Release

Marriages in England and Wales: 2018

Released: 10 August 2021 9:30am
Next release: March to April 2022 (provisional)

Summary

Number of marriages that took place in England and Wales analysed by age, sex, previous marital status and civil or religious ceremony.

Publications

Data

  • Marriages in England and Wales

    Number of marriages that took place in England and Wales by age, sex, previous partnership status and civil or religious ceremony.

Methodology

  • Marriages in England and Wales QMI

    Quality and methodology information for marriage statistics, detailing the strengths and limitations of the data, methods used and data uses and users.

  • User guide to marriage statistics

    Supporting information on the data used in our published marriage tables, which provide statistics on marriages that took place in England and Wales during the latest available data year.

Contact details

Name

Kanak Ghosh

Email

Health.data@ons.gov.uk

Phone

+44 (0)1329 444 110

About the data

Accredited Official Statistics

These are accredited official statistics. They have been independently reviewed by the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) and found to comply with the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics. This broadly means that the statistics:

  • meet user needs
  • are presented clearly and accessibly
  • are produced using appropriate data and sound methods
  • are managed impartially and objectively in the public interest