Census Data

Devon: Legal partnership status

Location Type: Counties, ONS Geographic Code: E10000008

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Key Facts

All Residents 811,640
Male 394,040
Female 417,600
Households 352,619
Population Density (people/km2) 123.7
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 683,470
Never married and never registered a civil partnership 218,554
Married or in a registered civil partnership 330,189
Married or in a registered civil partnership: Married 328,575
Married or in a registered civil partnership: Married: Opposite sex 326,825
Married or in a registered civil partnership: Married: Same sex 1,750
Married or in a registered civil partnership: In a registered civil partnership 1,614
Married or in a registered civil partnership: In a registered civil partnership: Opposite sex 542
Married or in a registered civil partnership: In a registered civil partnership: Same sex 1,072
Separated, but still legally married or still legally in a civil partnership 14,409
Separated, but still legally married or still legally in a civil partnership: Separated, but still married 14,302
Separated, but still legally married or still legally in a civil partnership: Separated, but still in a registered civil partnership 107
Divorced or civil partnership dissolved 71,167
Divorced or civil partnership dissolved: Divorced 70,989
Divorced or civil partnership dissolved: Formerly in a civil partnership now legally dissolved 178
Widowed or surviving civil partnership partner 49,151
Widowed or surviving civil partnership partner: Widowed 49,080
Widowed or surviving civil partnership partner: Surviving partner from civil partnership 71

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