Office For National Statistics

The number of people living on their own increased by 16% between 1997 and 2017.
As one-person households continues to rise, what are the costs of living alone? http://ow.ly/q7Qf30ojVB2

Today’s analysis – following our recent report into how often children and young people feel lonely – focuses on factors influencing children’s feelings of loneliness.
What are they? http://ow.ly/33IS30oiWID

Today marks five years since same-sex partners have been able to legally marry in England and Wales ow.ly/OVbg30oe6CO

How popular is your wedding day?
Between 1996 and 2016 the most popular day to marry was 30 August – 33,782 couples walked down the aisle on this day in this period.
In England and Wales in 2016, there were 249,793 weddings and for the first time ever, less than a quarter were religious ceremonies http://ow.ly/5PTM30odZE5

Do you live in one of the most or least affordable places to buy a house in England in Wales?
Most affordable: Copeland, in the North West of England Least affordable: London borough of Kensington and Chelsea
... Find out how affordable housing is in your area using our data http://ow.ly/bwHt30odVGV
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In England, the gap in life expectancy at birth between those born in the most and least deprived areas grew between 2012 to 2014 and 2015 to 2017 by 0.3 years for men and 0.5 years for women ow.ly/Qr2j30ocTVt

New research has revealed that family functioning and parental mental health are linked with mental disorders in children.
Use our interactive to find out more http://ow.ly/6U3F30oc8P1

7.4% of jobs in England are at a high risk of automation. Read our article and chat with our bot to find out your occupation’s risk of automation http://ow.ly/bXD530oaTkC

Today’s quarterly mortality figures show there were 1,068 fewer deaths registered between Oct and Dec 2018 compared to the 2013 to 2017 average. The mortality rate between Oct and Dec 2018 was also significantly lower than the same period of every year since 2001 http://ow.ly/4Kjm30o93Ki

We’ve updated our basket of goods for 2019.
Smart speakers, flavoured tea and bakeware are in; envelopes, three-piece suites and washing powder are out http://ow.ly/yRYa30nZKkH

How does the UK’s well-being compare to other countries around the world?
Today’s data explores how well we’re doing in areas such as personal well-being, relationships and health http://ow.ly/PNI330nWehK

Did you know almost 10% of adults aged 16 to 64 years – equivalent to 3.6 million people – have never done paid work? The vast majority are either students, unemployed, sick or looking after the family or home – use our interactive grid to break this number down http://ow.ly/LG2k30nRMhU

We’ve taken a closer look at data on deaths of homeless people and today’s report shows that in 2017 around 95% of deaths of homeless people were in urban areas.
Local authorities with the highest estimated numbers of deaths include: Manchester (21 deaths), Birmingham (18), Bristol (17), Lambeth (17), Liverpool (17) and Camden (15) http://ow.ly/PkQa30nP0q3

Today we’ve released our travel and tourism figures that show a 4% rise in visits to the UK by overseas residents in October 2018 – compared with October 2017.
UK residents consistently make more visits abroad than foreign residents make to the UK, and, compared with October 2017, fewer visits are being made to European countries with UK residents travelling further afield to North America and countries outside of Europe ow.ly/vkdg30nNipk

We used to think of getting married and having children as some of life's most important milestones. Our latest article examines what age these life events typically happen, and explores what are the other modern markers of adulthood – from working life to living arrangements http://ow.ly/5sFv30nJHX6

Today’s World Cancer Day.
Our latest statistics show that if you’re diagnosed with stage 1 to 3 melanoma of the skin, breast or prostate cancer, you have over 90% 1-year survival http://ow.ly/ukf730nzeqg #WorldCancerDay #IAmAndIWill #UnityBand

This autumn we’ll be running a census rehearsal. It tests what we’ll need to do for the real thing in 2021, but rather than covering all of England and Wales, it’s in a few selected areas: Carlisle, Ceredigion, Hackney and Tower Hamlets.
Find out more about the rehearsal and why these areas have been chosen http://ow.ly/fVIo30nwAnK #CensusRehearsal