Product Description
Number of civil partnership formations in England and Wales analysed by age, sex, previous legal partnership status and registration area.
Main points
- There were 6,879 civil partnerships formed in England and Wales in 2022, a small increase (2.2%) from 2021.
- Of all civil partnerships formed in 2022, most (83.7%) were opposite-sex couples (5,760), with same-sex couples accounting for 16.3% (1,119); 58.2% of same-sex formations were male couples and 41.8% were female couples.
- The most common age for people forming a same-sex civil partnership in 2022 was those aged 25 to 34 years (21.0%), whereas the most common age for people forming an opposite-sex partnership was those aged 55 to 64 years (25.1%).
- Opposite-sex couples forming a civil partnership were over four times as likely to each have been in either a marriage or civil partnership previously (21.2%) compared with same-sex couples (4.7%).
- The areas with the most civil partnership registrations in England and Wales in 2022 were London (22.9%) and the South East (20.4%); this will reflect the population size and age structure of all regions.
Product Data
- ISBN:
- 9781835859568
- Author:
- Office for National Statistics (ONS)
- Publisher:
- Dandy Booksellers Ltd
- Pub Date:
- 26 March 2024
- Edition:
- 2022
- Format:
- Paperback
- Extent:
- 24 pages plus CD-ROM
- Dimensions:
- A4 (210 x 297 mm)
- Approx Wt:
- 0.14 kg
- HS Code:
- 490199