Table 4.

Properties of each of the considered LTLAs. Local students refers to those students domiciled in the same English region, as obtained from the Higher Education Statistics Agency. The community prevalence was obtained at the regional level from the ONS [16], looking at the transition from 15 September 2020 to 15 October 2020. Multiple return dates arise from those LTLAs which host multiple universities.

LTLA	region of England	local students	ONS prevalence (%)	return dates
Birmingham	West Midlands	52.8%	0.08 → 0.79	21 Sep
Bristol	South West	23.3%	0.08 → 0.30	21 Sep & 5 Oct
Durham	North East	15.4%	0.34 → 1.24	5 Oct
Exeter	South West	32.0%	0.08 → 0.30	14 Sep
Leeds	Yorkshire & The Humber	38.7%	0.25 → 1.51	28 Sep
Manchester	North West	50.0%	0.44 → 1.83	14 Sep & 21 Sep
Newcastle	North East	45.7%	0.34 → 1.24	28 Sep
Nottingham	East Midlands	32.1%	0.13 → 0.69	21 Sep
Oxford	South East	37.1%	0.09 → 0.43	5 Oct
Salford	North West	76.6%	0.44 → 1.83	14 Sep
Sheffield	Yorkshire & The Humber	39.3%	0.25 → 1.51	28 Sep
York	Yorkshire & The Humber	33.3%	0.25 → 1.51	28 Sep