Census Data

Merton: Household composition

Location Type: Built Up Areas, ONS Geographic Code: E63005121

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Key Facts

All Residents 229,245
Male 111,369
Female 117,912
Households 87,045

The ONS doesn't publish census data directly for Built Up Areas. The figures on this page are aggregated from census areas contained within Merton. They may not, therefore, be precisely accurate. Age-standardised statistics and population density are not available for aggregated datasets.

Table Codets003
Issued2022-12-13
Unit of MeasureHousehold
Number of Response Options15

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 87,090
One person household 21,816
One person household: Aged 66 years and over 7,947
One person household: Other 13,869
Single family household 53,973
Single family household: All aged 66 years and over 4,280
Single family household: Married or civil partnership couple 29,096
Single family household: Married or civil partnership couple: No children 7,397
Single family household: Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children 16,592
Single family household: Married or civil partnership couple: All children non-dependent 5,107
Single family household: Cohabiting couple family 9,522
Single family household: Cohabiting couple family: No children 6,315
Single family household: Cohabiting couple family: With dependent children 2,747
Single family household: Cohabiting couple family: All children non-dependent 460
Single family household: Lone parent family 9,816
Single family household: Lone parent family: With dependent children 5,440
Single family household: Lone parent family: All children non-dependent 4,376
Single family household: Other single family household 1,259
Single family household: Other single family household: Other family composition 1,259
Other household types 11,301
Other household types: With dependent children 4,370
Other household types: Other, including all full-time students and all aged 66 years and over 6,931

These values are calculated by adding up the values for census output areas contained within Merton. They may, therefore, be slightly inaccurate due to administrative boundaries not precisely aligning with census boundaries.

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