{ "name": "HardFM Workplace Occupancy Series", "title": "Workplace Occupancy Series", "url": "https://hardfmly.com/datasets/workplace-occupancy-series/", "csv": "https://hardfmly.com/datasets/workplace-occupancy-series.csv", "markdown": "https://hardfmly.com/datasets/workplace-occupancy-series/index.md", "computed_at": "2026-10-18", "license": "https://hardfmly.com/terms", "headline": "The median published figure in the Workplace Occupancy Series is 28 percent across 7 sources' own pages (range 13.50 to 60 percent), read 12 October 2026.", "quotes": [ "The median published figure in the Workplace Occupancy Series is 28 percent across 7 sources' own pages (range 13.50 to 60 percent), read 12 October 2026.", "7 of the 17 named sources read in full publish a figure; 10 publish none, read 12 October 2026.", "Workplace Occupancy Series, jurisdiction Australia (ABS, usually work from home): median 36 percent across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.", "Workplace Occupancy Series, jurisdiction United States (BLS ATUS, some work at home on days worked): median 35 percent across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.", "Workplace Occupancy Series, jurisdiction Great Britain (ONS, hybrid working): median 28 percent across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.", "Workplace Occupancy Series, jurisdiction European Union (Eurostat, usually working from home): median 13.50 percent across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.", "Workplace Occupancy Series, jurisdiction Canada (Statistics Canada, mostly from home): median 20.10 percent across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.", "Workplace Occupancy Series, jurisdiction United States (Census, worked from home): median 15 percent across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.", "Workplace Occupancy Series, jurisdiction United States federal estate (GSA USE IT Act minimum occupancy benchmark): median 60 percent across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.", "The median is unchanged since 26 September 2026 (was 28 percent across 7)." ], "citation": "\"HardFM Workplace Occupancy Series\", updated 2026-10-18, https://hardfmly.com/datasets/workplace-occupancy-series/.", "changed_since": { "since": "2026-09-26", "previous_median": 28, "delta": 0, "direction": "unchanged", "sentence": "The median is unchanged since 26 September 2026 (was 28 percent across 7)." }, "national": { "unit": "%", "n": 7, "median": 28, "min": 13.5, "max": 60, "p25": 15, "p75": 36, "mean": 29.6571, "units": { "%": 7 }, "published_sources": 7, "named_sources": 18, "read_sources": 17, "not_published": 10, "published_share": 0.412 }, "by_axis": { "jurisdiction": { "Australia (ABS, usually work from home)": { "%": { "n": 1, "median": 36, "min": 36, "max": 36, "p25": 36, "p75": 36, "mean": 36 } }, "United States (BLS ATUS, some work at home on days worked)": { "%": { "n": 1, "median": 35, "min": 35, "max": 35, "p25": 35, "p75": 35, "mean": 35 } }, "Great Britain (ONS, hybrid working)": { "%": { "n": 1, "median": 28, "min": 28, "max": 28, "p25": 28, "p75": 28, "mean": 28 } }, "European Union (Eurostat, usually working from home)": { "%": { "n": 1, "median": 13.5, "min": 13.5, "max": 13.5, "p25": 13.5, "p75": 13.5, "mean": 13.5 } }, "Canada (Statistics Canada, mostly from home)": { "%": { "n": 1, "median": 20.1, "min": 20.1, "max": 20.1, "p25": 20.1, "p75": 20.1, "mean": 20.1 } }, "United States (Census, worked from home)": { "%": { "n": 1, "median": 15, "min": 15, "max": 15, "p25": 15, "p75": 15, "mean": 15 } }, "United States federal estate (GSA USE IT Act minimum occupancy benchmark)": { "%": { "n": 1, "median": 60, "min": 60, "max": 60, "p25": 60, "p75": 60, "mean": 60 } } } }, "rows": [ { "source": "ABS Working arrangements, latest release", "url": "https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/labour/earnings-and-working-conditions/working-arrangements/latest-release", "figure": "36%", "value": 36, "unit": "%", "vat": null, "axis": { "jurisdiction": "Australia (ABS, usually work from home)" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-11", "quote": "36% of employed people usually work from home.", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "90ec04b3311e3c5e7b07382dd236c78a6b7404cc2ba68686a16a777f60cd9e07" }, { "source": "BLS ATUS news release (current)", "url": "https://www.bls.gov/news.release/atus.htm", "figure": "35 percent", "value": 35, "unit": "%", "vat": null, "axis": { "jurisdiction": "United States (BLS ATUS, some work at home on days worked)" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-12", "quote": "--On days they worked, 35 percent of employed people did some or all of their work at home and 70", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "85536d29f5752e3f969819478d40e29d3abc3668a7751fa231a552a1f4a641d1" }, { "source": "ONS: Who has access to hybrid work in Great