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2001 Census - Key statistics

2001 Census - Key statistics, Marrige statistics
Marital status (all people aged 16+) Value % England & Wales
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(proportion) 		Regional
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Single people (never married) 40105 28.3% 119 17

Married or re-married people

 73749 52.1% 251 25

Separated or divorced

 15910 11.2% 99 16

Widowed

 11890 8.4% 197 32

All aged 16 or over

 141654 100.0%    

 

2001 Census - Key Statistics, Transport
Transport (all households) Value % England & Wales
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Households without car/van

 19302 26.0% 130 24

Households with 1 car or van

 33035 44.4% 186 18

Households with 2 or more cars/vans

 21998 29.6% 233 19

All households

 74335 100.0%    

2001 Census - Key Statistics, Composition
Composition (all households) Value % England & Wales
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One person households

 21507 28.9% 168 29

Married couple households

 28905 38.9% 199 18

Cohabiting couple households:

 21998 29.6% 233 19

Lone parent households:

        
with dependent children
 5483 7.4% 71 18
with non-dependent children
 2479 3.3% 76 13

All other households

 9480 12.8% 357 37

All households

 74335 100.0%    

Not surprisingly there were more cars in 2001 than in 1991. In 1991 32% of households did not have a car, by 2001 this proportion had dropped to 26%, one of the lowest rates in Greater Manchester. Similarly, whereas 24% of households had two or more cars in 1991, this proportion increased to almost 30% in 2001.

Nationally, there was an increase in the number of lone parent families during the period 1991 to 2001, and Bury was no exception. By 2001 one in ten households consisted of a lone parent with child(ren).

Produced by Research and Consultation Team, February 2003, Tel 0161 253 5121/6593
Source: National statistics website
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