England and Wales: Provision of unpaid care, age-standardised proportions

Location Type: England and Wales, ONS Geographic Code: K04000001

Key Facts

All Residents	59,597,542
Male	29,177,340
Female	30,420,202
Households	24,783,199
Population Density (people/km2)	394.6

This is the top-level dataset for the whole of England and Wales. Drill down further by selecting a country:

This dataset provides Census 2021 estimates that classify usual residents in England and Wales by the number of hours of unpaid care they provide. The estimates are as at Census Day, 21 March 2021. Age-standardisation allows for comparisons between populations that may contain proportions of different ages, represented as a percentage.

Summary

An unpaid carer may look after, give help or support to anyone who has long-term physical or mental ill-health conditions, illness or problems related to old age.

This does not include any activities as part of paid employment.

This help can be within or outside of the carer's household.

Provision of unpaid care: Provides no unpaid care	91.0
Provides 19 or less hours unpaid care a week	4.4
Provides 20 to 49 hours unpaid care a week	1.9
Provides 50 or more hours unpaid carea week	2.8

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Table Code	ts039asp
Issued	2023-01-19
Unit of Measure	Person
Number of Response Options	5