Britain?", "url": "https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/articles/whohasaccesstohybridworkingreatbritain/2025-06-11", "figure": "28%", "value": 28, "unit": "%", "vat": null, "axis": { "jurisdiction": "Great Britain (ONS, hybrid working)" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-12", "quote": "More than a quarter (28%) of working adults in Great Britain hybrid worked between January and March 2025; the proportion of hybrid workers has gradually risen since March 2022, but those who only travel to work has declined.", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "2143926ebea380e1c7d5064d6d17ea9157f485754b9d147e9a78a6c690fe1a58" }, { "source": "Eurostat: rise in EU population working from home", "url": "https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/products-eurostat-news/-/ddn-20221108-1", "figure": "13.5%", "value": 13.5, "unit": "%", "vat": null, "axis": { "jurisdiction": "European Union (Eurostat, usually working from home)" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-12", "quote": "To a lesser extent, there was a further increase in the share of people usually working from home in 2021, as it reached 13.5% (+1.2 pp).", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "885730382e2860792e4f538dea9ffe741cde804bd949a069b883cb57d7f71742" }, { "source": "Statistics Canada: Research to Insights, working from home", "url": "https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/11-631-x/11-631-x2024001-eng.htm", "figure": "20.1%", "value": 20.1, "unit": "%", "vat": null, "axis": { "jurisdiction": "Canada (Statistics Canada, mostly from home)" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-12", "quote": "It was 20.1% in May 2023.", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "c031c18cf66661ac6c9adbbd9cc85f4c55fe7487c6eaf914edd6ba06c172a022" }, { "source": "US Census Bureau: commuting (including work from home)", "url": "https://www.census.gov/topics/employment/commuting.html", "figure": "15 percent", "value": 15, "unit": "%", "vat": null, "axis": { "jurisdiction": "United States (Census, worked from home)" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-12", "quote": "More than 15 percent of workers worked from home, and the share of workers who commuted by public transportation remained low by historical standards.", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "f3f200a0482657171be43d20c9e8117fef9888b25856e3605b19a91e08df2813" }, { "source": "GSA news release: GSA releases USE IT Act data", "url": "https://www.gsa.gov/about-gsa/newsroom/news-releases/gsa-releases-use-it-act-data-03312026", "figure": "60 percent", "value": 60, "unit": "%", "vat": null, "axis": { "jurisdiction": "United States federal estate (GSA USE IT Act minimum occupancy benchmark)" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-12", "quote": "The minimum acceptable threshold is 60 percent occupancy.", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "ab077e0fd939f6efd3de35d6230c9b72e644a49457292a517fe239ffb5b6eb3a" } ], "not_published": [ { "source": "GSA USE IT Act and occupancy data annual reports", "url": "https://www.gsa.gov/real-estate/use-it-act-and-occupancy-data/use-it-act-and-occupancy-data-annual-reports", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-12", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "BLS American Time Use Survey news release", "url": "https://www.bls.gov/news.release/atus.nr0.htm", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" }, { "source": "BLS ATUS annual data tables", "url": "https://www.bls.gov/tus/database/tustabs.htm", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-12", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "ONS: Home and hybrid working, Great Britain (dataset)", "url": "https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/datasets/homeandhybridworkinggreatbritain", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "ONS: Characteristics of homeworkers, Great Britain", "url": "https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/articles/characteristicsofhomeworkersgreatbritain/september2022tojanuary2023", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" }, { "source": "Eurostat lfsa_ehomp: employed persons working from home", "url": "https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/lfsa_ehomp/default/table?lang=en", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-12", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "Statistics Canada: Working from home in Canada", "url": "https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/240118/dq240118c-eng.htm", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" }, { "source": "ABS media release: working from home remains popular but less than in 2021", "url": "https://www.abs.gov.au/media-centre/media-releases/working-home-remains-popular-less-2021", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-12", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" }, { "source": "CBRE