Official figures reveal nearly four in 10 adults in England and Wales have never been married.
The number of people who have never been married or in a civil partnership has continued to rise, official statistics show.
for England and Wales show nearly four in 10 adults have never been married or been in a civil partnership, up from three in 10 at the start of the century.The census takes place every 10 years. The proportion of adults who have never been married or in a civil partnership has risen steadily over recent decades.This was up from 34.6% of adults in 2011, 30.1% in 2001 and 26.3% in 1991.
The latest statistics also revealed the long-term increase in the proportion of adults who are divorced or who have had a civil partnership dissolved has slowed. In 2021, the proportion of divorced adults was 9.1% , similar to the 9% in 2011. In 2001, the proportion was 6.2% .
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