Community survey evidence

Notes related to the data in this spreadsheet

Note number Note text

Weights Different weights have been used for questions/responses depending on whether they are in in the web and paper or paper only questionnaire, and the pathway they are located in within the survey. This note applies to all tables.

Paper and web questionnaires The Community Engagement Survey issues both paper and web questionnaires. In order to reduce respondent burden and due to routing complexities on a paper questionnaire, not all questions are included in the paper questionnaire. The web questionnaire is also split into core and subset questions. Subset questions are only asked of approximately a third of online respondents and core questions are asked to all respondents online. We have noted cases where questions were only asked to online or to a subset of online respondents. If there is no note attached then the question was asked to all respondents to the survey, using either web or paper questionnaires. The questionnaires can be found at the link below:

Community Engagement Survey Questionnaires

Lower and Upper estimates Lower and upper estimates in all tables use 95% confidence intervals.

Base and Count Base and count are both unweighted. Base is the number of respondents who were asked the question(s). Count is the number of respondents who answered the question in the affirmative. This note applies to all tables.

Suppression Cells marked with 'c' indicate data suppression for quality control reasons. This suppression was applied when 30 or fewer respondents were asked the question, or 3 or fewer respondents provided answers. This note applies to all tables.

Unavailable Data Cells marked with 'x' indicate that data is unavailable. This is because it was not collected in that survey year. This note applies to all tables.

Not Applicable Data Cells marked with 'N/A' indicate that data are not applicable.

Methodological Alignment The Community pathway data tables in this release (A, B, C, D, E, F and G) have been produced using the methodology of the Community Life Survey (CLS) to allow for robust comparability with the CLS time-series. This methodology differs from the approach used to produce the Engagement pathway data tables (H, I, J, K, L, M, N and O) and the Participation Survey. We intend to reproduce the Community pathway data tables and the Community Life Survey time series using the Engagement pathway methodology in future to align the entire survey with a consistent methodological approach.

Partnership and funding In 2024/25 and 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community Life Survey and the Community pathway of the Community and Engagement survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local Authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.

Correction to 2024/25 sexual orientation and socio-economic classification data There is a small difference in the estimates for sexual orientation and socio-economic classification for 2024/25 compared to the previously published Community Life survey tables. This is due to a correction in the weighting methodology, updating these specific variables from a mixed weight to the correct web-only weight. The 2024/25 figures provided in this release reflect the corrected data.

Note 1 Household Acorn © CACI Limited 2013 - 2025 Source: Acorn. The applicable copyright notices can be found at the Current Copyright and Third-Party Notices in the link below.

Acorn Copyright and Third-Party Notices

Note 2 The 2024/25 and 2025/26 survey years have used the gender identity question asked in the Census 2021 in England and Wales. It should be noted that in the Census 2021 data for England and Wales, patterns were identified that suggest that some respondents may not have interpreted the question as intended, notably those with lower levels of English language proficiency. Analysis of Scotland's census 2022, where the gender identity question was different, has added weight to this observation. Similar respondent error may have occurred during the data collection for these statistics so comparisons between subnational and other smaller group breakdowns should be considered with caution. More information can be found in the following links:

Analysis of Scotland's census

ONS sexual orientation and gender identity quality information report

National Statistical blog about the strengths and limitations of gender identity statistics

Note 3 In 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community Engagement Survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local Authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.

Note 4 Percentages may not add up to 100% as respondents can select multiple answers.

Note 5 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 6 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 7 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 8 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 9 These questions were not included in the 2024/25 online or paper questionnaire and were only asked in 2025/26.

Note 10 There are three indirect measures of loneliness asked in the survey. These questions are; how often do you feel that you lack companionship, how often do you feel left out and how often do you feel isolated from others? These three questions each have three possible responses with a subsequent value; ‘Hardly ever or never’ = 1, ‘Some of the time’ = 2, ‘Often’ = 3. The response values to these three indirect questions are combined to create the Indirect Loneliness Composite score. Scores are between three and nine, three being the least lonely and nine being the most lonely. For further information, see Measuring loneliness: guidance for use of the national indicators on surveys - Recommended measures for adults.

Measuring loneliness: guidance for use of the national indicators on surveys

Notes related to the data in this spreadsheet

Note number Note text

Weights Different weights have been used for questions/responses depending on whether they are in in the web and paper or paper only questionnaire, and the pathway they are located in within the survey. This note applies to all tables.

Paper and web questionnaires The Community Engagement Survey issues both paper and web questionnaires. In order to reduce respondent burden and due to routing complexities on a paper questionnaire, not all questions are included in the paper questionnaire. The web questionnaire is also split into core and subset questions. Subset questions are only asked of approximately a third of online respondents and core questions are asked to all respondents online. We have noted cases where questions were only asked to online or to a subset of online respondents. If there is no note attached then the question was asked to all respondents to the survey, using either web or paper questionnaires. The questionnaires can be found at the link below:

Community Engagement Survey Questionnaires

Lower and Upper estimates Lower and upper estimates in all tables use 95% confidence intervals.

Base and Count Base and count are both unweighted. Base is the number of respondents who were asked the question(s). Count is the number of respondents who answered the question in the affirmative. This note applies to all tables.

Suppression Cells marked with 'c' indicate data suppression for quality control reasons. This suppression was applied when 30 or fewer respondents were asked the question, or 3 or fewer respondents provided answers. This note applies to all tables.

Unavailable Data Cells marked with 'x' indicate that data is unavailable. This is because it was not collected in that survey year. This note applies to all tables.

Not Applicable Data Cells marked with 'N/A' indicate that data are not applicable.

Methodological Alignment The Community pathway data tables in this release (A, B, C, D, E, F and G) have been produced using the methodology of the Community Life Survey (CLS) to allow for robust comparability with the CLS time-series. This methodology differs from the approach used to produce the Engagement pathway data tables (H, I, J, K, L, M, N and O) and the Participation Survey. We intend to reproduce the Community pathway data tables and the Community Life Survey time series using the Engagement pathway methodology in future to align the entire survey with a consistent methodological approach.

Partnership and funding In 2024/25 and 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community Life Survey and the Community pathway of the Community and Engagement survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local Authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.

Correction to 2024/25 sexual orientation and socio-economic classification data There is a small difference in the estimates for sexual orientation and socio-economic classification for 2024/25 compared to the previously published Community Life survey tables. This is due to a correction in the weighting methodology, updating these specific variables from a mixed weight to the correct web-only weight. The 2024/25 figures provided in this release reflect the corrected data.

Note 1 Household Acorn © CACI Limited 2013 - 2025 Source: Acorn. The applicable copyright notices can be found at the Current Copyright and Third-Party Notices in the link below.

Acorn Copyright and Third-Party Notices

Note 2 The 2024/25 and 2025/26 survey years have used the gender identity question asked in the Census 2021 in England and Wales. It should be noted that in the Census 2021 data for England and Wales, patterns were identified that suggest that some respondents may not have interpreted the question as intended, notably those with lower levels of English language proficiency. Analysis of Scotland's census 2022, where the gender identity question was different, has added weight to this observation. Similar respondent error may have occurred during the data collection for these statistics so comparisons between subnational and other smaller group breakdowns should be considered with caution. More information can be found in the following links:

Analysis of Scotland's census

ONS sexual orientation and gender identity quality information report

National Statistical blog about the strengths and limitations of gender identity statistics

Note 3 In 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community Engagement Survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local Authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.

Note 4 Percentages may not add up to 100% as respondents can select multiple answers.

Note 5 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 6 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 7 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 8 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 9 These questions were not included in the 2024/25 online or paper questionnaire and were only asked in 2025/26.

Note 10 There are three indirect measures of loneliness asked in the survey. These questions are; how often do you feel that you lack companionship, how often do you feel left out and how often do you feel isolated from others? These three questions each have three possible responses with a subsequent value; ‘Hardly ever or never’ = 1, ‘Some of the time’ = 2, ‘Often’ = 3. The response values to these three indirect questions are combined to create the Indirect Loneliness Composite score. Scores are between three and nine, three being the least lonely and nine being the most lonely. For further information, see Measuring loneliness: guidance for use of the national indicators on surveys - Recommended measures for adults.

Measuring loneliness: guidance for use of the national indicators on surveys

Notes related to the data in this spreadsheet

Note number Note text

Weights Different weights have been used for questions/responses depending on whether they are in in the web and paper or paper only questionnaire, and the pathway they are located in within the survey. This note applies to all tables.

Paper and web questionnaires The Community Engagement Survey issues both paper and web questionnaires. In order to reduce respondent burden and due to routing complexities on a paper questionnaire, not all questions are included in the paper questionnaire. The web questionnaire is also split into core and subset questions. Subset questions are only asked of approximately a third of online respondents and core questions are asked to all respondents online. We have noted cases where questions were only asked to online or to a subset of online respondents. If there is no note attached then the question was asked to all respondents to the survey, using either web or paper questionnaires. The questionnaires can be found at the link below:

Community Engagement Survey Questionnaires

Lower and Upper estimates Lower and upper estimates in all tables use 95% confidence intervals.

