Summary

Headline release accompanying datasets on the characteristics of: dependent children , step-families, multi-generational households, households broken down by the number of dependent children.

Publications

• Children in families in England and Wales: Census 2021

  Dependent children in households including in step-families and blended families, multi-generational households, and households with three or more children.

Data

• Multi-generational family households: Census 2021

  Dependent children living in multi-generational family households and overcrowding of multi-generational family households.

• Step-families, blended families and dependent children: Census 2021

  Step-families and blended families, dependent children living in step-families, and households where an additional child stays for more than 30 days a year.

• Dependent children by family type and age: Census 2021

  Dependent children by family type and single year of age in each local authority.

• Household characteristics of dependent children: Census 2021

  Household characteristics of dependent children, including the tenure of the household, overcrowding, and the number of adults employed in the household.

• Households containing dependent children: Census 2021

  Households broken down by the number of dependent children, including overcrowded households, the number of disabled people, and the number of employed adults.

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About the data

This release includes data from Census 2021.

Accredited Official Statistics

These are accredited official statistics. They have been independently reviewed by the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) and found to comply with the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics. This broadly means that the statistics:

• meet user needs
• are presented clearly and accessibly
• are produced using appropriate data and sound methods
• are managed impartially and objectively in the public interest