Best places in South East for remote workers

Persona weighting: Connectivity (broadband) 35%, Affordability (rent) 25%, Living cost (council tax) 15%, Safety (low crime) 10%, Health (life expectancy) 10%, Schools (Ofsted Good+) 5%.

Updated quarterly · last recomputed 2026-06-19 from the latest government data releases.

What is the best place to live in South East for remote workers?

As of 2026-06-19, the best South East local authority for remote workers is Bracknell Forest, scoring 75.5/100 on the Gera Persona Fit index — a persona-weighted composite of rent, crime, Ofsted schools, broadband, life expectancy and council tax across 64 South East local authorities. GeraRent recomputes it quarterly.

Gera Persona Fit: Bracknell Forest 75.5/100How this is computed

#	Area	Persona Fit	GLS
1	Bracknell Forest	75.5	76.0
2	Milton Keynes	73.2	70.1
3	Worthing	71.9	66.3
4	Gosport	70.9	66.6
5	Epsom and Ewell	70.5	69.3
6	Rushmoor	70.4	67.4
7	Southampton	69.8	62.9
8	Fareham	69.4	69.5
9	Slough	69.4	66.8
10	West Oxfordshire	69.3	67.5
11	Reading	68.9	65.0
12	Adur	67.6	65.4
13	Portsmouth	67.3	64.5
14	West Berkshire	66.3	67.5
15	Medway	65.8	65.2
16	Eastbourne	65.1	62.4
17	Isle of Wight	64.9	56.7
18	Wokingham	64.8	67.4
19	Cherwell	64.3	64.0
20	Spelthorne	64.3	63.6
21	Havant	64.1	64.9
22	Windsor and Maidenhead	64.1	66.0
23	Crawley	63.4	63.4
24	Swale	62.9	62.4
25	Mid Sussex	62.8	64.5
26	Vale of White Horse	62.6	64.9
27	Thanet	62.3	60.7
28	Horsham	62.2	65.3
29	Runnymede	61.9	63.2
30	Gravesham	61.7	62.3
31	Reigate and Banstead	61.4	62.6
32	Basingstoke and Deane	60.9	63.6
33	Surrey Heath	60.5	63.4
34	Tunbridge Wells	60.1	62.9
35	South Oxfordshire	60.0	63.4
36	Hart	59.5	64.6
37	Dover	59.3	60.9
38	Buckinghamshire	58.9	61.5
39	Ashford	58.5	61.9
40	Elmbridge	58.4	62.7
41	Maidstone	58.4	60.9
42	New Forest	58.3	63.7
43	Eastleigh	57.7	63.2
44	Folkestone and Hythe	57.3	59.0
45	Tonbridge and Malling	57.3	60.9
46	Woking	56.7	61.3
47	East Hampshire	56.3	62.3
48	Guildford	56.3	61.6
49	Dartford	55.8	58.7
50	Test Valley	55.6	62.2
51	Hastings	55.4	56.1
52	Rother	55.4	58.9
53	Canterbury	55.1	59.0
54	Waverley	55.1	61.2
55	Chichester	54.0	59.9
56	Lewes	53.7	58.5
57	Sevenoaks	53.1	59.3
58	Wealden	52.0	58.0
59	Brighton and Hove	51.8	53.7
60	Mole Valley	51.7	60.5
61	Tandridge	51.4	58.2
62	Winchester	49.8	59.1
63	Arun	47.5	55.6
64	Oxford	46.0	53.5

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Sources (all Open Government Licence v3.0):

ONS — Price Index of Private Rents — as of May 2026.
HM Land Registry — UK House Price Index — as of April 2026.
MHCLG — Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England — as of 2026-27.
Ofcom — Connected Nations (Gera Broadband Index) — as of July 2024.
ONS — Life expectancy by local authority — as of 2017-19.
Ofsted — State-funded school inspection outcomes — as of 31 May 2026.
Home Office — Police recorded crime (PFA) + ONS population — as of Year ending December 2025.

Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 © Crown copyright. Recorded-crime figures are neutral official statistics shown as context only and must not be used to characterise an area or its residents.