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1 in 5 women are childless at 45
07-Mar-2013A look at childlessness and fertility patterns over the last 70 years
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Video summary: Childbearing of UK and non-UK born women living in the UK
25-Oct-2012A short video summarising the key points of the article.
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Fertility Summary, 2010
06-Oct-2011Comparison of fertility rates and average age at childbirth in the four UK constituent countries.
Latest Summaries
Latest Publications
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Cohort Fertility, England and Wales 2011
07-Mar-2013Presents data on fertility on year of birth of mother rather than the year of birth of child. This package includes average number of live-born children and the proportion of women remaining childless by year of birth.
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Pre Release Access list for Cohort Fertility 2011 (Pdf 28Kb)
07-Mar-2013Gives details of pre-release access for this release.
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Childbearing among UK born and non-UK born women living in the UK
25-Oct-2012This report gives an overview of childbearing among UK born and non-UK born women living in the UK during the period 2007 -2011. It investigates changes in births over time and variation between areas of the UK, as well as the differences between the fertility patterns of UK born and non-UK born women.
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Cohort fertility - 2010
16-Dec-2011Presents data on fertility by year of birth of mother rather than the year of birth of child. This package includes average number of live-born children and the proportion of women remaining childless by year of birth.
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Population Trends, No. 136, Summer 2009 - Have women born outside the UK driven the rise in UK births since 2001? (Pdf 2076Kb)
25-Jun-2009No. 136, Summer 2009
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Population Trends - Have national trends in fertility between 1986 and 2006 occurred evenly across England and Wales? (Pdf 3329Kb)
19-Sep-2008No. 133, Autumn 2008
Latest Data
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Cohort Fertility, England and Wales, 2011 (Excel sheet 483Kb)
07-Mar-2013Presents data on fertility by year of birth of mother rather than the year of birth of child. This package includes average number of live-born children and the proportion of women remaining childless by year of birth.
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Cohort fertility, England and Wales, 2010 (Excel sheet 454Kb)
16-Dec-2011Presents data on fertility by year of birth of mother rather than the year of birth of child. This package includes average number of live-born children and the proportion of women remaining childless by year of birth.
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Cohort fertility, England and Wales, 2009 (Excel sheet 430Kb)
09-Dec-2010This package contains cohort fertility statistics