Census Data

England: Legal partnership status

Location Type: Country, ONS Geographic Code: E92000001

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Key Facts

All Residents 56,490,048
Male 27,656,336
Female 28,833,712
Households 23,436,086
Population Density (people/km2) 433.5
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 46,006,957
Never married and never registered a civil partnership 17,450,122
Married or in a registered civil partnership 20,561,642
Married or in a registered civil partnership: Married 20,464,074
Married or in a registered civil partnership: Married: Opposite sex 20,336,565
Married or in a registered civil partnership: Married: Same sex 127,509
Married or in a registered civil partnership: In a registered civil partnership 97,568
Married or in a registered civil partnership: In a registered civil partnership: Opposite sex 34,067
Married or in a registered civil partnership: In a registered civil partnership: Same sex 63,501
Separated, but still legally married or still legally in a civil partnership 1,033,518
Separated, but still legally married or still legally in a civil partnership: Separated, but still married 1,025,977
Separated, but still legally married or still legally in a civil partnership: Separated, but still in a registered civil partnership 7,541
Divorced or civil partnership dissolved 4,171,639
Divorced or civil partnership dissolved: Divorced 4,160,359
Divorced or civil partnership dissolved: Formerly in a civil partnership now legally dissolved 11,280
Widowed or surviving civil partnership partner 2,790,036
Widowed or surviving civil partnership partner: Widowed 2,785,998
Widowed or surviving civil partnership partner: Surviving partner from civil partnership 4,038

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