How many people (never) work from home?

By no means does everyone have the opportunity to work from home. In 2019, there were many more workers who never worked from home (5.5 million) than those who did (3.5 million). Most of the homeworkers worked from home occasionally (2.2 million), while the rest usually did so (1.3 million).

Of those regular homeworkersnoot1, 7 out of 10 worked from home, for example sales representatives who visit clients. The rest worked in their own home, such as dentists with a practice at home.

For some time now, the percentage of homeworkers has been increasing. In 2013, more than a third (34 percent) of all workers worked at home, and in 2019 this was almost two-fifths (39 percent).

Many homeworkers among managers, ICT professionals and creative and linguistic professionals

Proportionally, most homeworkers are found among managers, people with a creative or linguistic profession, such as translators, copywriters, visual artists and singers, and people working in ICT. Obviously, the relatively fewest homeworkers are found among drivers and others working in transport and logistics. More than 9 out of 10 of this group never worked at home in 2019.

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Homeworking among the active labour force, 2019 (%)

	Usually homeworking, from home	Usually homeworking, at home	Occasionally homeworking, on fixed days	Occasionally homeworking, without fixed days	Not homeworking
All occupations	10	4	5	20	61
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Creative and linguistic occupations	21	23	5	22	29
ICT	18	6	12	35	29
Managers	17	5	10	39	29
Educational occupations	9	5	8	39	39
Business economics and administration	11	6	9	26	48
Public administration, safety, and law	12	3	10	26	49
Care and welfare	11	3	3	19	63
Commercial occupations	9	3	5	16	67
Technical occupations	10	2	2	12	75
Agricultural occupations	7	3	1	5	84
Service-oriented occupations	3	2	1	4	90
Transport and logistics	3	0	0	2	94

Homeworkers worked on average 12 hours a week from home

The homeworkers, i.e. all those who sometimes work at home on a professional basis, worked an average of 34 hours per week.noot2 That amounts to more than 4 working days, assuming an eight-hour working day. This group worked at home for an average of 1.5 days (12 hours). For those who worked at home on a fixed day of the week, their homeworking amounted to an average of more than 7 hours a week. Homeworkers without a fixed day or with two fixed days worked an average of almost 13 hours per week under their own roof. For homeworkers with more than two fixed homeworking days, the average was nearly 15 hours a week.

Fewest homeworking hours in transport and logistics sectors

Homeworkers in the pedagogical, creative and linguistic professions spent half the working week at home. Homeworking managers and farmers, who on average worked more hours per week than all other occupational groups (40 hours), worked for a smaller portion of their time at home, i.e. 15 hours and 18 hours, respectively. The transport and logistics professions also feature at the bottom of this list, with an average of 7 out of 33 hours.

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Working hours of homeworkers, 2019 (average number of working hours per week)

	Hours worked from home	Hours worked elsewhere
Alle occupations	12	22
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Creative and linguistic occupations	16	15
Educational occupations	14	14
Agricultural occupations	18	22
Managers	15	26
Business economics and administration	11	22
Care and welfare	10	20
Public administration, safety and law	12	23
ICT	12	24
Technical occupations	12	26
Commercial occupations	11	25
Service-oriented occupations	9	22
Transport and logistics	7	27

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6. Where do the emigrants go?
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14. How many overnight stays?
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21. How much internet usage in the Caribbean Netherlands?
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23. How many millionaires in the Netherlands?
24. Has our purchasing power gone up or down?
25. Which jobs have the highest levels of mental fatigue?
26. How many employees are members of a trade union?
27. How many passengers flying into and out of the Netherlands?
28. How much nitrogen is emitted at livestock farms?
29. How many dwellings in the Netherlands?
30. How much is our average mileage in electric cars?
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34. How many enterprises in the Netherlands?
35. How much energy do we get from biomass?
36. How much do we recycle?
37. Which flower bulbs are most common?
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