Census Data

Tower Hamlets: Legal partnership status

Location Type: London Boroughs, ONS Geographic Code: E09000030

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Key Facts

All Residents 310,306
Male 155,869
Female 154,437
Households 120,539
Population Density (people/km2) 15,702.9
Table Codets002
Issued2022-12-13
Unit of MeasurePerson
Number of Response Options12

This dataset provides Census 2021 estimates that classify usual residents in England and Wales by their legal partnership status. The estimates are at Census Day, 21 March 2021.

Summary

Classifies a person according to their legal marital or registered civil partnership status on Census Day 21 March 2021.

It is the same as the 2011 census variable "Marital status" but has been updated for Census 2021 to reflect the revised Civil Partnership Act that came into force in 2019.

In Census 2021 results, "single" refers only to someone who has never been married or in a registered civil partnership.

Quality Statement

Separate estimates by opposite and same-sex partnerships for the marital status categories “Separated”, “Divorced/dissolved” and “Widowed/surviving partners” are not available. This is because quality assurance showed the figures for some of the categories were unreliable.

More information at the ONS website

Marital and civil partnership status: Total 252,885
Never married and never registered a civil partnership 147,392
Married or in a registered civil partnership 80,955
Married or in a registered civil partnership: Married 79,866
Married or in a registered civil partnership: Married: Opposite sex 78,414
Married or in a registered civil partnership: Married: Same sex 1,452
Married or in a registered civil partnership: In a registered civil partnership 1,089
Married or in a registered civil partnership: In a registered civil partnership: Opposite sex 308
Married or in a registered civil partnership: In a registered civil partnership: Same sex 781
Separated, but still legally married or still legally in a civil partnership 5,013
Separated, but still legally married or still legally in a civil partnership: Separated, but still married 4,930
Separated, but still legally married or still legally in a civil partnership: Separated, but still in a registered civil partnership 83
Divorced or civil partnership dissolved 12,738
Divorced or civil partnership dissolved: Divorced 12,561
Divorced or civil partnership dissolved: Formerly in a civil partnership now legally dissolved 177
Widowed or surviving civil partnership partner 6,787
Widowed or surviving civil partnership partner: Widowed 6,757
Widowed or surviving civil partnership partner: Surviving partner from civil partnership 30

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