Marital Status from the 2001 UK Census for England and Wales

England and Wales census data on marital status for the population aged 16 and over in 2001. The dataset is published by the Office for National Statistics via Neighbourhood Statistics and is available for multiple geographic levels, from Output Areas to national. It is sourced from the 2001 Census survey.

Use Cases

• Modeling demographic trends based on marital status distribution across geographies.
• Analyzing social policy impacts based on marital status data at various administrative levels.
• Studying population structure for urban planning based on census marital status categories.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from a national census, a high-coverage official survey.
• Geographic coverage includes multiple administrative levels from Output Area to National.
• License is OGL-UK-3.0, permitting open use.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is from 2001 and may not reflect current demographic patterns.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Collection Method

Survey (census)

Time Range

2001

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:22.994135; freshness should be verified.

Geography

England and Wales