Base and Count Base and count are both unweighted. Base is the number of respondents who were asked the question(s). Count is the number of respondents who answered the question in the affirmative. This note applies to all tables.

Suppression Cells marked with 'c' indicate data suppression for quality control reasons. This suppression was applied when 30 or fewer respondents were asked the question, or 3 or fewer respondents provided answers. This note applies to all tables.

Unavailable Data Cells marked with 'x' indicate that data is unavailable. This is because it was not collected in that survey year. This note applies to all tables.

Not Applicable Data Cells marked with 'N/A' indicate that data are not applicable.

Methodological Alignment The Community pathway data tables in this release (A, B, C, D, E, F and G) have been produced using the methodology of the Community Life Survey (CLS) to allow for robust comparability with the CLS time-series. This methodology differs from the approach used to produce the Engagement pathway data tables (H, I, J, K, L, M, N and O) and the Participation Survey. We intend to reproduce the Community pathway data tables and the Community Life Survey time series using the Engagement pathway methodology in future to align the entire survey with a consistent methodological approach.

Partnership and funding In 2024/25 and 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community Life Survey and the Community pathway of the Community and Engagement survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local Authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.

Correction to 2024/25 sexual orientation and socio-economic classification data There is a small difference in the estimates for sexual orientation and socio-economic classification for 2024/25 compared to the previously published Community Life survey tables. This is due to a correction in the weighting methodology, updating these specific variables from a mixed weight to the correct web-only weight. The 2024/25 figures provided in this release reflect the corrected data.

Note 1 Household Acorn © CACI Limited 2013 - 2025 Source: Acorn. The applicable copyright notices can be found at the Current Copyright and Third-Party Notices in the link below.

Acorn Copyright and Third-Party Notices

Note 2 The 2024/25 and 2025/26 survey years have used the gender identity question asked in the Census 2021 in England and Wales. It should be noted that in the Census 2021 data for England and Wales, patterns were identified that suggest that some respondents may not have interpreted the question as intended, notably those with lower levels of English language proficiency. Analysis of Scotland's census 2022, where the gender identity question was different, has added weight to this observation. Similar respondent error may have occurred during the data collection for these statistics so comparisons between subnational and other smaller group breakdowns should be considered with caution. More information can be found in the following links:

Analysis of Scotland's census

ONS sexual orientation and gender identity quality information report

National Statistical blog about the strengths and limitations of gender identity statistics

Note 3 In 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community Engagement Survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local Authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.

Note 4 Percentages may not add up to 100% as respondents can select multiple answers.

Note 5 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 6 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 7 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 8 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 9 These questions were not included in the 2024/25 online or paper questionnaire and were only asked in 2025/26.

Note 10 There are three indirect measures of loneliness asked in the survey. These questions are; how often do you feel that you lack companionship, how often do you feel left out and how often do you feel isolated from others? These three questions each have three possible responses with a subsequent value; ‘Hardly ever or never’ = 1, ‘Some of the time’ = 2, ‘Often’ = 3. The response values to these three indirect questions are combined to create the Indirect Loneliness Composite score. Scores are between three and nine, three being the least lonely and nine being the most lonely. For further information, see Measuring loneliness: guidance for use of the national indicators on surveys - Recommended measures for adults.

Measuring loneliness: guidance for use of the national indicators on surveys

Notes related to the data in this spreadsheet

Note number Note text

Weights Different weights have been used for questions/responses depending on whether they are in in the web and paper or paper only questionnaire, and the pathway they are located in within the survey. This note applies to all tables.

Paper and web questionnaires The Community Engagement Survey issues both paper and web questionnaires. In order to reduce respondent burden and due to routing complexities on a paper questionnaire, not all questions are included in the paper questionnaire. The web questionnaire is also split into core and subset questions. Subset questions are only asked of approximately a third of online respondents and core questions are asked to all respondents online. We have noted cases where questions were only asked to online or to a subset of online respondents. If there is no note attached then the question was asked to all respondents to the survey, using either web or paper questionnaires. The questionnaires can be found at the link below:

Community Engagement Survey Questionnaires

Lower and Upper estimates Lower and upper estimates in all tables use 95% confidence intervals.

Base and Count Base and count are both unweighted. Base is the number of respondents who were asked the question(s). Count is the number of respondents who answered the question in the affirmative. This note applies to all tables.

Suppression Cells marked with 'c' indicate data suppression for quality control reasons. This suppression was applied when 30 or fewer respondents were asked the question, or 3 or fewer respondents provided answers. This note applies to all tables.

Unavailable Data Cells marked with 'x' indicate that data is unavailable. This is because it was not collected in that survey year. This note applies to all tables.

Not Applicable Data Cells marked with 'N/A' indicate that data are not applicable.

Methodological Alignment The Community pathway data tables in this release (A, B, C, D, E, F and G) have been produced using the methodology of the Community Life Survey (CLS) to allow for robust comparability with the CLS time-series. This methodology differs from the approach used to produce the Engagement pathway data tables (H, I, J, K, L, M, N and O) and the Participation Survey. We intend to reproduce the Community pathway data tables and the Community Life Survey time series using the Engagement pathway methodology in future to align the entire survey with a consistent methodological approach.

Partnership and funding In 2024/25 and 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community Life Survey and the Community pathway of the Community and Engagement survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local Authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.

Correction to 2024/25 sexual orientation and socio-economic classification data There is a small difference in the estimates for sexual orientation and socio-economic classification for 2024/25 compared to the previously published Community Life survey tables. This is due to a correction in the weighting methodology, updating these specific variables from a mixed weight to the correct web-only weight. The 2024/25 figures provided in this release reflect the corrected data.

Note 1 Household Acorn © CACI Limited 2013 - 2025 Source: Acorn. The applicable copyright notices can be found at the Current Copyright and Third-Party Notices in the link below.

Acorn Copyright and Third-Party Notices

Note 2 The 2024/25 and 2025/26 survey years have used the gender identity question asked in the Census 2021 in England and Wales. It should be noted that in the Census 2021 data for England and Wales, patterns were identified that suggest that some respondents may not have interpreted the question as intended, notably those with lower levels of English language proficiency. Analysis of Scotland's census 2022, where the gender identity question was different, has added weight to this observation. Similar respondent error may have occurred during the data collection for these statistics so comparisons between subnational and other smaller group breakdowns should be considered with caution. More information can be found in the following links:

Analysis of Scotland's census

ONS sexual orientation and gender identity quality information report

National Statistical blog about the strengths and limitations of gender identity statistics

Note 3 In 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community Engagement Survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local Authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.

Note 4 Percentages may not add up to 100% as respondents can select multiple answers.

Note 5 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 6 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 7 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 8 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 9 These questions were not included in the 2024/25 online or paper questionnaire and were only asked in 2025/26.

Note 10 There are three indirect measures of loneliness asked in the survey. These questions are; how often do you feel that you lack companionship, how often do you feel left out and how often do you feel isolated from others? These three questions each have three possible responses with a subsequent value; ‘Hardly ever or never’ = 1, ‘Some of the time’ = 2, ‘Often’ = 3. The response values to these three indirect questions are combined to create the Indirect Loneliness Composite score. Scores are between three and nine, three being the least lonely and nine being the most lonely. For further information, see Measuring loneliness: guidance for use of the national indicators on surveys - Recommended measures for adults.

Measuring loneliness: guidance for use of the national indicators on surveys

Notes related to the data in this spreadsheet

Note number Note text

Weights Different weights have been used for questions/responses depending on whether they are in in the web and paper or paper only questionnaire, and the pathway they are located in within the survey. This note applies to all tables.

Paper and web questionnaires The Community Engagement Survey issues both paper and web questionnaires. In order to reduce respondent burden and due to routing complexities on a paper questionnaire, not all questions are included in the paper questionnaire. The web questionnaire is also split into core and subset questions. Subset questions are only asked of approximately a third of online respondents and core questions are asked to all respondents online. We have noted cases where questions were only asked to online or to a subset of online respondents. If there is no note attached then the question was asked to all respondents to the survey, using either web or paper questionnaires. The questionnaires can be found at the link below:

Community Engagement Survey Questionnaires

Lower and Upper estimates Lower and upper estimates in all tables use 95% confidence intervals.

Base and Count Base and count are both unweighted. Base is the number of respondents who were asked the question(s). Count is the number of respondents who answered the question in the affirmative. This note applies to all tables.

Suppression Cells marked with 'c' indicate data suppression for quality control reasons. This suppression was applied when 30 or fewer respondents were asked the question, or 3 or fewer respondents provided answers. This note applies to all tables.

Unavailable Data Cells marked with 'x' indicate that data is unavailable. This is because it was not collected in that survey year. This note applies to all tables.

