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
234,296
Married or in a registered civil partnership
351,764
Married or in a registered civil partnership: Married
350,011
Married or in a registered civil partnership: Married: Opposite sex
347,568
Married or in a registered civil partnership: Married: Same sex
2,443
Married or in a registered civil partnership: In a registered civil partnership
1,753
Married or in a registered civil partnership: In a registered civil partnership: Opposite sex
549
Married or in a registered civil partnership: In a registered civil partnership: Same sex
1,204
Separated, but still legally married or still legally in a civil partnership
15,766
Separated, but still legally married or still legally in a civil partnership: Separated, but still married
15,650
Separated, but still legally married or still legally in a civil partnership: Separated, but still in a registered civil partnership
116
Divorced or civil partnership dissolved
74,320
Divorced or civil partnership dissolved: Divorced
74,095
Divorced or civil partnership dissolved: Formerly in a civil partnership now legally dissolved
225
Widowed or surviving civil partnership partner
50,972
Widowed or surviving civil partnership partner: Widowed
50,870
Widowed or surviving civil partnership partner: Surviving partner from civil partnership
102
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