ONS releases data on night-time economy for 2022

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has published data relating to the Night-time Economy. The statistics cover 2022 and have a focus on “understanding the people who work during the evening and night across the UK”  

The full report can be found here: 'Home Business, industry and trade Business Activity, size and location The night-time economy, UK The night-time economy, UK: 2022'

However, the main points in the data released are described as follows;

• The total number of night-time workers fell from 9.5 million in 2016 to 8.7 million in 2022.
• In 2022, 15% of night-time workers worked from home compared with 25.1% of purely daytime workers.
• In 2022, 15.1% of employees in night-time industries were in low-paid roles, compared with 10.5% of employees as a whole; in the night-time cultural and leisure activities grouping, which includes restaurants, pubs and entertainment activities, this figure increases to 38.5%.
• The night-time cultural and leisure activities grouping has a relatively high number of workers aged 16 to 19 years (18.6%, compared with 3.0% of the workforce as a whole) and a significant number of people in elementary occupations (45.0%), including bar and restaurant staff and security guards.
• The night-time economy relies heavily on people born outside of the UK: between 2012 and 2022, the number of night-time workers born outside of the UK rose by 32.6% to 2.0 million; in the 24-hour health and personal services grouping of industries, this number rose by 69.1% to 0.5 million.
• While there are more night-time workers in urban areas than rural areas, both in absolute terms and as a proportion of an area's population, rural areas typically have a higher proportion of night-time workers in their workforce.