"Figure 1: Married or civil partner couples were the most common family type in 2019","" "Percentage of families by family type in each region of England and UK constituent countries","" "","" "Notes","1. Married couple families include both opposite-sex and same-sex married couples. 2. Cohabiting couple families include both opposite-sex and same-sex cohabiting couples. 3. Percentages may not sum to 100% because of rounding." "Unit","%" "","" "","Lone parent families","Cohabiting couple families","Married or Civil partner couple families" "Northern Ireland","18.0","9.4","72.6" "South East","11.6","16.2","72.2" "East","12.8","17.8","69.4" "South West","10.9","20.6","68.5" "Scotland","15.1","17.3","67.6" "UK","14.9","18.4","66.8" "England","14.8","18.7","66.5" "Wales","14.5","19.1","66.4" "West Midlands","16.0","17.7","66.2" "East Midlands","14.7","19.9","65.4" "Yorkshire and The Humber","14.8","21.5","63.7" "North East","17.8","18.5","63.7" "London","19.1","17.5","63.4" "North West","16.7","20.5","62.7"