East of England: Household composition

Location Type: Regions, ONS Geographic Code: E12000006

Key Facts

All Residents	6,335,074
Male	3,106,977
Female	3,228,097
Households	2,628,782
Population Density (people/km2)	331.4

Related Census Areas
Is within
- England
  Country
Borders with
- London
  Regions
- East Midlands
  Regions
- South East
  Regions
Overlaps with
- Output Area at TQ356999
  Output Areas
- West Hyde
  Built Up Areas
- Cholesbury
  Built Up Areas
- Eaton Bray and Edlesborough
  Built Up Areas
- Woburn Sands
  Built Up Areas
- Hargrave
  Built Up Areas
- Wansford
  Built Up Areas
- Wittering
  Built Up Areas
- Deeping St James
  Built Up Areas
- Market Deeping
  Built Up Areas
- Tydd Gote
  Built Up Areas
- Stiffkey
  Civil Parishes
- Output Area at SP950655
  Output Areas
- Output Area at SP955655
  Output Areas
- Output Area at TQ841797
  Output Areas
Contains
- Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
  Combined Authorities
- Suffolk
  Counties
- Norfolk
  Counties
- Hertfordshire
  Counties
- Essex
  Counties
- Cambridgeshire
  Counties
- Central Bedfordshire
  Unitary Authorities
- Bedford
  Unitary Authorities
- Thurrock
  Unitary Authorities
- Southend-on-Sea
  Unitary Authorities
- Luton
  Unitary Authorities
- Peterborough
  Unitary Authorities

Table Code	ts003
Issued	2022-12-13
Unit of Measure	Household
Number of Response Options	15

Description
Data
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This dataset provides Census 2021 estimates that classify households in England and Wales by the relationships between household members (household composition). The estimates are as at Census Day, 21 March 2021.

Summary

Households according to the relationships between members.

One-family households are classified by:

* the number of dependent children
* family type (married, civil partnership or cohabiting couple family, or lone parent family)

Other households are classified by:

* the number of people
* the number of dependent children
* whether the household consists only of students or only of people aged 66 and over

Quality Statement

Data about household relationships might not always look consistent with legal partnership status. This is because of complexity of living arrangements and the way people interpreted these questions. Take care when using these two variables together.

More information at the ONS website

Household composition: Total	2,628,778
One person household	759,808
One person household: Aged 66 years and over	347,326
One person household: Other	412,482
Single family household	1,714,480
Single family household: All aged 66 years and over	272,511
Single family household: Married or civil partnership couple	848,252
Single family household: Married or civil partnership couple: No children	287,375
Single family household: Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children	406,526
Single family household: Married or civil partnership couple: All children non-dependent	154,351
Single family household: Cohabiting couple family	309,554
Single family household: Cohabiting couple family: No children	164,306
Single family household: Cohabiting couple family: With dependent children	125,253
Single family household: Cohabiting couple family: All children non-dependent	19,995
Single family household: Lone parent family	268,439
Single family household: Lone parent family: With dependent children	166,653
Single family household: Lone parent family: All children non-dependent	101,786
Single family household: Other single family household	15,724
Single family household: Other single family household: Other family composition	15,724
Other household types	154,490
Other household types: With dependent children	63,676
Other household types: Other, including all full-time students and all aged 66 years and over	90,814

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