Not Applicable Data Cells marked with 'N/A' indicate that data are not applicable.

Methodological Alignment The Community pathway data tables in this release (A, B, C, D, E, F and G) have been produced using the methodology of the Community Life Survey (CLS) to allow for robust comparability with the CLS time-series. This methodology differs from the approach used to produce the Engagement pathway data tables (H, I, J, K, L, M, N and O) and the Participation Survey. We intend to reproduce the Community pathway data tables and the Community Life Survey time series using the Engagement pathway methodology in future to align the entire survey with a consistent methodological approach.

Partnership and funding In 2024/25 and 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community Life Survey and the Community pathway of the Community and Engagement survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local Authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.

Correction to 2024/25 sexual orientation and socio-economic classification data There is a small difference in the estimates for sexual orientation and socio-economic classification for 2024/25 compared to the previously published Community Life survey tables. This is due to a correction in the weighting methodology, updating these specific variables from a mixed weight to the correct web-only weight. The 2024/25 figures provided in this release reflect the corrected data.

Note 1 Household Acorn © CACI Limited 2013 - 2025 Source: Acorn. The applicable copyright notices can be found at the Current Copyright and Third-Party Notices in the link below.

Acorn Copyright and Third-Party Notices

Note 2 The 2024/25 and 2025/26 survey years have used the gender identity question asked in the Census 2021 in England and Wales. It should be noted that in the Census 2021 data for England and Wales, patterns were identified that suggest that some respondents may not have interpreted the question as intended, notably those with lower levels of English language proficiency. Analysis of Scotland's census 2022, where the gender identity question was different, has added weight to this observation. Similar respondent error may have occurred during the data collection for these statistics so comparisons between subnational and other smaller group breakdowns should be considered with caution. More information can be found in the following links:

Analysis of Scotland's census

ONS sexual orientation and gender identity quality information report

National Statistical blog about the strengths and limitations of gender identity statistics

Note 3 In 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community Engagement Survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local Authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.

Note 4 Percentages may not add up to 100% as respondents can select multiple answers.

Note 5 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 6 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 7 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 8 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 9 These questions were not included in the 2024/25 online or paper questionnaire and were only asked in 2025/26.

Note 10 There are three indirect measures of loneliness asked in the survey. These questions are; how often do you feel that you lack companionship, how often do you feel left out and how often do you feel isolated from others? These three questions each have three possible responses with a subsequent value; ‘Hardly ever or never’ = 1, ‘Some of the time’ = 2, ‘Often’ = 3. The response values to these three indirect questions are combined to create the Indirect Loneliness Composite score. Scores are between three and nine, three being the least lonely and nine being the most lonely. For further information, see Measuring loneliness: guidance for use of the national indicators on surveys - Recommended measures for adults.

Measuring loneliness: guidance for use of the national indicators on surveys

Notes related to the data in this spreadsheet

Note number Note text Column1

Weights Different weights have been used for questions/responses depending on whether they are in in the web and paper or paper only questionnaire, and the pathway they are located in within the survey. This note applies to all tables.

Paper and web questionnaires The Community Engagement Survey issues both paper and web questionnaires. In order to reduce respondent burden and due to routing complexities on a paper questionnaire, not all questions are included in the paper questionnaire. The web questionnaire is also split into core and subset questions. Subset questions are only asked of approximately a third of online respondents and core questions are asked to all respondents online. We have noted cases where questions were only asked to online or to a subset of online respondents. If there is no note attached then the question was asked to all respondents to the survey, using either web or paper questionnaires. The questionnaires can be found at the link below:

Community Engagement Survey Questionnaires

Lower and Upper estimates Lower and upper estimates in all tables use 95% confidence intervals.

Base and Count Base and count are both unweighted. Base is the number of respondents who were asked the question(s). Count is the number of respondents who answered the question in the affirmative. This note applies to all tables.

Suppression Cells marked with 'c' indicate data suppression for quality control reasons. This suppression was applied when less than or equal to 30 respondents were asked the question, or less than or equal to 3 respondents provided answers. This note applies to all tables.

Unavailable Data Cells marked with 'x' indicate that data is unavailable. This is because it was not collected in that survey year. This note applies to all tables.

Not Applicable Data Cells marked with 'N/A' indicate that data are not applicable.

Methodological Alignment The Community pathway data tables in this release (A, B, C, D, E, F and G) have been produced using the methodology of the Community Life Survey (CLS) to allow for robust comparability with the CLS time-series. This methodology differs from the approach used to produce the Engagement pathway data tables (H, I, J, K, L, M, N and O) and the Participation Survey. We intend to reproduce the Community pathway data tables and the Community Life Survey time series using the Engagement pathway methodology in future to align the entire survey with a consistent methodological approach.

Partnership and funding In 2024/25 and 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community Engagement Survey and the Community pathway of the Community and Engagement survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.

Correction to 2024/25 sexual orientation and socio-economic classification data There is a small difference in the estimates for sexual orientation and socio-economic classification for 2024/25 compared to the previously published Community Life survey tables. This is due to a correction in the weighting methodology, updating these specific variables from a mixed weight to the correct web-only weight. The 2024/25 figures provided in this release reflect the corrected data.

Note 1 Household Acorn © CACI Limited 2013 - 2025 Source: Acorn. The applicable copyright notices can be found at the Current Copyright and Third-Party Notices in the link below.

Acorn Copyright and Third-Party Notices

Note 2 The 2024/25 and 2025/26 survey years have used the gender identity question asked in the Census 2021 in England and Wales. It should be noted that in the Census 2021 data for England and Wales, patterns were identified that suggest that some respondents may not have interpreted the question as intended, notably those with lower levels of English language proficiency. Analysis of Scotland's census 2022, where the gender identity question was different, has added weight to this observation. Similar respondent error may have occurred during the data collection for these statistics so comparisons between subnational and other smaller group breakdowns should be considered with caution. More information can be found in the following links:

Analysis of Scotland's census

ONS sexual orientation and gender identity quality information report

National Statistical blog about the strengths and limitations of gender identity statistics

Note 3 In 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community Engagement Survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local Authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.

Note 4 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 5 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 6 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 7 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 8 Percentages may not add up to 100% as respondents can select multiple answers.

Note 9 These questions were not included in the 2024/25 online or paper questionnaire and were only asked in 2025/26.

Note 10 There are three indirect measures of loneliness asked in the survey. These questions are; how often do you feel that you lack companionship, how often do you feel left out and how often do you feel isolated from others? These three questions each have three possible responses with a subsequent value; ‘Hardly ever or never’ = 1, ‘Some of the time’ = 2, ‘Often’ = 3. The response values to these three indirect questions are combined to create the Indirect Loneliness Composite score. Scores are between three and nine, three being the least lonely and nine being the most lonely. For further information, see Measuring loneliness: guidance for use of the national indicators on surveys - Recommended measures for adults. Measuring loneliness: guidance for use of the national indicators on surveys

Notes related to the data in this spreadsheet

Note number Note text Column1

Weights Different weights have been used for questions/responses depending on whether they are in in the web and paper or paper only questionnaire, and the pathway they are located in within the survey. This note applies to all tables.

Paper and web questionnaires The Community Engagement Survey issues both paper and web questionnaires. In order to reduce respondent burden and due to routing complexities on a paper questionnaire, not all questions are included in the paper questionnaire. The web questionnaire is also split into core and subset questions. Subset questions are only asked of approximately a third of online respondents and core questions are asked to all respondents online. We have noted cases where questions were only asked to online or to a subset of online respondents. If there is no note attached then the question was asked to all respondents to the survey, using either web or paper questionnaires. The questionnaires can be found at the link below:

Community Engagement Survey Questionnaires

Lower and Upper estimates Lower and upper estimates in all tables use 95% confidence intervals.

Base and Count Base and count are both unweighted. Base is the number of respondents who were asked the question(s). Count is the number of respondents who answered the question in the affirmative. This note applies to all tables.

Suppression Cells marked with 'c' indicate data suppression for quality control reasons. This suppression was applied when less than or equal to 30 respondents were asked the question, or less than or equal to 3 respondents provided answers. This note applies to all tables.

Unavailable Data Cells marked with 'x' indicate that data is unavailable. This is because it was not collected in that survey year. This note applies to all tables.

Not Applicable Data Cells marked with 'N/A' indicate that data are not applicable.

Methodological Alignment The Community pathway data tables in this release (A, B, C, D, E, F and G) have been produced using the methodology of the Community Life Survey (CLS) to allow for robust comparability with the CLS time-series. This methodology differs from the approach used to produce the Engagement pathway data tables (H, I, J, K, L, M, N and O) and the Participation Survey. We intend to reproduce the Community pathway data tables and the Community Life Survey time series using the Engagement pathway methodology in future to align the entire survey with a consistent methodological approach.

Partnership and funding In 2024/25 and 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community Engagement Survey and the Community pathway of the Community and Engagement survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.

