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- Over 10 million people are currently aged 65 and over, making up 18% of the population.
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In 2021, 3.3 million people aged 65 years and over were living alone in England and Wales, 30.1 % of the older population. The proportion of older women living alone was lower in 2021 (36.3%)...
Key points. A growing older population. The older population in England is getting larger. In the last 40 years, the number of people aged 50 and over has increased by over 6.8 million (a 47% increase), and the number aged 65 and over has increased by over 3.5 million (a 52% increase).
According to the Census 2021 results, there were over 11 million people aged 65 years and over in England and Wales, making up 18.6% of the total population. There were also over 15.5 million people aged 60 or over, making up 23% of the UK population. The number of “older” old people is also rising.
Apr 3, 2023 · Overview of the characteristics of the population aged 65 years and over in 2021 including legal partnership status, living arrangements , ethnicity, religion, health, disability and caring...
Jun 28, 2022 · There were 30,420,100 women (51.0% of the overall population) and 29,177,200 men (49.0%) in England and Wales. There were more people than ever before in the older age groups; the proportion of...
• Older women are more likely than older men to live alone (ONS, 2018i). • 3.8 million individuals over the age of 65 live alone, 58% of whom are over 75 (around 2.2 million individuals) (ONS, 2017a).