global workplace and occupancy insights", "url": "https://www.cbre.com/insights/reports/2026-global-workplace-and-occupancy-insights", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-12", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" }, { "source": "JLL global occupancy planning benchmark report", "url": "https://www.jll.com/en-us/insights/occupancy-benchmark-report", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-12", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.gsa.gov/about-gsa/newsroom/news-releases/gsa-releases-use-it-act-data-03312026", "label": "GSA news release: GSA releases USE IT Act data", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.gsa.gov/real-estate/use-it-act-and-occupancy-data/use-it-act-and-occupancy-data-annual-reports", "label": "GSA USE IT Act and occupancy data annual reports", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.bls.gov/news.release/atus.nr0.htm", "label": "BLS American Time Use Survey news release", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.bls.gov/news.release/atus.htm", "label": "BLS ATUS news release (current)", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.bls.gov/tus/database/tustabs.htm", "label": "BLS ATUS annual data tables", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/datasets/homeandhybridworkinggreatbritain", "label": "ONS: Home and hybrid working, Great Britain (dataset)", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/articles/whohasaccesstohybridworkingreatbritain/2025-06-11", "label": "ONS: Who has access to hybrid work in Great Britain?", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/articles/characteristicsofhomeworkersgreatbritain/september2022tojanuary2023", "label": "ONS: Characteristics of homeworkers, Great Britain", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/products-eurostat-news/-/ddn-20221108-1", "label": "Eurostat: rise in EU population working from home", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/lfsa_ehomp/default/table?lang=en", "label": "Eurostat lfsa_ehomp: employed persons working from home", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/240118/dq240118c-eng.htm", "label": "Statistics Canada: Working from home in Canada", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/11-631-x/11-631-x2024001-eng.htm", "label": "Statistics Canada: Research to Insights, working from home", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/labour/earnings-and-working-conditions/working-arrangements/latest-release", "label": "ABS Working arrangements, latest release", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.abs.gov.au/media-centre/media-releases/working-home-remains-popular-less-2021", "label": "ABS media release: working from home remains popular but less than in 2021", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.census.gov/topics/employment/commuting.html", "label": "US Census Bureau: commuting (including work from home)", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.cbre.com/insights/reports/2026-global-workplace-and-occupancy-insights", "label": "CBRE global workplace and occupancy insights", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.jll.com/en-us/insights/occupancy-benchmark-report", "label": "JLL global occupancy planning benchmark report", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.gsa.gov/real-estate/use-it-act-and-occupancy-data", "label": "gsa.gov", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" } ], "methodology": "Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2). 7 of the 17 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 10 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 1 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere. The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source in % (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences), so N counts sources, never sentences; 116 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded. The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): one series per jurisdiction from the national statistical office (home and hybrid working share) joined to the only published per-building occupancy in existence (the US federal estate under the USE IT Act, against its own 60% benchmark and 150 usable square feet per person), giving the desk-sharing ratio a workplace can be planned to: how many people are in on an average day, how far the published federal utilisation sits below the benchmark, and how those move quarter on quarter - a public-source series set against a public benchmark, where the market's only numbers are vendors' and brokers' own client panels", "embed": "

28 percent

median published figure, Workplace Occupancy Series, across 7 sources, read 12 October 2026

Source: HardFM Workplace Occupancy Series
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