Correction to 2024/25 sexual orientation and socio-economic classification data There is a small difference in the estimates for sexual orientation and socio-economic classification for 2024/25 compared to the previously published Community Life survey tables. This is due to a correction in the weighting methodology, updating these specific variables from a mixed weight to the correct web-only weight. The 2024/25 figures provided in this release reflect the corrected data.

Note 1 Household Acorn © CACI Limited 2013 - 2025 Source: Acorn. The applicable copyright notices can be found at the Current Copyright and Third-Party Notices in the link below.

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Note 2 The 2024/25 and 2025/26 survey years have used the gender identity question asked in the Census 2021 in England and Wales. It should be noted that in the Census 2021 data for England and Wales, patterns were identified that suggest that some respondents may not have interpreted the question as intended, notably those with lower levels of English language proficiency. Analysis of Scotland's census 2022, where the gender identity question was different, has added weight to this observation. Similar respondent error may have occurred during the data collection for these statistics so comparisons between subnational and other smaller group breakdowns should be considered with caution. More information can be found in the following links:

Analysis of Scotland's census

ONS sexual orientation and gender identity quality information report

National Statistical blog about the strengths and limitations of gender identity statistics

Note 3 In 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community Engagement Survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local Authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.

Note 4 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 5 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 6 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 7 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 8 Percentages may not add up to 100% as respondents can select multiple answers.

Note 9 These questions were not included in the 2024/25 online or paper questionnaire and were only asked in 2025/26.

Note 10 There are three indirect measures of loneliness asked in the survey. These questions are; how often do you feel that you lack companionship, how often do you feel left out and how often do you feel isolated from others? These three questions each have three possible responses with a subsequent value; ‘Hardly ever or never’ = 1, ‘Some of the time’ = 2, ‘Often’ = 3. The response values to these three indirect questions are combined to create the Indirect Loneliness Composite score. Scores are between three and nine, three being the least lonely and nine being the most lonely. For further information, see Measuring loneliness: guidance for use of the national indicators on surveys - Recommended measures for adults. Measuring loneliness: guidance for use of the national indicators on surveys

Notes related to the data in this spreadsheet

Note number Note text Links

Weights Different weights have been used for questions/responses depending on whether they are in in the web and paper or paper only questionnaire, and the pathway they are located in within the survey. This note applies to all tables.

Paper and web questionnaires The Community Engagement Survey issues both paper and web questionnaires. In order to reduce respondent burden and due to routing complexities on a paper questionnaire, not all questions are included in the paper questionnaire. The web questionnaire is also split into core and subset questions. Subset questions are only asked of approximately a third of online respondents and core questions are asked to all respondents online. We have noted cases where questions were only asked to online or to a subset of online respondents. If there is no note attached then the question was asked to all respondents to the survey, using either web or paper questionnaires. The questionnaires can be found at the link below:

Community Engagement Survey Questionnaires

Lower and Upper estimates Lower and upper estimates in all tables use 95% confidence intervals.

Base and Count Base and count are both unweighted. Base is the number of respondents who were asked the question(s). Count is the number of respondents who answered the question in the affirmative. This note applies to all tables.

Suppression Cells marked with 'c' indicate data suppression for quality control reasons. This suppression was applied when less than or equal to 30 respondents were asked the question, or less than or equal to 3 respondents provided answers. This note applies to all tables.

Unavailable Data Cells marked with 'x' indicate that data is unavailable. This is because it was not collected in that survey year. This note applies to all tables.

Not Applicable Data Cells marked with 'N/A' indicate that data are not applicable.

Methodological Alignment The Community pathway data tables in this release (A, B, C, D, E, F and G) have been produced using the methodology of the Community Life Survey (CLS) to allow for robust comparability with the CLS time-series. This methodology differs from the approach used to produce the Engagement pathway data tables (H, I, J, K, L, M, N and O) and the Participation Survey. We intend to reproduce the Community pathway data tables and the Community Life Survey time series using the Engagement pathway methodology in future to align the entire survey with a consistent methodological approach.

Correction to 2024/25 Sexual Orientation and Socio-economic Classification Data There is a small difference in the estimates for sexual orientation and socio-economic classification for 2024/25 compared to the previously published Community Life survey tables. This is due to a correction in the weighting methodology, updating these specific variables from a mixed weight to the correct web-only weight. The 2024/25 figures provided in this release reflect the corrected data.

Note 1 Household Acorn © CACI Limited 2013 - 2025 Source: Acorn. The applicable copyright notices can be found at the Current Copyright and Third-Party Notices in the link below.

Acorn Copyright and Third-Party Notices

Note 2 The 2024/25 and 2025/26 survey years have used the gender identity question asked in the Census 2021 in England and Wales. It should be noted that in the Census 2021 data for England and Wales, patterns were identified that suggest that some respondents may not have interpreted the question as intended, notably those with lower levels of English language proficiency. Analysis of Scotland's census 2022, where the gender identity question was different, has added weight to this observation. Similar respondent error may have occurred during the data collection for these statistics so comparisons between subnational and other smaller group breakdowns should be considered with caution. More information can be found in the following links:

Analysis of Scotland's census

ONS sexual orientation and gender identity quality information report

National Statistical blog about the strengths and limitations of gender identity statistics

Note 3 In 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community Engagement Survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local Authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.

Note 4 There are three indirect measures of loneliness asked in the survey. These questions are; how often do you feel that you lack companionship, how often do you feel left out and how often do you feel isolated from others? These three questions each have three possible responses with a subsequent value; ‘Hardly ever or never’ = 1, ‘Some of the time’ = 2, ‘Often’ = 3. The response values to these three indirect questions are combined to create the Indirect Loneliness Composite score. Scores are between three and nine, three being the least lonely and nine being the most lonely. For further information, see Measuring loneliness: guidance for use of the national indicators on surveys - Recommended measures for adults. Measuring loneliness: guidance for use of the national indicators on surveys

Note 5 Percentages may not add up to 100% as respondents can select multiple answers.

Note 6 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 7 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 8 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 9 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 10 These questions were not included in the 2024/25 online or paper questionnaire and were only asked in 2025/26.

Notes related to the data in this spreadsheet

Note number Note text Links

Weights Different weights have been used for questions/responses depending on whether they are in in the web and paper or paper only questionnaire, and the pathway they are located in within the survey. This note applies to all tables.

Paper and web questionnaires The Community Engagement Survey issues both paper and web questionnaires. In order to reduce respondent burden and due to routing complexities on a paper questionnaire, not all questions are included in the paper questionnaire. The web questionnaire is also split into core and subset questions. Subset questions are only asked of approximately a third of online respondents and core questions are asked to all respondents online. We have noted cases where questions were only asked to online or to a subset of online respondents. If there is no note attached then the question was asked to all respondents to the survey, using either web or paper questionnaires. The questionnaires can be found at the link below:

Community Engagement Survey Questionnaires

Lower and Upper estimates Lower and upper estimates in all tables use 95% confidence intervals.

Base and Count Base and count are both unweighted. Base is the number of respondents who were asked the question(s). Count is the number of respondents who answered the question in the affirmative. This note applies to all tables.

Suppression Cells marked with 'c' indicate data suppression for quality control reasons. This suppression was applied when less than or equal to 30 respondents were asked the question, or less than or equal to 3 respondents provided answers. This note applies to all tables.

Unavailable Data Cells marked with 'x' indicate that data is unavailable. This is because it was not collected in that survey year. This note applies to all tables.

Not Applicable Data Cells marked with 'N/A' indicate that data are not applicable.

Methodological Alignment The Community pathway data tables in this release (A, B, C, D, E, F and G) have been produced using the methodology of the Community Life Survey (CLS) to allow for robust comparability with the CLS time-series. This methodology differs from the approach used to produce the Engagement pathway data tables (H, I, J, K, L, M, N and O) and the Participation Survey. We intend to reproduce the Community pathway data tables and the Community Life Survey time series using the Engagement pathway methodology in future to align the entire survey with a consistent methodological approach.

Correction to 2024/25 Sexual Orientation and Socio-economic Classification Data There is a small difference in the estimates for sexual orientation and socio-economic classification for 2024/25 compared to the previously published Community Life survey tables. This is due to a correction in the weighting methodology, updating these specific variables from a mixed weight to the correct web-only weight. The 2024/25 figures provided in this release reflect the corrected data.

Note 1 Household Acorn © CACI Limited 2013 - 2025 Source: Acorn. The applicable copyright notices can be found at the Current Copyright and Third-Party Notices in the link below.

