The Office for National Statistics has published a statistical bulletin giving information on families and households in the UK in 2012.
Key findings of the data include:
- In 2012 there were 18.2 million families in the UK. Of these, 12.2 million consisted of a married couple with or without children.
- The number of opposite sex cohabiting couple families has increased significantly, from 1.5 million in 1996 to 2.9 million in 2012. The number of dependent children living in opposite sex cohabiting couple families doubled from 0.9 million to 1.8 million over the same period.
- In 2012, 38% of married couple families had dependent children, compared with 39% of opposite sex cohabiting couple families.
- There were nearly 2.0 million lone parents with dependent children in the UK in 2012, a figure which has grown steadily but significantly from 1.6 million in 1996.
- There were 26.4 million households in the UK in 2012. Of these, 29% consisted of only one person and almost 20% consisted of four or more people
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