Cohabiting couples like Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds are the fastest growing family type in the UK, official figures show
By James Tapsfield, MailOnline.
Cohabiting couples such as Boris Johnson and his girlfriend Carrie Symonds are the fastest growing family type over the last decade, it was revealed today.
The number of cohabiting pairs has spiked by a quarter over the past decade to 3.4million, according to official figures.
Mr Johnson and former Tory spin doctor Ms Symonds are the first unmarried couple to live in No10, having resided at her south London flat before he became PM.
Married and civil partner couple families were the most common family type in the UK in 2018, accounting for two-thirds of the total number of families.
But the Office for National Statistics said that since 2008 the proportion of families where couples were married had declined, while the share who were cohabiting had gone up from 15.3 per cent to 17.9 per cent…
…The ONS said that the introduction of gay marriage in 2014 has led to rapid growth in same-sex marriage families, doubling to 68,000 from 2017 to 2018.
The number of people living alone rose to more than eight million for the first time in 2018, up from 7.7million in the previous year.
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A picture of marital bliss? Survey finds many married couples are happy, from Christian Today
The headlines around high divorce rates and celeb couples breaking up may be more familiar, but a Sunday Times survey has found that many married couples are happy in their unions.
The number of couples choosing to marry today is lower than in previous decades, with the Office for National Statistics revealing that, in 2017, just over half of adults in England and Wales were married.
But the figures from the Sunday Times Style survey of 2,000 people suggest that many of those who do choose to get married feel positive about their relationship.
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