Cohabitation Estimates for England and Wales by Marital Status

Cohabitation estimates from the Office for National Statistics supplement legal marital status population figures by counting individuals living together. These National Statistics provide a more detailed view of household composition in England and Wales. The dataset was last updated on July 8, 2026.

Use Cases

• Model household composition trends based on cohabitation and marital status estimates.
• Analyze the prevalence of co-residential relationships across different demographic groups.
• Compare official marital status statistics with cohabitation patterns for policy planning.

Strengths

• Produced by the Office for National Statistics, a designated National Statistics authority.
• License is OGL-UK-3.0, which permits open use and sharing.
• Last updated on 2026-07-08, suggesting planned maintenance.

Limitations

• Row count and file size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:31:19.274496

Geography

England and Wales