Families and households in the UK: 2021

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

• 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.

• Household estimates and projections across the UK : user guide

  Guidance for users about the coherence and comparability of data on household estimates and projections for England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

• Families and households in the UK: 2021

  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

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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

• Families and households, UK quality and methods guide

  What the families and households statistics cover, how we produce them, and their quality and comparability. Includes definitions and latest, past and upcoming changes.

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