Families
with three or more dependent children: by unitary authority and
county , England,
2001
Families
with three or more dependent
children
Percentage
Number
All
families with dependent
children
England
17.8
1,067,950
6,011,517
Blackburn
with Darwen
UA
24.2
4,673
19,325
Luton
UA
23.9
5,800
24,289
Slough
UA
22.6
3,463
15,333
Inner
London
21.8
68,215
312,736
Leicester
UA
21.6
7,903
36,509
West
Midlands (Met
County)
20.6
67,613
328,919
Nottingham
UA
19.9
6,197
31,185
Southampton
UA
19.6
4,638
23,704
Peterborough
UA
19.5
3,948
20,198
Reading
UA
19.4
3,123
16,059
Derby
UA
19.4
5,346
27,524
Medway
UA
18.9
6,335
33,546
Buckinghamshire
County
18.9
11,236
59,542
Middlesbrough
UA
18.9
3,458
18,342
East
Sussex
County
18.7
10,376
55,599
West
Yorkshire (Met
County)
18.5
48,927
263,806
Southend-on-Sea
UA
18.5
3,629
19,578
Bristol;
City of
UA
18.5
7,976
43,221
Kent
County
18.3
29,733
162,249
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Bath
and North East Somerset
UA
18.3
3,388
18,562
Kingston
upon Hull; City of
UA
18.2
5,708
31,285
Outer
London
18.1
100,775
555,966
Greater
Manchester (Met
County)
18.1
57,908
320,507
Bedfordshire
County
18.0
8,771
48,626
Suffolk
18.0
14,289
79,286
Hertfordshire
17.8
23,042
129,745
Lancashire
County
17.8
25,244
142,175
North
East Lincolnshire
UA
17.7
3,758
21,208
Oxfordshire
17.7
12,447
70,246
Devon
County
17.7
13,707
77,430
Herefordshire;
County of
UA
17.7
3,648
20,617
Essex
County
17.7
28,073
158,802
Windsor
and Maidenhead
UA
17.7
2,735
15,476
Thurrock
UA
17.7
3,336
18,892
Merseyside
(Met
County)
17.6
30,892
175,319
Cambridgeshire
County
17.6
11,413
64,798
Somerset
17.6
10,122
57,487
Isle
of Wight
UA
17.6
2,627
14,925
Gloucestershire
17.6
11,777
66,984
Torbay
UA
17.5
2,525
14,411
Surrey
17.5
21,787
124,731
West
Sussex
17.5
15,127
86,645
Dorset
County
17.5
7,296
41,796
Wokingham
UA
17.4
3,316
19,016
Portsmouth
UA
17.3
3,834
22,170
Milton
Keynes
UA
17.2
4,994
28,953
Northamptonshire
17.2
13,913
80,756
Cornwall
and the Isles of
Scilly
17.1
9,890
57,827
Wiltshire
County
17.1
8,994
52,737
Telford
and Wrekin
UA
17.0
3,675
21,571
Lincolnshire
17.0
12,898
75,744
Hampshire
County
17.0
25,790
151,537
South
Gloucestershire
UA
16.9
5,202
30,722
West
Berkshire
UA
16.9
3,025
17,905
Shropshire
County
16.8
5,525
32,824
Cheshire
County
16.7
13,793
82,448
Swindon
UA
16.7
3,838
22,981
Bournemouth
UA
16.7
2,801
16,802
Redcar
and Cleveland
UA
16.6
2,945
17,737
North
Yorkshire
County
16.6
11,108
67,010
North
Somerset
UA
16.5
3,668
22,234
Warwickshire
16.5
10,051
61,042
Norfolk
16.4
14,598
88,849
Hartlepool
UA
16.3
1,965
12,021
Bracknell
Forest
UA
16.3
2,356
14,477
Plymouth
UA
16.2
4,723
29,066
South
Yorkshire (Met
County)
16.2
25,435
157,200
Worcestershire
County
16.2
10,597
65,525
Halton
UA
16.1
2,619
16,278
Rutland
UA
16.0
629
3,934
Leicestershire
County
15.9
11,783
74,210
Blackpool
UA
15.9
2,639
16,641
Brighton
and Hove
UA
15.9
4,071
25,672
Poole
UA
15.8
2,512
15,918
Stockton-on-Tees
UA
15.7
3,744
23,917
Stoke-on-Trent
UA
15.6
4,744
30,403
Cumbria
15.5
8,884
57,307
North
Lincolnshire
UA
15.5
3,023
19,504
York
UA
15.4
3,087
19,993
Darlington
UA
15.4
1,913
12,456
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Derbyshire
County
15.3
13,812
90,251
Nottinghamshire
County
15.3
14,128
92,477
Staffordshire
County
15.3
15,362
100,653
East
Riding of Yorkshire
UA
15.2
5,693
37,351
Warrington
UA
15.0
3,756
25,120
Northumberland
14.8
5,524
37,367
Tyne
and Wear (Met
County)
14.8
19,770
133,866
Durham
County
13.6
8,339
61,462
Notes: 1.
A family consists of a couple (married or cohabiting) with or without
children, or a lone parent and their
children. 2. Cohabiting
couples includes same sex
couples. 3. A dependent
child is a person in a household aged 0 to 15 (whether or not in a
family) or a person aged 16 to 18 who is a full-time student in a
family with
parent(s). 4. Figures
have been randomly adjusted to avoid the release of confidential
data. 5. Crown
CopyrightÂ(c)2004. 6.
Data are taken from Census Commissioned Table
M501. Source: Census,
April 2001, Office for National
Statistics.
