South East: Previously served in the UK armed forces

Location Type: Regions, ONS Geographic Code: E12000008

Key Facts

All Residents	9,278,065
Male	4,539,240
Female	4,738,825
Households	3,807,966
Population Density (people/km2)	486.5

Related Census Areas
Is within
- England
  Country
Borders with
- East Midlands
  Regions
- West Midlands
  Regions
- London
  Regions
- East of England
  Regions
- South West
  Regions
Overlaps with
- Output Area at TQ283591
  Output Areas
- Little Gaddesden
  Built Up Areas
- Cholesbury
  Built Up Areas
- West Hyde
  Built Up Areas
- Hillingdon
  Built Up Areas
- Stanwell
  Built Up Areas
- Sutton (Sutton)
  Built Up Areas
- Ludgershall (Wiltshire)
  Built Up Areas
- West Dean (Test Valley)
  Built Up Areas
- Redlynch and Woodfalls
  Built Up Areas
- Plaitford
  Built Up Areas
- Landford and Nomansland
  Built Up Areas
- Sopley
  Built Up Areas
- Upper Rissington
  Built Up Areas
- Eaton Bray and Edlesborough
  Built Up Areas
- Output Area at TQ286589
  Output Areas
- Output Area at TQ286586
  Output Areas
- Output Area at TQ334590
  Output Areas
- Output Area at TQ345597
  Output Areas
- Output Area at TQ262619
  Output Areas
- Output Area at TQ259620
  Output Areas
- Output Area at TQ256620
  Output Areas
- Output Area at TQ238609
  Output Areas
- Output Area at TQ778821
  Output Areas
- Output Area at TQ336586
  Output Areas
- Sutton 025B
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Castle Point 011D
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Chacombe
  Built Up Areas
- Cosgrove
  Built Up Areas
- Silverstone
  Built Up Areas
- Woburn Sands
  Built Up Areas
Contains
- West Sussex
  Counties
- Surrey
  Counties
- Oxfordshire
  Counties
- Kent
  Counties
- Hampshire
  Counties
- East Sussex
  Counties
- Buckinghamshire
  Unitary Authorities
- Isle of Wight
  Unitary Authorities
- Southampton
  Unitary Authorities
- Portsmouth
  Unitary Authorities
- Brighton and Hove
  Unitary Authorities
- Milton Keynes
  Unitary Authorities
- Wokingham
  Unitary Authorities
- Windsor and Maidenhead
  Unitary Authorities
- Slough
  Unitary Authorities
- Reading
  Unitary Authorities
- West Berkshire
  Unitary Authorities
- Bracknell Forest
  Unitary Authorities
- Medway
  Unitary Authorities

Table Code	ts071
Issued	2022-12-13
Unit of Measure	Person
Number of Response Options	5

Description
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This dataset provides Census 2021 estimates that classify usual residents in England and Wales by whether or not they have previously served in the UK armed forces. The estimates are as at Census Day, 21 March 2021.

Summary

Identifies people who have previously served in the UK armed forces. This includes those who have served for at least one day in armed forces, either regular or reserves, or Merchant Mariners who have seen duty on legally defined military operations.

Quality Statement

Many who have previously served in the UK armed forces will be older males because of National Service. We applied extra quality assurance to correct some answers from currently serving personnel.

More information at the ONS website

UK armed forces veteran indicator: Total: All usual residents	7,554,580
Previously served in UK armed forces	245,235
Previously served in UK reserve armed forces	58,250
Previously served in both regular and reserve UK armed forces	13,597
Has not previously served in any UK armed forces	7,237,498

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