Population & Demographics
Households & Partnerships
Explore how households are structured and how legal partnership status varies across the population.
England | Census 2021
Household size
Households grouped by the number of usual residents.
1 person7,052,232
2 people7,978,497
3 people3,742,887
4 people3,024,796
5 or more people1,637,678
Published by Office for National Statistics. View official source
England | Census 2021
Marriage and civil partnership
Legal partnership status for usual residents.
Never married or civil partnered17,450,122
Married20,464,073
Civil partnership97,568
Separated or divorced5,205,157
Widowed or surviving partner2,790,036
Published by Office for National Statistics. View official source