Acorn Copyright and Third-Party Notices

Note 2 The 2024/25 and 2025/26 survey years have used the gender identity question asked in the Census 2021 in England and Wales. It should be noted that in the Census 2021 data for England and Wales, patterns were identified that suggest that some respondents may not have interpreted the question as intended, notably those with lower levels of English language proficiency. Analysis of Scotland's census 2022, where the gender identity question was different, has added weight to this observation. Similar respondent error may have occurred during the data collection for these statistics so comparisons between subnational and other smaller group breakdowns should be considered with caution. More information can be found in the following links:

Analysis of Scotland's census

ONS sexual orientation and gender identity quality information report

National Statistical blog about the strengths and limitations of gender identity statistics

Note 3 In 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community Engagement Survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local Authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.

Note 4 There are three indirect measures of loneliness asked in the survey. These questions are; how often do you feel that you lack companionship, how often do you feel left out and how often do you feel isolated from others? These three questions each have three possible responses with a subsequent value; ‘Hardly ever or never’ = 1, ‘Some of the time’ = 2, ‘Often’ = 3. The response values to these three indirect questions are combined to create the Indirect Loneliness Composite score. Scores are between three and nine, three being the least lonely and nine being the most lonely. For further information, see Measuring loneliness: guidance for use of the national indicators on surveys - Recommended measures for adults. Measuring loneliness: guidance for use of the national indicators on surveys

Note 5 Percentages may not add up to 100% as respondents can select multiple answers.

Note 6 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 7 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 8 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 9 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 10 These questions were not included in the 2024/25 online or paper questionnaire and were only asked in 2025/26.

Notes related to the data in this spreadsheet

Note number Note text

Weights Different weights have been used for questions/responses depending on whether they are in in the web and paper or paper only questionnaire, and the pathway they are located in within the survey. This note applies to all tables.

Paper and web questionnaires The Community and Engagement Survey issues both paper and web questionnaires. In order to reduce respondent burden and due to routing complexities on a paper questionnaire, not all questions are included in the paper questionnaire. The web questionnaire is also split into core and subset questions. Subset questions are only asked of approximately a third of online respondents and core questions are asked to all respondents online. We have noted cases where questions were only asked to online or to a subset of online respondents. If there is no note attached then the question was asked to all respondents to the survey, using either web or paper questionnaires. The questionnaires can be found at the link below:

Community and Engagement Survey Questionnaires

Lower and Upper estimates Lower and upper estimates in all tables use 95% confidence intervals. This note applies to all tables.

Base and Count Base and count are both unweighted. Base is the number of respondents who were asked the question(s). Count is the number of respondents who answered the question in the affirmative. This note applies to all tables.

Suppression Cells marked with 'c' indicate data suppression for quality control reasons. This suppression was applied when less than or equal to 30 respondents were asked the question, or less than or equal to 3 respondents provided answers. This note applies to all tables.

Methodological Alignment The Community pathway data tables in this release (A, B, C, D, E, F and G) have been produced using the methodology of the Community Life Survey (CLS) to allow for robust comparability with the CLS time-series. This methodology differs from the approach used to produce the Engagement pathway data tables (H, I, J, K, L, M, N and O) and the Participation Survey. We intend to reproduce the Community pathway data tables and the Community Life Survey time series using the Engagement pathway methodology in future to align the entire survey with a consistent methodological approach.

Not Applicable (N/A) Cells are marked as not applicable (N/A) where questions or response options were not asked in the comparison survey year, thus comparisons were not possible

Partnership and funding In 2024/25 and 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community Engagement Survey and the Community pathway of the Community and Engagement survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.

Correction to 2024/25 Sexual Orientation and Socio-economic Classification Data There is a small difference in the estimates for sexual orientation and socio-economic classification for 2024/25 compared to the previously published Community Life survey tables. This is due to a correction in the weighting methodology, updating these specific variables from a mixed weight to the correct web-only weight. The 2024/25 figures provided in this release reflect the corrected data.

Note 1 Household Acorn © CACI Limited 2013 - 2025 Source: Acorn. The applicable copyright notices can be found at the Current Copyright and Third-Party Notices in the link below.

Acorn Copyright and Third-Party Notices

Note 2 The 2024/25 and 2025/26 survey years have used the gender identity question asked in the Census 2021 in England and Wales. It should be noted that in the Census 2021 data for England and Wales, patterns were identified that suggest that some respondents may not have interpreted the question as intended, notably those with lower levels of English language proficiency. Analysis of Scotland's census 2022, where the gender identity question was different, has added weight to this observation. Similar respondent error may have occurred during the data collection for these statistics so comparisons between subnational and other smaller group breakdowns should be considered with caution. More information can be found in the following links:

Analysis of Scotland's census

ONS sexual orientation and gender identity quality information report

National Statistical blog about the strengths and limitations of gender identity statistics

Note 3 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 4 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 5 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 6 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 7 These questions were asked to a subset of online respondents (approximately a third of the online sample)

Note 8 Percentages may not add up to 100% as respondents can select multiple answers.

Note 9 Respondents who answered "Have not lived here long enough to say" are excluded from valid answers.

Note 10 Respondents who answered "Nothing needs improving" are excluded from valid answers.

Note 11 Respondents who answered "Just moved here" are excluded from valid answers.

Note 12 Respondents who answered "There are too few people in the local area" & "People in this area are all of the same background" are excluded from valid answers.

Note 13 Respondents who answered "Don't have any neighbours" are excluded from valid answers.

Note 14 These questions were not in the 2024/25 survey or prior survey years, thus comparisons are not applicable (N/A).

Notes related to the data in this spreadsheet

Note number Note text

Weights Different weights have been used for questions/responses depending on whether they are in in the web and paper or paper only questionnaire, and the pathway they are located in within the survey. This note applies to all tables.

Paper and web questionnaires The Community and Engagement Survey issues both paper and web questionnaires. In order to reduce respondent burden and due to routing complexities on a paper questionnaire, not all questions are included in the paper questionnaire. The web questionnaire is also split into core and subset questions. Subset questions are only asked of approximately a third of online respondents and core questions are asked to all respondents online. We have noted cases where questions were only asked to online or to a subset of online respondents. If there is no note attached then the question was asked to all respondents to the survey, using either web or paper questionnaires. The questionnaires can be found at the link below:

Community and Engagement Survey Questionnaires

Lower and Upper estimates Lower and upper estimates in all tables use 95% confidence intervals. This note applies to all tables.

Base and Count Base and count are both unweighted. Base is the number of respondents who were asked the question(s). Count is the number of respondents who answered the question in the affirmative. This note applies to all tables.

Suppression Cells marked with 'c' indicate data suppression for quality control reasons. This suppression was applied when less than or equal to 30 respondents were asked the question, or less than or equal to 3 respondents provided answers. This note applies to all tables.

Methodological Alignment The Community pathway data tables in this release (A, B, C, D, E, F and G) have been produced using the methodology of the Community Life Survey (CLS) to allow for robust comparability with the CLS time-series. This methodology differs from the approach used to produce the Engagement pathway data tables (H, I, J, K, L, M, N and O) and the Participation Survey. We intend to reproduce the Community pathway data tables and the Community Life Survey time series using the Engagement pathway methodology in future to align the entire survey with a consistent methodological approach.

Not Applicable (N/A) Cells are marked as not applicable (N/A) where questions or response options were not asked in the comparison survey year, thus comparisons were not possible

Partnership and funding In 2024/25 and 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community Engagement Survey and the Community pathway of the Community and Engagement survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.

Correction to 2024/25 Sexual Orientation and Socio-economic Classification Data There is a small difference in the estimates for sexual orientation and socio-economic classification for 2024/25 compared to the previously published Community Life survey tables. This is due to a correction in the weighting methodology, updating these specific variables from a mixed weight to the correct web-only weight. The 2024/25 figures provided in this release reflect the corrected data.

Note 1 Household Acorn © CACI Limited 2013 - 2025 Source: Acorn. The applicable copyright notices can be found at the Current Copyright and Third-Party Notices in the link below.

Acorn Copyright and Third-Party Notices

Note 2 The 2024/25 and 2025/26 survey years have used the gender identity question asked in the Census 2021 in England and Wales. It should be noted that in the Census 2021 data for England and Wales, patterns were identified that suggest that some respondents may not have interpreted the question as intended, notably those with lower levels of English language proficiency. Analysis of Scotland's census 2022, where the gender identity question was different, has added weight to this observation. Similar respondent error may have occurred during the data collection for these statistics so comparisons between subnational and other smaller group breakdowns should be considered with caution. More information can be found in the following links:

Analysis of Scotland's census

ONS sexual orientation and gender identity quality information report

National Statistical blog about the strengths and limitations of gender identity statistics

Note 3 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 4 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 5 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 6 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 7 These questions were asked to a subset of online respondents (approximately a third of the online sample)

Note 8 Percentages may not add up to 100% as respondents can select multiple answers.

Note 9 Respondents who answered "Have not lived here long enough to say" are excluded from valid answers.

Note 10 Respondents who answered "Nothing needs improving" are excluded from valid answers.

Note 11 Respondents who answered "Just moved here" are excluded from valid answers.

Note 12 Respondents who answered "There are too few people in the local area" & "People in this area are all of the same background" are excluded from valid answers.

