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.
Never married and never registered a civil partnership
414,936
Married or in a registered civil partnership
583,609
Married or in a registered civil partnership: Married
581,721
Married or in a registered civil partnership: Married: Opposite sex
579,207
Married or in a registered civil partnership: Married: Same sex
2,514
Married or in a registered civil partnership: In a registered civil partnership
1,888
Married or in a registered civil partnership: In a registered civil partnership: Opposite sex
668
Married or in a registered civil partnership: In a registered civil partnership: Same sex
1,220
Separated, but still legally married or still legally in a civil partnership
26,242
Separated, but still legally married or still legally in a civil partnership: Separated, but still married
26,091
Separated, but still legally married or still legally in a civil partnership: Separated, but still in a registered civil partnership
151
Divorced or civil partnership dissolved
118,086
Divorced or civil partnership dissolved: Divorced
117,882
Divorced or civil partnership dissolved: Formerly in a civil partnership now legally dissolved
204
Widowed or surviving civil partnership partner
81,302
Widowed or surviving civil partnership partner: Widowed
81,219
Widowed or surviving civil partnership partner: Surviving partner from civil partnership
83
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