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
2,372,877
Married or in a registered civil partnership
2,575,107
Married or in a registered civil partnership: Married
2,565,016
Married or in a registered civil partnership: Married: Opposite sex
2,548,818
Married or in a registered civil partnership: Married: Same sex
16,198
Married or in a registered civil partnership: In a registered civil partnership
10,091
Married or in a registered civil partnership: In a registered civil partnership: Opposite sex
3,408
Married or in a registered civil partnership: In a registered civil partnership: Same sex
6,683
Separated, but still legally married or still legally in a civil partnership
136,428
Separated, but still legally married or still legally in a civil partnership: Separated, but still married
135,494
Separated, but still legally married or still legally in a civil partnership: Separated, but still in a registered civil partnership
934
Divorced or civil partnership dissolved
550,417
Divorced or civil partnership dissolved: Divorced
549,121
Divorced or civil partnership dissolved: Formerly in a civil partnership now legally dissolved
1,296
Widowed or surviving civil partnership partner
390,807
Widowed or surviving civil partnership partner: Widowed
390,312
Widowed or surviving civil partnership partner: Surviving partner from civil partnership
495
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