Note 13 Respondents who answered "Don't have any neighbours" are excluded from valid answers.

Note 14 These questions were not in the 2024/25 survey or prior survey years, thus comparisons are not applicable (N/A).

Notes related to the data in this spreadsheet

Note number Note text

Weights Different weights have been used for questions/responses depending on whether they are in in the web and paper or paper only questionnaire, and the pathway they are located in within the survey. This note applies to all tables.

Paper and web questionnaires The Community and Engagement Survey issues both paper and web questionnaires. In order to reduce respondent burden and due to routing complexities on a paper questionnaire, not all questions are included in the paper questionnaire. The web questionnaire is also split into core and subset questions. Subset questions are only asked of approximately a third of online respondents and core questions are asked to all respondents online. We have noted cases where questions were only asked to online or to a subset of online respondents. If there is no note attached then the question was asked to all respondents to the survey, using either web or paper questionnaires. The questionnaires can be found at the link below:

Community and Engagement Survey Questionnaires

Lower and Upper estimates Lower and upper estimates in all tables use 95% confidence intervals. This note applies to all tables.

Base and Count Base and count are both unweighted. Base is the number of respondents who were asked the question(s). Count is the number of respondents who answered the question in the affirmative. This note applies to all tables.

Suppression Cells marked with 'c' indicate data suppression for quality control reasons. This suppression was applied when less than or equal to 30 respondents were asked the question, or less than or equal to 3 respondents provided answers. This note applies to all tables.

Methodological Alignment The Community pathway data tables in this release (A, B, C, D, E, F and G) have been produced using the methodology of the Community Life Survey (CLS) to allow for robust comparability with the CLS time-series. This methodology differs from the approach used to produce the Engagement pathway data tables (H, I, J, K, L, M, N and O) and the Participation Survey. We intend to reproduce the Community pathway data tables and the Community Life Survey time series using the Engagement pathway methodology in future to align the entire survey with a consistent methodological approach.

Not Applicable (N/A) Cells are marked as not applicable (N/A) where questions or response options were not asked in the comparison survey year, thus comparisons were not possible

Partnership and funding In 2024/25 and 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community Engagement Survey and the Community pathway of the Community and Engagement survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.

Correction to 2024/25 Sexual Orientation and Socio-economic Classification Data There is a small difference in the estimates for sexual orientation and socio-economic classification for 2024/25 compared to the previously published Community Life survey tables. This is due to a correction in the weighting methodology, updating these specific variables from a mixed weight to the correct web-only weight. The 2024/25 figures provided in this release reflect the corrected data.

Note 1 Household Acorn © CACI Limited 2013 - 2025 Source: Acorn. The applicable copyright notices can be found at the Current Copyright and Third-Party Notices in the link below.

Acorn Copyright and Third-Party Notices

Note 2 The 2024/25 and 2025/26 survey years have used the gender identity question asked in the Census 2021 in England and Wales. It should be noted that in the Census 2021 data for England and Wales, patterns were identified that suggest that some respondents may not have interpreted the question as intended, notably those with lower levels of English language proficiency. Analysis of Scotland's census 2022, where the gender identity question was different, has added weight to this observation. Similar respondent error may have occurred during the data collection for these statistics so comparisons between subnational and other smaller group breakdowns should be considered with caution. More information can be found in the following links:

Analysis of Scotland's census

ONS sexual orientation and gender identity quality information report

National Statistical blog about the strengths and limitations of gender identity statistics

Note 3 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 4 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 5 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 6 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 7 These questions were asked to a subset of online respondents (approximately a third of the online sample)

Note 8 Percentages may not add up to 100% as respondents can select multiple answers.

Note 9 Respondents who answered "Have not lived here long enough to say" are excluded from valid answers.

Note 10 Respondents who answered "Nothing needs improving" are excluded from valid answers.

Note 11 Respondents who answered "Just moved here" are excluded from valid answers.

Note 12 Respondents who answered "There are too few people in the local area" & "People in this area are all of the same background" are excluded from valid answers.

Note 13 Respondents who answered "Don't have any neighbours" are excluded from valid answers.

Note 14 These questions were not in the 2024/25 survey or prior survey years, thus comparisons are not applicable (N/A).

Notes related to the data in this spreadsheet

Note number Note text

Weights Different weights have been used for questions/responses depending on whether they are in in the web and paper or paper only questionnaire, and the pathway they are located in within the survey. This note applies to all tables.

Paper and web questionnaires The Community and Engagement Survey issues both paper and web questionnaires. In order to reduce respondent burden and due to routing complexities on a paper questionnaire, not all questions are included in the paper questionnaire. The web questionnaire is also split into core and subset questions. Subset questions are only asked of approximately a third of online respondents and core questions are asked to all respondents online. We have noted cases where questions were only asked to online or to a subset of online respondents. If there is no note attached then the question was asked to all respondents to the survey, using either web or paper questionnaires. The questionnaires can be found at the link below:

Community and Engagement Survey Questionnaires

Lower and Upper estimates Lower and upper estimates in all tables use 95% confidence intervals. This note applies to all tables.

Base and Count Base and count are both unweighted. Base is the number of respondents who were asked the question(s). Count is the number of respondents who answered the question in the affirmative. This note applies to all tables.

Suppression Cells marked with 'c' indicate data suppression for quality control reasons. This suppression was applied when less than or equal to 30 respondents were asked the question, or less than or equal to 3 respondents provided answers. This note applies to all tables.

Methodological Alignment The Community pathway data tables in this release (A, B, C, D, E, F and G) have been produced using the methodology of the Community Life Survey (CLS) to allow for robust comparability with the CLS time-series. This methodology differs from the approach used to produce the Engagement pathway data tables (H, I, J, K, L, M, N and O) and the Participation Survey. We intend to reproduce the Community pathway data tables and the Community Life Survey time series using the Engagement pathway methodology in future to align the entire survey with a consistent methodological approach.

Not Applicable (N/A) Cells are marked as not applicable (N/A) where questions or response options were not asked in the comparison survey year, thus comparisons were not possible

Partnership and funding In 2024/25 and 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community Engagement Survey and the Community pathway of the Community and Engagement survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.

Correction to 2024/25 Sexual Orientation and Socio-economic Classification Data There is a small difference in the estimates for sexual orientation and socio-economic classification for 2024/25 compared to the previously published Community Life survey tables. This is due to a correction in the weighting methodology, updating these specific variables from a mixed weight to the correct web-only weight. The 2024/25 figures provided in this release reflect the corrected data.

Note 1 Household Acorn © CACI Limited 2013 - 2025 Source: Acorn. The applicable copyright notices can be found at the Current Copyright and Third-Party Notices in the link below.

Acorn Copyright and Third-Party Notices

Note 2 The 2024/25 and 2025/26 survey years have used the gender identity question asked in the Census 2021 in England and Wales. It should be noted that in the Census 2021 data for England and Wales, patterns were identified that suggest that some respondents may not have interpreted the question as intended, notably those with lower levels of English language proficiency. Analysis of Scotland's census 2022, where the gender identity question was different, has added weight to this observation. Similar respondent error may have occurred during the data collection for these statistics so comparisons between subnational and other smaller group breakdowns should be considered with caution. More information can be found in the following links:

Analysis of Scotland's census

ONS sexual orientation and gender identity quality information report

National Statistical blog about the strengths and limitations of gender identity statistics

Note 3 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 4 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 5 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 6 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 7 These questions were asked to a subset of online respondents (approximately a third of the online sample)

Note 8 Percentages may not add up to 100% as respondents can select multiple answers.

Note 9 Respondents who answered "Have not lived here long enough to say" are excluded from valid answers.

Note 10 Respondents who answered "Nothing needs improving" are excluded from valid answers.

Note 11 Respondents who answered "Just moved here" are excluded from valid answers.

Note 12 Respondents who answered "There are too few people in the local area" & "People in this area are all of the same background" are excluded from valid answers.

Note 13 Respondents who answered "Don't have any neighbours" are excluded from valid answers.

Note 14 These questions were not in the 2024/25 survey or prior survey years, thus comparisons are not applicable (N/A).

Notes related to the data in this spreadsheet

Note number Note text

Weights Different weights have been used for questions/responses depending on whether they are in in the web and paper or paper only questionnaire, and the pathway they are located in within the survey. This note applies to all tables.

Paper and web questionnaires The Community and Engagement Survey issues both paper and web questionnaires. In order to reduce respondent burden and due to routing complexities on a paper questionnaire, not all questions are included in the paper questionnaire. The web questionnaire is also split into core and subset questions. Subset questions are only asked of approximately a third of online respondents and core questions are asked to all respondents online. We have noted cases where questions were only asked to online or to a subset of online respondents. If there is no note attached then the question was asked to all respondents to the survey, using either web or paper questionnaires. The questionnaires can be found at the link below:

Community and Engagement Survey Questionnaires

Lower and Upper estimates Lower and upper estimates in all tables use 95% confidence intervals. This note applies to all tables.

