Release
Families and households in the UK: 2020
Released:
2 March 2021 9:30am
Next release:
To be announced
Summary
Trends in living arrangements including families (with and without dependent children), people living alone and people in shared accommodation, broken down by size and type of household.
Publications
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Families and households statistics explained
Outlines families and households definitions, classifications, uses and users of the data, common queries, and other sources of household estimates.
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Families and households in the UK: 2020
Trends in living arrangements including families (with and without dependent children), people living alone and people in shared accommodation, broken down by size and type of household.
Data
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Families and households
Families and children in the UK by family type including married couples, cohabiting couples and lone parents. Also shows household size and people living alone.
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People in households by type of household and family, regions of England and GB constituent countries
Labour Force Survey (LFS) estimates including measures of uncertainty of the number of people in households by types of household and families, for regions of England and also Scotland and Wales.
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Families by family type, regions of England and UK constituent countries
Labour Force Survey (LFS) estimates including measures of uncertainty of the number of families by specific family types, for regions of England and also Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
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People in families by family type and presence of children, regions of England and UK constituent countries
Labour Force Survey (LFS) estimates including measures of uncertainty of the number of people in families by specific family types and presence of children, for regions of England and also Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
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Households by type of household and family, regions of England and GB constituent countries
Labour Force Survey (LFS) estimates including measures of uncertainty of the number of households by types of household and families, for regions of England and also Scotland and Wales.
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Households by household size, regions of England and GB constituent countries
Labour Force Survey (LFS) estimates including measures of uncertainty of the number of households by household size, for regions of England and also Scotland and Wales.
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Young adults living with their parents
Total number of young adults aged 15 to 34 years and total number of young adults aged 20 to 34 years in the UK living with their parents.
Methodology
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Families and households QMI
Quality and methodology information for families and households estimates, detailing strengths and limitations of the data, methods, and data uses and users.
About the data
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
