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.
Never married and never registered a civil partnership
18,401,778
Married or in a registered civil partnership
21,683,101
Married or in a registered civil partnership: Married
21,580,492
Married or in a registered civil partnership: Married: Opposite sex
21,446,221
Married or in a registered civil partnership: Married: Same sex
134,271
Married or in a registered civil partnership: In a registered civil partnership
102,609
Married or in a registered civil partnership: In a registered civil partnership: Opposite sex
35,797
Married or in a registered civil partnership: In a registered civil partnership: Same sex
66,812
Separated, but still legally married or still legally in a civil partnership
1,085,987
Separated, but still legally married or still legally in a civil partnership: Separated, but still married
1,078,052
Separated, but still legally married or still legally in a civil partnership: Separated, but still in a registered civil partnership
7,935
Divorced or civil partnership dissolved
4,424,346
Divorced or civil partnership dissolved: Divorced
4,412,518
Divorced or civil partnership dissolved: Formerly in a civil partnership now legally dissolved
11,828
Widowed or surviving civil partnership partner
2,971,161
Widowed or surviving civil partnership partner: Widowed
2,966,923
Widowed or surviving civil partnership partner: Surviving partner from civil partnership
4,238
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