Joan Robertshaw, aged 75Īngele Storey is head of the Office for National Statistics (ONS) Ageing Analysis team. Health-wise, I have the odd ache and pain, but I don’t feel old. What do we know about the lives of older people and the challenges they face? How do the data help to plan for an older population? And, what do older people themselves think about ageing and how we could all age better? This article goes beyond the numbers to provide expert views on issues related to ageing and explain why census data are particularly useful. The average (median) age in England and Wales rose from 39 years in 2011 to 40 years in 2021, reflecting the changing age structure of the population. This included over half a million (527,900) people who were at least 90 years of age. ![]() Over 11 million people – 18.6% of the total population – were aged 65 years or older, compared with 16.4% at the time of the previous census in 2011. ![]() The population of England and Wales has continued to age, with Census 2021 results confirming there are more people than ever before in older age groups.
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