02 February 2023 02 Feb 2023

In England and Wales, the population continues to age. The 2021 Census results confirm there are more people than ever before in older age groups – over 11 million people, 18.6% of the total population, aged 65 years or older, compared with 16.4% at the time of the previous Census in 2011. This included over half a million (527 900) people who were at least 90 years of age