"Figure 8: Percentages of people (aged 16 and over) by living arrangements, 2002 to 2016","" "England","" "","" "Notes","1. People who are married or civil partnered but whose partner is away from the household because they live away for work, are in prison or in a care home, will appear in the ""not living in a couple: previously married or civil partnered"" category." "Unit","%" "","" "","Cohabiting: never married or Civil Partnered","Cohabiting: previously married or Civil Partnered","Not cohabiting: never married or Civil Partnered","Not cohabiting: previously married or Civil Partnered","Living in a couple: Married or civil partnered" "2002","6.8","2.6","22.9","15.3","52.3" "2003","7.1","2.7","23.3","15.2","51.7" "2004","7.4","2.7","23.4","15.1","51.3" "2005","7.7","2.7","23.5","14.9","51.2" "2006","8","2.7","23.9","14.9","50.5" "2007","8.1","2.7","24.1","14.9","50.2" "2008","8.3","2.8","24.4","14.8","49.7" "2009","8.5","2.8","24.4","14.9","49.5" "2010","8.5","2.8","24.6","15","49.1" "2011","8.8","2.9","25.1","14.8","48.4" "2012","9","2.9","24.7","14.9","48.5" "2013","8.7","2.8","25.1","14.8","48.6" "2014","8.9","2.9","25","14.3","48.8" "2015","9.5","2.8","25","14.5","48.2" "2016","9.8","2.8","24.8","14.1","48.6"