Summary

This release provides insights into disability prevalence in England and Wales in 2021, broken down by age and sex. Key findings are presented at country, regional and local authority level. Additional analyses compare disability prevalence to the 2011 and 2001 Censuses, and examine the relationship between deprivation and disability at a national decile (England) or quintile (Wales) level.

Publications

• Disability by age, sex and deprivation, England and Wales: Census 2021

  Insights into disability prevalence in England and Wales in 2021, broken down by age and sex. Main findings are presented at country, regional and local authority level. Additional analyses compare disability prevalence with the 2011 and 2001 Censuses, and examine the relationship between deprivation and disability at a national decile (England) or quintile (Wales) level.

Data

• Disability in England and Wales, 2001

  This dataset provides Census 2001 estimates that classify usual residents in England and Wales by long-term health problems or disabilities, sex and age. The estimates are as at Census Day, 29 April 2001. Age-standardisation allows for comparisons between populations that may contain proportions of different ages.

• Disability in England and Wales, 2011

  This dataset provides Census 2011 estimates that classify usual residents in England and Wales by long-term health problems or disabilities, sex and age. The estimates are as at Census Day, 27 March 2011. Age-standardisation allows for comparisons between populations that may contain proportions of different ages.

• Disability in England and Wales, 2021

  This dataset provides Census 2021 estimates that classify usual residents in England and Wales by long-term health problems or disabilities, sex, age and level of deprivation. The estimates are as at Census Day, 21 March 2021. Age-standardisation allows for comparisons between populations that may contain proportions of different ages.

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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