People in households: by type of household, Great Britain
• In Great Britain in 2007 the proportion of people living alone (12 per cent) was double that of 1971. (Table 2.3) Latest information on households
• Between 1971 and 2007, the number of households in Great Britain rose by 5.8 million to 24.4 million. (Table 2.1). Latest information on households
• In 2005 there were slightly less than 284,000 marriages in the UK, around 27,000 fewer than in 2004 and 197,000 fewer than in 1972, when the number of marriages peaked at 480,000. (Figure 2.8) Latest information on marriages
• Over the last 20 years, the proportion of unmarried men and women aged under 60 cohabiting in Great Britain rose from 11 per cent of men and 13 per cent of women, to 24 per cent and 25 per cent respectively. (Page 19)
• One in ten men and nearly one in four women forming a civil partnership in the UK in 2006 had been in a previous legal partnership, in nearly all cases a marriage. (Page 22) Latest information on civil partnerships
• Married women giving birth for the first time were, on average, age 30 in England and Wales in 2006, compared with age 24 in 1971. (Table 2.14) Latest information on live births
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