Release

Marriages in England and Wales: 2020

Release date: 11 May 2023 9:30am

Summary

Number of marriages that took place annually in England and Wales by age, sex, area, previous partnership status, cohabitation, civil or religious ceremony, day and month of wedding, and marriage rates.

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

Amanda Sharfman and Pamela Cobb

Email

pop.info@ons.gov.uk

Phone

+44 1329 444661

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