You asked

We are interested in knowing the numbers of care home residents and then either all population or the non-care home residents:

  • for England (country),
  • yearly, between 2000 and 2015,
  • by Age and gender, where age is needed in the broad groups 65-74, 75-84, and 85 and above

We said

Thank you for your request for information on the numbers of care home residents (and then either the population total or the number of non-care home residents) by age/gender, in England, for each year between 2000 and 2015.

We do not have the information for all the years you have requested.

We do publish mid-year population estimates for all the years you have requested; https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/datasets/populationestimatesforukenglandandwalesscotlandandnorthernireland

These will give a total population for England but do not show residential status. A methodology document which lays out how we produce these statistics is available from our website;

https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/methodologies/annualmidyearpopulationestimatesqmi

We have published information on care homes from the 2001 and 2011 Censuses. You can use the tables mentioned in the report (below) to get figures for England rather than for England and Wales:

https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/ageing/articles/changesintheolderresidentcarehomepopulationbetween2001and2011/2014-08-01

For the following tables, Use the 'Query' button to refine your selections (e.g. Geography = England):

DC1117EW: http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/census/2011/dc1117ew DC4210EWla: http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/census/2011/dc4210ewla Medical and care establishment: Local Authority: Care home with nursing Medical and care establishment: Local Authority: Care home without nursing Medical and care establishment: Other: Care home with nursing Medical and care establishment: Other: Care home without nursing

ST001: http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/census/2001/st001 ST126: http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/census/2001/st126 Medical and care establishments - Local Authority - Nursing Home Medical and care establishments - Local Authority - Residential Care Home Medical and care establishments - Other - Nursing home Medical and care establishments - Other - Residential care home

You can contact Census Customer Services directly with any census-related questions:
Web: https://www.ons.gov.uk/census/censuscustomerservices
Email: census.customerservices@ons.gov.uk
Tel: +44 (0)1329 444972
Census Customer Services, ONS, Titchfield, Fareham, Hants, PO15 5RR

You may be able to get more information on residents in care homes from either NHS Digital (https://digital.nhs.uk/) or individual local authorities in England. The charity Age UK (https://www.ageuk.org.uk/) may also have statistics that may be of interest to you.