Base and Count Base and count are both unweighted. Base is the number of respondents who were asked the question(s). Count is the number of respondents who answered the question in the affirmative. This note applies to all tables.

Suppression Cells marked with 'c' indicate data suppression for quality control reasons. This suppression was applied when less than or equal to 30 respondents were asked the question, or less than or equal to 3 respondents provided answers. This note applies to all tables.

Methodological Alignment The Community pathway data tables in this release (A, B, C, D, E, F and G) have been produced using the methodology of the Community Life Survey (CLS) to allow for robust comparability with the CLS time-series. This methodology differs from the approach used to produce the Engagement pathway data tables (H, I, J, K, L, M, N and O) and the Participation Survey. We intend to reproduce the Community pathway data tables and the Community Life Survey time series using the Engagement pathway methodology in future to align the entire survey with a consistent methodological approach.

Not Applicable (N/A) Cells are marked as not applicable (N/A) where questions or response options were not asked in the comparison survey year, thus comparisons were not possible

Partnership and funding In 2024/25 and 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community Engagement Survey and the Community pathway of the Community and Engagement survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.

Correction to 2024/25 Sexual Orientation and Socio-economic Classification Data There is a small difference in the estimates for sexual orientation and socio-economic classification for 2024/25 compared to the previously published Community Life survey tables. This is due to a correction in the weighting methodology, updating these specific variables from a mixed weight to the correct web-only weight. The 2024/25 figures provided in this release reflect the corrected data.

Note 1 Household Acorn © CACI Limited 2013 - 2025 Source: Acorn. The applicable copyright notices can be found at the Current Copyright and Third-Party Notices in the link below.

Acorn Copyright and Third-Party Notices

Note 2 The 2024/25 and 2025/26 survey years have used the gender identity question asked in the Census 2021 in England and Wales. It should be noted that in the Census 2021 data for England and Wales, patterns were identified that suggest that some respondents may not have interpreted the question as intended, notably those with lower levels of English language proficiency. Analysis of Scotland's census 2022, where the gender identity question was different, has added weight to this observation. Similar respondent error may have occurred during the data collection for these statistics so comparisons between subnational and other smaller group breakdowns should be considered with caution. More information can be found in the following links:

Analysis of Scotland's census

ONS sexual orientation and gender identity quality information report

National Statistical blog about the strengths and limitations of gender identity statistics

Note 3 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 4 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 5 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 6 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 7 These questions were asked to a subset of online respondents (approximately a third of the online sample)

Note 8 Percentages may not add up to 100% as respondents can select multiple answers.

Note 9 Respondents who answered "Have not lived here long enough to say" are excluded from valid answers.

Note 10 Respondents who answered "Nothing needs improving" are excluded from valid answers.

Note 11 Respondents who answered "Just moved here" are excluded from valid answers.

Note 12 Respondents who answered "There are too few people in the local area" & "People in this area are all of the same background" are excluded from valid answers.

Note 13 Respondents who answered "Don't have any neighbours" are excluded from valid answers.

Note 14 These questions were not in the 2024/25 survey or prior survey years, thus comparisons are not applicable (N/A).

Notes related to the data in this spreadsheet

Note number Note text

Weights Different weights have been used for questions/responses depending on whether they are in in the web and paper or paper only questionnaire, and the pathway they are located in within the survey. This note applies to all tables.

Paper and web questionnaires The Community and Engagement Survey issues both paper and web questionnaires. In order to reduce respondent burden and due to routing complexities on a paper questionnaire, not all questions are included in the paper questionnaire. The web questionnaire is also split into core and subset questions. Subset questions are only asked of approximately a third of online respondents and core questions are asked to all respondents online. We have noted cases where questions were only asked to online or to a subset of online respondents. If there is no note attached then the question was asked to all respondents to the survey, using either web or paper questionnaires. The questionnaires can be found at the link below:

Community and Engagement Survey Questionnaires

Lower and Upper estimates Lower and upper estimates in all tables use 95% confidence intervals. This note applies to all tables.

Base and Count Base and count are both unweighted. Base is the number of respondents who were asked the question(s). Count is the number of respondents who answered the question in the affirmative. This note applies to all tables.

Suppression Cells marked with 'c' indicate data suppression for quality control reasons. This suppression was applied when less than or equal to 30 respondents were asked the question, or less than or equal to 3 respondents provided answers. This note applies to all tables.

Methodological Alignment The Community pathway data tables in this release (A, B, C, D, E, F and G) have been produced using the methodology of the Community Life Survey (CLS) to allow for robust comparability with the CLS time-series. This methodology differs from the approach used to produce the Engagement pathway data tables (H, I, J, K, L, M, N and O) and the Participation Survey. We intend to reproduce the Community pathway data tables and the Community Life Survey time series using the Engagement pathway methodology in future to align the entire survey with a consistent methodological approach.

Not Applicable (N/A) Cells are marked as not applicable (N/A) where questions or response options were not asked in the comparison survey year, thus comparisons were not possible

Partnership and funding In 2024/25 and 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community Engagement Survey and the Community pathway of the Community and Engagement survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.

Correction to 2024/25 Sexual Orientation and Socio-economic Classification Data There is a small difference in the estimates for sexual orientation and socio-economic classification for 2024/25 compared to the previously published Community Life survey tables. This is due to a correction in the weighting methodology, updating these specific variables from a mixed weight to the correct web-only weight. The 2024/25 figures provided in this release reflect the corrected data.

Note 1 Household Acorn © CACI Limited 2013 - 2025 Source: Acorn. The applicable copyright notices can be found at the Current Copyright and Third-Party Notices in the link below.

Acorn Copyright and Third-Party Notices

Note 2 The 2024/25 and 2025/26 survey years have used the gender identity question asked in the Census 2021 in England and Wales. It should be noted that in the Census 2021 data for England and Wales, patterns were identified that suggest that some respondents may not have interpreted the question as intended, notably those with lower levels of English language proficiency. Analysis of Scotland's census 2022, where the gender identity question was different, has added weight to this observation. Similar respondent error may have occurred during the data collection for these statistics so comparisons between subnational and other smaller group breakdowns should be considered with caution. More information can be found in the following links:

Analysis of Scotland's census

ONS sexual orientation and gender identity quality information report

National Statistical blog about the strengths and limitations of gender identity statistics

Note 3 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 4 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 5 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 6 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 7 These questions were asked to a subset of online respondents (approximately a third of the online sample)

Note 8 Percentages may not add up to 100% as respondents can select multiple answers.

Note 9 Respondents who answered "Have not lived here long enough to say" are excluded from valid answers.

Note 10 Respondents who answered "Nothing needs improving" are excluded from valid answers.

Note 11 Respondents who answered "Just moved here" are excluded from valid answers.

Note 12 Respondents who answered "There are too few people in the local area" & "People in this area are all of the same background" are excluded from valid answers.

Note 13 Respondents who answered "Don't have any neighbours" are excluded from valid answers.

Note 14 These questions were not in the 2024/25 survey or prior survey years, thus comparisons are not applicable (N/A).

Notes related to the data in this spreadsheet

Note number Note text

Weights Different weights have been used for questions/responses depending on whether they are in in the web and paper or paper only questionnaire, and the pathway they are located in within the survey. This note applies to all tables.

Paper and web questionnaires The Community and Engagement Survey issues both paper and web questionnaires. In order to reduce respondent burden and due to routing complexities on a paper questionnaire, not all questions are included in the paper questionnaire. The web questionnaire is also split into core and subset questions. Subset questions are only asked of approximately a third of online respondents and core questions are asked to all respondents online. We have noted cases where questions were only asked to online or to a subset of online respondents. If there is no note attached then the question was asked to all respondents to the survey, using either web or paper questionnaires. The questionnaires can be found at the link below:

Community and Engagement Survey Questionnaires

Lower and Upper estimates Lower and upper estimates in all tables use 95% confidence intervals. This note applies to all tables.

Base and Count Base and count are both unweighted. Base is the number of respondents who were asked the question(s). Count is the number of respondents who answered the question in the affirmative. This note applies to all tables.

Suppression Cells marked with 'c' indicate data suppression for quality control reasons. This suppression was applied when less than or equal to 30 respondents were asked the question, or less than or equal to 3 respondents provided answers. This note applies to all tables.

Methodological Alignment The Community pathway data tables in this release (A, B, C, D, E, F and G) have been produced using the methodology of the Community Life Survey (CLS) to allow for robust comparability with the CLS time-series. This methodology differs from the approach used to produce the Engagement pathway data tables (H, I, J, K, L, M, N and O) and the Participation Survey. We intend to reproduce the Community pathway data tables and the Community Life Survey time series using the Engagement pathway methodology in future to align the entire survey with a consistent methodological approach.

