FOI Reference: FOI/2022/4021
You asked
How many people as a proportion (%) of the population of England are unvaccinated?
If you can repeat the request for the UK, as well as England, this would be helpful.
By 'unvaccinated' I mean no/ zero jabs taken.
We said
Thank you for your request.
The Office for National Statistics COVID-19 Infection Survey (CIS) is a household survey that estimates the number of people testing positive for infection and for antibodies in the UK. Our statistics refer to the number of current COVID-19 infections within the population living in private residential households. We exclude those in hospitals, care homes and/or other communal establishments. In communal establishments, rates of COVID-19 infection are likely to be different.
The Office for National Statistics does not hold analyses on the proportion of people who are unvaccinated in England or in the United Kingdom.
You might be interested in our modelled estimates of the proportion of adults who have received one or more vaccination doses in England, Wales, Northern Ireland, and Scotland we previously produced. The last publication containing the estimates was our Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection Survey, antibody and vaccination data, UK: 8 December 2021 bulletin. In tabs 1e, 2d, 3d and 4d of the dataset you can find vaccination estimates for England, Wales, Northern Ireland, and Scotland, respectively. These estimates are based on the percentages of participants vaccinated in our Covid Infection Survey and do not replace the official government figures from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA, previously Public Health England) on vaccinations. Please note, caution should be taken when interpreting these results as we did not attempt to estimate the proportion of participants who were unvaccinated.
Further information and an overview of data about the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and other sources can be found in the Coronavirus (COVID-19) latest insights tool.
You can find official estimates on the proportion of the population who have received a first, second and third dose of a COVID-19 vaccine on the Government coronavirus (COVID-19) dashboard , along with the total number of vaccines given. Population estimates for the United Kingdom can be found under the heading latest reported vaccination uptake in the 4th chart down the page. To view estimates of vaccine uptake for England, click Vaccinations in United Kingdom in the top-left banner, for area type select nations, and for area name select England. This process can be repeated for each of the nations in the United Kingdom. Please note, once the dashboard is adjusted for each nation the "latest reported vaccination uptake" chart displays as the 2nd chart down the page.
More information on official government vaccination estimates can be found in UKHSA's COVID-19 weekly announced vaccinations reports. To accurately calculate a proportion of nation that are unvaccinated, data regarding the size of the population is required. As it is not possible to know exactly how many people are in the United Kingdom, population estimates (denominators) are used. Due to this, it is difficult to identify exactly how many people in the population are unvaccinated. Please find more about the denominators used under the data notes section of the same link. For further information, you can contact UKHSA via email at informationrights@ukhsa.gov.uk.