There are over 2.96 million single parent families in the United Kingdom as of 2021, compared with over three million five years earlier in 2015. Between 1996 and 2012 the number of single parent families in the UK increased by almost 600,000, with that number falling to the amount seen in the most recent year.
Number of single parent families in the United Kingdom from 1996 to 2021 (in 1,000s)
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Office for National Statistics (UK). (March 9, 2021). Number of single parent families in the United Kingdom from 1996 to 2021 (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 23, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/281640/single-parent-families-uk/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Number of single parent families in the United Kingdom from 1996 to 2021 (in 1,000s)." Chart. March 9, 2021. Statista. Accessed May 23, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/281640/single-parent-families-uk/
Office for National Statistics (UK). (2021). Number of single parent families in the United Kingdom from 1996 to 2021 (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 23, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/281640/single-parent-families-uk/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Number of Single Parent Families in The United Kingdom from 1996 to 2021 (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 9 Mar 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/281640/single-parent-families-uk/
Office for National Statistics (UK), Number of single parent families in the United Kingdom from 1996 to 2021 (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/281640/single-parent-families-uk/ (last visited May 23, 2022)