
244 jointMaidstoneSouth East22%
244 jointRochfordEast of England22%
247 jointBasildonEast of England22.1%
247 jointMalvern HillsWest Midlands22.1%
247 jointSouth OxfordshireSouth East22.1%
250ChichesterSouth East22.2%
251ColchesterEast of England22.3%
252BostonEast Midlands22.4%
253SwaleSouth East22.5%
254StaffordWest Midlands22.6%
255 jointArmagh City, Banbridge and CraigavonNorthern Ireland22.7%
255 jointEast SuffolkEast of England22.7%
255 jointGraveshamSouth East22.7%
255 jointSouth NorfolkEast of England22.7%
259 jointCanterburySouth East22.8%
259 jointMedwaySouth East22.8%
261 jointSouth HollandEast Midlands22.9%
261 jointThurrockEast of England22.9%
263BassetlawEast Midlands23.1%
264 jointCornwallSouth West23.2%
264 jointDartfordSouth East23.2%
266Castle PointEast of England23.3%
267Folkestone and HytheSouth East23.4%
268TendringEast of England23.5%
269CherwellSouth East23.7%
270ChelmsfordEast of England23.8%
271 jointGreat YarmouthEast of England24.1%
271 jointWinchesterSouth East24.1%
273Mid UlsterNorthern Ireland24.2%
274Newark and SherwoodEast Midlands24.4%
275 jointEast HertfordshireEast of England24.5%
275 jointHarboroughEast Midlands24.5%
275 jointWiltshireSouth West24.5%
278Tonbridge and MallingSouth East24.6%
279WychavonWest Midlands24.7%
280NorthumberlandNorth East24.8%
281 jointCarmarthenshireWales24.9%
281 jointMid and East AntrimNorthern Ireland24.9%
283HorshamSouth East25%
284North YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber25.1%
285Mid DevonSouth West25.2%
286DenbighshireWales25.3%
287 jointDorsetSouth West25.4%
287 jointWealdenSouth East25.4%
289 jointBaberghEast of England25.6%
289 jointDerbyshire DalesEast Midlands25.6%
289 jointEast Riding of YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber25.6%
289 jointKing's Lynn and West NorfolkEast of England25.6%
293Newry, Mourne and DownNorthern Ireland25.7%
294AshfordSouth East25.9%
295 jointSevenoaksSouth East26.2%
295 jointStratford-on-AvonWest Midlands26.2%
297 jointNorth HertfordshireEast of England26.3%
297 jointTest ValleySouth East26.3%
299 jointBuckinghamshireSouth East27.2%
299 jointCentral BedfordshireEast of England27.2%
299 jointForest of DeanSouth West27.2%
299 jointGwyneddWales27.2%
303 jointNorth KestevenEast Midlands27.3%
303 jointRutlandEast Midlands27.3%
305MeltonEast Midlands27.5%
306 jointHuntingdonshireEast of England27.7%
306 jointIsle of AngleseyWales27.7%
308Causeway Coast and GlensNorthern Ireland28.1%
309MaldonEast of England28.2%
310 jointFenlandEast of England28.4%
310 jointWest SuffolkEast of England28.4%
312East HampshireSouth East28.5%
313South KestevenEast Midlands29%
314 jointBrentwoodEast of England29.1%
314 jointNorth NorfolkEast of England29.1%
316East LindseyEast Midlands29.4%
317BraintreeEast of England29.5%
318CeredigionWales29.8%
319Mid SuffolkEast of England30.1%
320 jointShropshireWest Midlands30.2%
320 jointWest LindseyEast Midlands30.2%
322CotswoldSouth West30.6%
323East CambridgeshireEast of England30.7%
324West DevonSouth West30.9%
325MonmouthshireWales31.9%
326UttlesfordEast of England32.1%
327BrecklandEast of England32.2%
328PowysWales34.6%
329Isles of ScillySouth West39.4%

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  • Scotland. Scotland held its census a year later, in 2022, so its answers are not from the same day.

ONS, Census 2021, table TS058, distance travelled to work, by council; NISRA, Census 2021, Place of Work (Distance), by Local Government District · 2021 · fetched 22 October 2026 · How this is measured

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