infographic crisp · Divorce Statistics 2014 48% Almost half of divorces in 2012 involve children under 16 years. England and Wales (ONS, 2014) United Kingdom (ONS, 2013e)

Divorce Statistics2014

48%

Almost half of divorces in 2012 involve children under 16 years.

England and Wales (ONS, 2014)

United Kingdom (ONS, 2013e)

236,000

people divorced in 2012England and Wales (ONS, 2014)


42%of marriages end in divorce

40-44is the mostcommon agebracket for divorceEngland and Wales (ONS, 2014)

65%England and Wales (ONS, 2014)

of divorceswere on petitonof the wife


Of every divorce in 2011:

in 71% of cases it was the first divorce for both partners

in 19% one party had been divorced previously

in 9% of cases, both had divorced previously

If one or both partners remarrying they have a 31% chance of divorce, compared to 45% if it is both partners’ first time. Note: There isn’t consensus on this issue. England and Wales (Benson,2013)

Second marriages are more likely tobe successful than first marriages.

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of marriagesare expected toend in divorce bythe 20th weddinganniversary

34% Having children or staying childless hasno clear effect onrisk of divorceEngland and Wales (ONS, 2014)

Since 2000the percentage of marriages endingin divorce appears to be falling. Thisis likely to be because people aregetting married at older ages andare increasingly cohabiting beforehand– both are factors that increase marriagesuccess.England and Wales (ONS, 2013)

England and Wales (ONS, 2013c)

North East

East Midlands

London

South West

South East

East

West Midlands

Yorkshire and the Humber

North West

Wales

190,419

303,528

563,470

371,780

576,657

388,364

372,498

363,197

514,154

220,281

9.1%

Region Number of People Percentage of theadult population

8.4%

8.8%

8.7%

8.5%

8.4%

8.4%

8.7%

9.2%

9%

In England and Wales the number and percentage of people not currently living in a couple following separation, legal divorce or civil - partnership dissolution breaks down as follows:

£46 billionis the estimated taxpayer costfrom family breakdown in 2013,through effects on health, extrahousing support, legal aid, lostwork hours and other relatedfactors.

The number of civil partnershipdissolutions granted in 2012 was 794, an increase of 20%on the 2011.

In 2010 -11, one third of allchildren aged 16 and under were not living with both oftheir birth parents.

There are 7.7million families with dependent children, of which:

4.7million (60%) are married couple families

1.2million (15%) are unmarried opposite sex couple families

1.9million (24.5%) are lone parent families

8,000 (0.04%) are civil partnered couple families

5,000 (0.03%) are same-sex cohabiting couple families.

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infographic crisp · Divorce Statistics 2014 48% Almost half of divorces in 2012 involve children under 16 years. England and Wales (ONS, 2014) United Kingdom (ONS, 2013e)