Number of people to never marry across the North East revealed in map

The data, created by the Office for National Statistics, revealed that the number of adults to have never married or been in a civil partnership has increased every decade.

In 1991 the percentage stood at 26.3% which has increased to 37.9% in 2021, whereas the proportion of adults who are married or in a civil partnership has fallen from 58.4% in 1991 to 46.9% in 2021.

In the North East, many local authorities are sitting at higher than the average for the number of adults to never marry or be in a civil partnership.

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South Tyneside and Newcastle upon Tyne are the North East areas with the largest number of adults who have never married with a 40.2% of residents for both areas.

Sunderland and Middlesbrough are close behind both sitting at 39.9% respectively.

Northumberland is the local authority with the smallest number of adults to never marry or enter a civil partnership at 36.3%.

The authority leads in having the most number of adults to be married or in a civil partnership.

Check out the map below to see how your local authority compares:

Here’s how the North East local authorities compare in the percentage of adults to have never married or entered a civil partnership.

South Tyneside: 40.2%

Newcastle upon Tyne: 40.2%

Sunderland: 39.9%

Middlesbrough:39.9%

Gateshead: 39.8%

Hartlepool: 39.5%

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Redcar and Cleveland: 39.4%

North Tyneside: 38.1%

County Durham: 38.0%

Darlington: 37.1%

Stockton-on-Tees: 36.7%

Northumberland: 36.3%