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Same-gender couples (2001 Census)

Publisher
Office for National Statistics
Updated
8 July 2026
Topic
Society

Summary

All people aged 16 and over resident in households by whether they are living as a part of a same-sex couple (two people of the same sex identifying the other as partner) Source: Census 2001 Publisher: Neighbourhood Statistics Geographies: Local Authority District (LAD), Government Office Region (GOR), National Geographic coverage: England and Wales Time coverage: 2001 Type of data: Survey (census) Notes: A same-sex couple consists of two people of the same sex identifying the other as partner. Following the publication of results on living arrangements, the Office for National Statistics carried out an exercise to estimate the number of same-sex couples as shown in this table. These results are not strictly comparable with other results on living arrangements. The population of this table is all people aged 16 and over living in households.

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