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
1,679,861
Married or in a registered civil partnership
1,971,162
Married or in a registered civil partnership: Married
1,962,879
Married or in a registered civil partnership: Married: Opposite sex
1,951,385
Married or in a registered civil partnership: Married: Same sex
11,494
Married or in a registered civil partnership: In a registered civil partnership
8,283
Married or in a registered civil partnership: In a registered civil partnership: Opposite sex
2,975
Married or in a registered civil partnership: In a registered civil partnership: Same sex
5,308
Separated, but still legally married or still legally in a civil partnership
102,350
Separated, but still legally married or still legally in a civil partnership: Separated, but still married
101,660
Separated, but still legally married or still legally in a civil partnership: Separated, but still in a registered civil partnership
690
Divorced or civil partnership dissolved
420,235
Divorced or civil partnership dissolved: Divorced
419,338
Divorced or civil partnership dissolved: Formerly in a civil partnership now legally dissolved
897
Widowed or surviving civil partnership partner
286,690
Widowed or surviving civil partnership partner: Widowed
286,369
Widowed or surviving civil partnership partner: Surviving partner from civil partnership
321
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