Census Data

Boston: Household composition

Location Type: Built Up Areas, ONS Geographic Code: E63001952

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Key Facts

All Residents 46,593
Male 22,805
Female 23,782
Households 19,428

The ONS doesn't publish census data directly for Built Up Areas. The figures on this page are aggregated from census areas contained within Boston. They may not, therefore, be precisely accurate. Age-standardised statistics and population density are not available for aggregated datasets.

Table Codets003
Issued2022-12-13
Unit of MeasureHousehold
Number of Response Options15

This dataset provides Census 2021 estimates that classify households in England and Wales by the relationships between household members (household composition). The estimates are as at Census Day, 21 March 2021.

Summary

Households according to the relationships between members.

One-family households are classified by:

* the number of dependent children
* family type (married, civil partnership or cohabiting couple family, or lone parent family)

Other households are classified by:

* the number of people
* the number of dependent children
* whether the household consists only of students or only of people aged 66 and over

Quality Statement

Data about household relationships might not always look consistent with legal partnership status. This is because of complexity of living arrangements and the way people interpreted these questions. Take care when using these two variables together.

More information at the ONS website

Household composition: Total 19,470
One person household 5,558
One person household: Aged 66 years and over 2,592
One person household: Other 2,966
Single family household 12,110
Single family household: All aged 66 years and over 1,704
Single family household: Married or civil partnership couple 5,181
Single family household: Married or civil partnership couple: No children 1,967
Single family household: Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children 2,316
Single family household: Married or civil partnership couple: All children non-dependent 898
Single family household: Cohabiting couple family 2,733
Single family household: Cohabiting couple family: No children 1,252
Single family household: Cohabiting couple family: With dependent children 1,288
Single family household: Cohabiting couple family: All children non-dependent 193
Single family household: Lone parent family 2,293
Single family household: Lone parent family: With dependent children 1,607
Single family household: Lone parent family: All children non-dependent 686
Single family household: Other single family household 199
Single family household: Other single family household: Other family composition 199
Other household types 1,802
Other household types: With dependent children 849
Other household types: Other, including all full-time students and all aged 66 years and over 953

These values are calculated by adding up the values for census output areas contained within Boston. They may, therefore, be slightly inaccurate due to administrative boundaries not precisely aligning with census boundaries.

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