Space utilization: Workplace Occupancy Series
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.
HardFM sells its own paid plan in this category (our pricing). It is not counted here: every figure in this index is another provider's own published price, read from its own page.
7 of the 17 named sources read in full publish a figure; 10 publish none, read 12 October 2026.
The median is unchanged since 26 September 2026 (was 28 percent across 7).
By jurisdiction
| Breakdown | Median | Range | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| jurisdictionAustralia (ABS, usually work from home) | 36% | 36 to 36% | 1 |
| jurisdictionUnited States (BLS ATUS, some work at home on days worked) | 35% | 35 to 35% | 1 |
| jurisdictionGreat Britain (ONS, hybrid working) | 28% | 28 to 28% | 1 |
| jurisdictionEuropean Union (Eurostat, usually working from home) | 13.5% | 13.5 to 13.5% | 1 |
| jurisdictionCanada (Statistics Canada, mostly from home) | 20.1% | 20.1 to 20.1% | 1 |
| jurisdictionUnited States (Census, worked from home) | 15% | 15 to 15% | 1 |
| jurisdictionUnited States federal estate (GSA USE IT Act minimum occupancy benchmark) | 60% | 60 to 60% | 1 |
Every figure, with its source
One row per source: the figure the source's own page publishes, the page, and the day it was read. A figure that is not on a page we read is not on this one.
| Source | Figure | Breakdown | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| GSA news release: GSA releases USE IT Act data | 60% | United States federal estate (GSA USE IT Act minimum occupancy benchmark) | 2026-10-12 |
| ABS Working arrangements, latest release | 36% | Australia (ABS, usually work from home) | 2026-10-11 |
| BLS ATUS news release (current) | 35% | United States (BLS ATUS, some work at home on days worked) | 2026-10-12 |
| ONS: Who has access to hybrid work in Great Britain? | 28% | Great Britain (ONS, hybrid working) | 2026-10-12 |
| Statistics Canada: Research to Insights, working from home | 20.1% | Canada (Statistics Canada, mostly from home) | 2026-10-12 |
| US Census Bureau: commuting (including work from home) | 15% | United States (Census, worked from home) | 2026-10-12 |
| Eurostat: rise in EU population working from home | 13.5% | European Union (Eurostat, usually working from home) | 2026-10-12 |
The sentence each figure was read from (7)
- GSA news release: GSA releases USE IT Act data, read 2026-10-12:
The minimum acceptable threshold is 60 percent occupancy.
- ABS Working arrangements, latest release, read 2026-10-11:
36% of employed people usually work from home.
- BLS ATUS news release (current), read 2026-10-12:
--On days they worked, 35 percent of employed people did some or all of their work at home and 70
- ONS: Who has access to hybrid work in Great Britain?, read 2026-10-12:
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.
- Statistics Canada: Research to Insights, working from home, read 2026-10-12:
It was 20.1% in May 2023.
- US Census Bureau: commuting (including work from home), read 2026-10-12:
More than 15 percent of workers worked from home, and the share of workers who commuted by public transportation remained low by historical standards.
- Eurostat: rise in EU population working from home, read 2026-10-12:
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).
Read in full, publishes no figure
10 named sources were read in full on the dates shown and print no usable figure. They are counted, never filled in.
- GSA USE IT Act and occupancy data annual reports, read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- BLS American Time Use Survey news release, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- BLS ATUS annual data tables, read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- ONS: Home and hybrid working, Great Britain (dataset), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- ONS: Characteristics of homeworkers, Great Britain, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Eurostat lfsa_ehomp: employed persons working from home, read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Statistics Canada: Working from home in Canada, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- ABS media release: working from home remains popular but less than in 2021, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- CBRE global workplace and occupancy insights, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- JLL global occupancy planning benchmark report, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
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
116 candidate sentences on these pages were refused by a reviewer; each refusal and its reason is recorded in the review ledger.
Sources (18)
- GSA news release: GSA releases USE IT Act data(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- GSA USE IT Act and occupancy data annual reports(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- BLS American Time Use Survey news release(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- BLS ATUS news release (current)(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- BLS ATUS annual data tables(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- ONS: Home and hybrid working, Great Britain (dataset)(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- ONS: Who has access to hybrid work in Great Britain?(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- ONS: Characteristics of homeworkers, Great Britain(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Eurostat: rise in EU population working from home(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Eurostat lfsa_ehomp: employed persons working from home(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Statistics Canada: Working from home in Canada(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Statistics Canada: Research to Insights, working from home(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- ABS Working arrangements, latest release(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- ABS media release: working from home remains popular but less than in 2021(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- US Census Bureau: commuting (including work from home)(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- CBRE global workplace and occupancy insights(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- JLL global occupancy planning benchmark report(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- gsa.gov(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
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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).
Cite as: "HardFM Workplace Occupancy Series", updated 2026-10-18, https://hardfmly.com/datasets/workplace-occupancy-series/.
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