Characteristics of the study population
| Characteristic | Level | No (%) |
| Sex | Female | 18 455 496 (52.4) |
| Male | 16 767 970 (47.6) | |
| Age (years) | 18–29 | 6 024 663 (17.1) |
| 30–39 | 5 196 626 (14.8) | |
| 40–49 | 5 561 817 (15.8) | |
| 50–59 | 6 430 167 (18.3) | |
| 60–69 | 5 234 144 (14.9) | |
| 70–79 | 4 263 033 (12.1) | |
| 80+ | 2 513 016 (7.1) | |
| Ethnicity | Bangladeshi | 270 035 (0.8) |
| Black African | 538 586 (1.5) | |
| Black Caribbean | 378 063 (1.1) | |
| Chinese | 187 646 (0.5) | |
| Indian | 946 289 (2.7) | |
| Mixed | 584 822 (1.7) | |
| Other | 858 255 (2.4) | |
| Pakistani | 708 387 (2.0) | |
| White British | 29 024 719 (82.4) | |
| White other | 1 726 664 (4.9) | |
| Religion | Buddhist | 146 584 (0.4) |
| Christian | 21 309 133 (60.5) | |
| Hindu | 537 242 (1.5) | |
| Jewish | 159 557 (0.5) | |
| Muslim | 1 598 295 (4.5) | |
| Sikh | 292 093 (0.8) | |
| Other religion | 162 467 (0.5) | |
| No religion | 8 808 882 (25.0) | |
| Religion not stated | 2 209 213 (6.3) | |
| Disability status | Not limited | 30 095 777 (85.4) |
| Limited a little | 31,101,61 (8.8) | |
| Limited a lot | 2 017 528 (5.7) | |
| Index of Multiple Deprivation Quintile | 1 (Most deprived) | 6 487 968 (18.4) |
| 2 | 6 875 573 (19.5) | |
| 3 | 7 186 492 (20.4) | |
| 4 | 7 325 184 (20.8) | |
| 5 (Least deprived) | 7 348 249 (20.9) | |
| Household tenure | Owned | 24 190 067 (68.7) |
| Private rented | 4 991 430 (14.2) | |
| Social rented | 5 183 538 (14.7) | |
| Other | 556 343 (1.6) | |
| Not classified | 302 088 (0.9) | |
| English Language Proficiency | Main language | 32 762 210 (93.0) |
| Not main language | 2 461 256 (7.0) | |
| Educational Attainment | Level 4+ | 8 866 351 (30.4) |
| Level 3 | 3 608 197 (12.4) | |
| Apprenticeship | 1 061 770 (3.6) | |
| Level 2 | 4 326 004 (14.8) | |
| Level 1 | 4 065 820 (13.9) | |
| Other | 1 593 068 (5.5) | |
| No qualification | 5 677 593 (19.4) | |
| National Statistics Socio-Economic Classification | 1 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations | 4 957 652 (14.1) |
| 2 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations | 8 210 886 (23.3) | |
| 3 Intermediate occupations | 3 687 464 (10.5) | |
| 4 Small employers and own account workers | 4 651 919 (13.2) | |
| 5 Lower supervisory and technical occupations | 3 086 562 (8.8) | |
| 6 Semi-routine occupations | 4 454 670 (12.6) | |
| 7 Routine occupations | 4 150 251 (11.8) | |
| 8 Never worked and long-term unemployed | 1 209 877 (3.4) | |
| Not classified | 814 185 (2.3) |
Note: Adults aged 18 years and over living in England, alive on 8 December 2020.