Census Data

West Midlands: Legal partnership status

Location Type: Regions, ONS Geographic Code: E12000005

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Key Facts

All Residents 5,950,757
Male 2,927,564
Female 3,023,193
Households 2,429,491
Population Density (people/km2) 457.8
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 4,801,329
Never married and never registered a civil partnership 1,781,208
Married or in a registered civil partnership 2,172,973
Married or in a registered civil partnership: Married 2,164,831
Married or in a registered civil partnership: Married: Opposite sex 2,153,949
Married or in a registered civil partnership: Married: Same sex 10,882
Married or in a registered civil partnership: In a registered civil partnership 8,142
Married or in a registered civil partnership: In a registered civil partnership: Opposite sex 3,304
Married or in a registered civil partnership: In a registered civil partnership: Same sex 4,838
Separated, but still legally married or still legally in a civil partnership 110,711
Separated, but still legally married or still legally in a civil partnership: Separated, but still married 110,090
Separated, but still legally married or still legally in a civil partnership: Separated, but still in a registered civil partnership 621
Divorced or civil partnership dissolved 424,612
Divorced or civil partnership dissolved: Divorced 423,752
Divorced or civil partnership dissolved: Formerly in a civil partnership now legally dissolved 860
Widowed or surviving civil partnership partner 311,825
Widowed or surviving civil partnership partner: Widowed 311,517
Widowed or surviving civil partnership partner: Surviving partner from civil partnership 308

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