There are over 3.18 million single parent families in the United Kingdom as of 2023, compared with 2.94 million in 2022.

Employment rate of parents living with dependent children as a couple or lone parent by age of the youngest child in the UK.

This statistic shows the cost in 2019, for lone parents, of a first child in the United Kingdom (UK) from the age of 0 to 17. Figures are compared for the costs including childcare and rent/council tax and for the costs excluding childcare and rent/council tax.

The costs with childcare and rent/council tax are consistently higher than those without. The most expensive period for lone parents, including childcare and rent/council tax, is from birth to the age of 2. Excluding childcare and rent/council tax, this period comes from age 11 to age 18.

This dataset is about books. It has 3 rows and is filtered where the book subjects is Single-parent families-Great Britain-Statistics. It features 9 columns including author, publication date, language, and book publisher.

Dataset population: Lone-parent households with dependent children where the lone parent is aged 16 to 74

Economic activity

Economic activity relates to whether or not a person who was aged 16 and over was working or looking for work in the week before census. Rather than a simple indicator of whether or not someone was currently in employment, it provides a measure of whether or not a person was an active participant in the labour market.

A person's economic activity is derived from their 'activity last week'. This is an indicator of their status or availability for employment - whether employed, unemployed, or their status if not employed and not seeking employment. Additional information included in the economic activity classification is also derived from information about the number of hours a person works and their type of employment - whether employed or self-employed.

The census concept of economic activity is compatible with the standard for economic status defined by the International Labour Organisation (ILO). It is one of a number of definitions used internationally to produce accurate and comparable statistics on employment, unemployment and economic status.

Lone-parent households with dependent children where the lone parent is aged 16 to 74

In most tables, the term 'lone-parent household' is used to describe a household that comprises a lone parent family and no other person. In the alternative household type variable, a lone-parent household is defined as a household that contains at least one lone-parent family but does not contain any married, same-sex civil partnership or cohabiting couples.

A count of the dependent children living in a household. A dependent child is a person aged 0 to 15 in a household (whether or not in a family) or aged 16 to 18 in full-time education and living in a family with his or her parent(s) or grandparent(s). It does not include any children who have a spouse, partner or child living in the household.

Sex

The classification of a person as either male or female.

In 2022, there were around 29,758 sole birth registrations of live births in England and Wales, compared with 29,010 in the previous year. A sole registration is a birth registration which includes no information about the father of the child.

Families and children in the UK by family type including married couples, cohabiting couples and lone parents. Also shows household size and people living alone.

Dataset population: Lone-parent households with dependent children where the lone parent is aged 16 to 74

Lone-parent households with dependent children where the lone parent is aged 16 to 74

In most tables, the term 'lone-parent household' is used to describe a household that comprises a lone parent family and no other person. In the alternative household type variable, a lone-parent household is defined as a household that contains at least one lone-parent family but does not contain any married, same-sex civil partnership or cohabiting couples.

A count of the dependent children living in a household. A dependent child is a person aged 0 to 15 in a household (whether or not in a family) or aged 16 to 18 in full-time education and living in a family with his or her parent(s) or grandparent(s). It does not include any children who have a spouse, partner or child living in the household.

Sex

The classification of a person as either male or female.

This statistic shows the distribution of weekly amounts of children pocket money given by single or never married parents in the United Kingdom in 2015. The largest share of 25 percent of single parents gave between 10 and 15 British pounds as pocket money. Further 19 percent of parents gave between 5 and 7.5 British pounds to their children.

Quarterly and historical data on employment rates of people in the UK by parental status.

There are estimated to be around 3.7 million one-child families in the United Kingdom as of 2023, with a further 3.38 million two-child families, and 1.18 million families that have three or more children.

Percentage of parents living with dependent children in the UK by economic activity status and by single year of age of youngest dependent child.

In 2024, the additional basic costs of bringing up a child from birth to 18 years old was approximately, 165,872 pounds for couples or 186,822 pounds for a lone parent. The full cost, which includes rent and childcare, was 259,028 pounds for couples and, 290,807 for a lone parent.

This statistic shows the share of families receiving state support in the United Kingdom (UK) in fiscal year 2017/18, by family type. In this year, ** percent of the couples with children and ** percent of the single parents received state support.

In 2022, there were approximately 294,173 live births to married mothers in England and Wales, compared with 311,306 that took place outside of marriage.

In 2023, approximately 59 percent of males and 55 percent of females that were aged 20 still lived with their parents in the United Kingdom. In the same year, 47 percent of males and 29 percent of females who were 25 lived with their parents, while for those aged 30, the percentage was 16 percent for males and just five percent for females.

Dataset population: Persons in households

Household composition

Household composition classifies households according to the relationships between the household members. Households consisting of one family and no other usual residents are classified according to the type of family (married, same-sex civil partnership or cohabiting couple family, or lone parent family) and the number of dependent children. Other households are classified by the number of people, the number of dependent children, or whether the household consists only of students or only of people aged 65 and over.

In Northern Ireland only:

• A dependent child is a person in a household aged 0 to 15 (whether or not in a family) or a person aged 16 to 18 who is a full-time student in a family with parent(s).
• A family consists of a couple (married, same-sex civil partnership or cohabiting) with or without children, or a lone parent and their children. It also includes a married, same-sex civil partnership or cohabiting couple with their grandchildren or a lone grandparent with his or her grandchildren, if there is no parent in the intervening generation in the household. A family will also include step-children when their parent is part of the couple.

This dataset provides Census 2021 estimates that classify families in England and Wales by family type, by dependent children and by age of the Family Reference Person. The estimates are as at Census Day, 21 March 2021. A concealed family is one that does not include the Household Reference Person.

Area type

Census 2021 statistics are published for a number of different geographies. These can be large, for example the whole of England, or small, for example an output area (OA), the lowest level of geography for which statistics are produced.

For higher levels of geography, more detailed statistics can be produced. When a lower level of geography is used, such as output areas (which have a minimum of 100 persons), the statistics produced have less detail. This is to protect the confidentiality of people and ensure that individuals or their characteristics cannot be identified.

Coverage

Census 2021 statistics are published for the whole of England and Wales. Data are also available in these geographic types:

• country - for example, Wales
• region - for example, London
• local authority - for example, Cornwall
• health area – for example, Clinical Commissioning Group
• statistical area - for example, MSOA or LSOA

Concealed family type

This categorises the type of concealed family, whether it is a lone parent or couple family, with or without dependent or non-dependent children.

A concealed family does not include the Household Reference Person (HRP).

Example

George and Amy live at the same address as their daughter Emily and her husband and daughter.

Because Emily is not a dependent child and has her own family, there are two families in this household.

Family one are George and wife Amy. George is the Family Reference Person (FRP).

Family two is daughter Emily, husband Simon and their daughter Eve. Emily is the FRP.

As there is more than one family in the household, The FRPs are prioritised to decide who is the HRP.

In this household, George is the HRP.

This means that Emily's family is a "concealed family". Their HRP is George. They will be included as part of his household in relevant outputs.

Age of the family reference person

Age of the Family Reference Person