Not Applicable (N/A) Cells are marked as not applicable (N/A) where questions or response options were not asked in the comparison survey year, thus comparisons were not possible

Partnership and funding In 2024/25 and 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community Engagement Survey and the Community pathway of the Community and Engagement survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.

Correction to 2024/25 Sexual Orientation and Socio-economic Classification Data There is a small difference in the estimates for sexual orientation and socio-economic classification for 2024/25 compared to the previously published Community Life survey tables. This is due to a correction in the weighting methodology, updating these specific variables from a mixed weight to the correct web-only weight. The 2024/25 figures provided in this release reflect the corrected data.

Note 1 Household Acorn © CACI Limited 2013 - 2025 Source: Acorn. The applicable copyright notices can be found at the Current Copyright and Third-Party Notices in the link below.

Acorn Copyright and Third-Party Notices

Note 2 The 2024/25 and 2025/26 survey years have used the gender identity question asked in the Census 2021 in England and Wales. It should be noted that in the Census 2021 data for England and Wales, patterns were identified that suggest that some respondents may not have interpreted the question as intended, notably those with lower levels of English language proficiency. Analysis of Scotland's census 2022, where the gender identity question was different, has added weight to this observation. Similar respondent error may have occurred during the data collection for these statistics so comparisons between subnational and other smaller group breakdowns should be considered with caution. More information can be found in the following links:

Analysis of Scotland's census

ONS sexual orientation and gender identity quality information report

National Statistical blog about the strengths and limitations of gender identity statistics

Note 3 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 4 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 5 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 6 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 7 These questions were asked to a subset of online respondents (approximately a third of the online sample)

Note 8 Percentages may not add up to 100% as respondents can select multiple answers.

Note 9 Respondents who answered "Have not lived here long enough to say" are excluded from valid answers.

Note 10 Respondents who answered "Nothing needs improving" are excluded from valid answers.

Note 11 Respondents who answered "Just moved here" are excluded from valid answers.

Note 12 Respondents who answered "There are too few people in the local area" & "People in this area are all of the same background" are excluded from valid answers.

Note 13 Respondents who answered "Don't have any neighbours" are excluded from valid answers.

Note 14 These questions were not in the 2024/25 survey or prior survey years, thus comparisons are not applicable (N/A).

Notes related to the data in this spreadsheet

Note number Note text

Weights Different weights have been used for questions/responses depending on whether they are in in the web and paper or paper only questionnaire, and the pathway they are located in within the survey. This note applies to all tables.

Paper and web questionnaires The Community and Engagement Survey issues both paper and web questionnaires. In order to reduce respondent burden and due to routing complexities on a paper questionnaire, not all questions are included in the paper questionnaire. The web questionnaire is also split into core and subset questions. Subset questions are only asked of approximately a third of online respondents and core questions are asked to all respondents online. We have noted cases where questions were only asked to online or to a subset of online respondents. If there is no note attached then the question was asked to all respondents to the survey, using either web or paper questionnaires. The questionnaires can be found at the link below:

Community and Engagement Survey Questionnaires

Lower and Upper estimates Lower and upper estimates in all tables use 95% confidence intervals. This note applies to all tables.

Base and Count Base and count are both unweighted. Base is the number of respondents who were asked the question(s). Count is the number of respondents who answered the question in the affirmative. This note applies to all tables.

Suppression Cells marked with 'c' indicate data suppression for quality control reasons. This suppression was applied when less than or equal to 30 respondents were asked the question, or less than or equal to 3 respondents provided answers. This note applies to all tables.

Methodological Alignment The Community pathway data tables in this release (A, B, C, D, E, F and G) have been produced using the methodology of the Community Life Survey (CLS) to allow for robust comparability with the CLS time-series. This methodology differs from the approach used to produce the Engagement pathway data tables (H, I, J, K, L, M, N and O) and the Participation Survey. We intend to reproduce the Community pathway data tables and the Community Life Survey time series using the Engagement pathway methodology in future to align the entire survey with a consistent methodological approach.

Not Applicable (N/A) Cells are marked as not applicable (N/A) where questions or response options were not asked in the comparison survey year, thus comparisons were not possible

Partnership and funding In 2024/25 and 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community Engagement Survey and the Community pathway of the Community and Engagement survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.

Correction to 2024/25 Sexual Orientation and Socio-economic Classification Data There is a small difference in the estimates for sexual orientation and socio-economic classification for 2024/25 compared to the previously published Community Life survey tables. This is due to a correction in the weighting methodology, updating these specific variables from a mixed weight to the correct web-only weight. The 2024/25 figures provided in this release reflect the corrected data.

Note 1 Household Acorn © CACI Limited 2013 - 2025 Source: Acorn. The applicable copyright notices can be found at the Current Copyright and Third-Party Notices in the link below.

Acorn Copyright and Third-Party Notices

Note 2 The 2024/25 and 2025/26 survey years have used the gender identity question asked in the Census 2021 in England and Wales. It should be noted that in the Census 2021 data for England and Wales, patterns were identified that suggest that some respondents may not have interpreted the question as intended, notably those with lower levels of English language proficiency. Analysis of Scotland's census 2022, where the gender identity question was different, has added weight to this observation. Similar respondent error may have occurred during the data collection for these statistics so comparisons between subnational and other smaller group breakdowns should be considered with caution. More information can be found in the following links:

Analysis of Scotland's census

ONS sexual orientation and gender identity quality information report

National Statistical blog about the strengths and limitations of gender identity statistics

Note 3 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 4 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 5 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 6 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 7 These questions were asked to a subset of online respondents (approximately a third of the online sample)

Note 8 Percentages may not add up to 100% as respondents can select multiple answers.

Note 9 Respondents who answered "Have not lived here long enough to say" are excluded from valid answers.

Note 10 Respondents who answered "Nothing needs improving" are excluded from valid answers.

Note 11 Respondents who answered "Just moved here" are excluded from valid answers.

Note 12 Respondents who answered "There are too few people in the local area" & "People in this area are all of the same background" are excluded from valid answers.

Note 13 Respondents who answered "Don't have any neighbours" are excluded from valid answers.

Note 14 These questions were not in the 2024/25 survey or prior survey years, thus comparisons are not applicable (N/A).

Notes related to the data in this spreadsheet

Note number Note text

Weights Different weights have been used for questions/responses depending on whether they are in in the web and paper or paper only questionnaire, and the pathway they are located in within the survey. This note applies to all tables.

Paper and web questionnaires The Community Engagement Survey issues both paper and web questionnaires. In order to reduce respondent burden and due to routing complexities on a paper questionnaire, not all questions are included in the paper questionnaire. The web questionnaire is also split into core and subset questions. Subset questions are only asked of approximately a third of online respondents and core questions are asked to all respondents online. We have noted cases where questions were only asked to online or to a subset of online respondents. If there is no note attached then the question was asked to all respondents to the survey, using either web or paper questionnaires. The questionnaires can be found at the link below:

Community Engagement Survey Questionnaires

Lower and Upper estimates Lower and upper estimates in all tables use 95% confidence intervals.

Base and Count Base and count are both unweighted. Base is the number of respondents who were asked the question(s). Count is the number of respondents who answered the question in the affirmative. This note applies to all tables.

Suppression Cells marked with 'c' indicate data suppression for quality control reasons. This suppression was applied when 30 or fewer respondents were asked the question, or 3 or fewer respondents provided answers. This note applies to all tables.

Unavailable Data Cells marked with 'x' indicate that data is unavailable. This is because it was not collected in that survey year. This note applies to all tables.

Not Applicable Data Cells marked with 'N/A' indicate that data are not applicable.

Methodological Alignment The Community pathway data tables in this release (A, B, C, D, E, F and G) have been produced using the methodology of the Community Life Survey (CLS) to allow for robust comparability with the CLS time-series. This methodology differs from the approach used to produce the Engagement pathway data tables (H, I, J, K, L, M, N and O) and the Participation Survey. We intend to reproduce the Community pathway data tables and the Community Life Survey time series using the Engagement pathway methodology in future to align the entire survey with a consistent methodological approach.

Partnership and funding In 2024/25 and 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community Life Survey and the Community pathway of the Community and Engagement survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local Authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.

Correction to 2024/25 Sexual Orientation and Socio-economic Classification Data There is a small difference in the estimates for sexual orientation and socio-economic classification for 2024/25 compared to the previously published Community Life survey tables. This is due to a correction in the weighting methodology, updating these specific variables from a mixed weight to the correct web-only weight. The 2024/25 figures provided in this release reflect the corrected data.

Note 1 Household Acorn © CACI Limited 2013 - 2025 Source: Acorn. The applicable copyright notices can be found at the Current Copyright and Third-Party Notices in the link below.

Acorn Copyright and Third-Party Notices

Note 2 The 2024/25 and 2025/26 survey years have used the gender identity question asked in the Census 2021 in England and Wales. It should be noted that in the Census 2021 data for England and Wales, patterns were identified that suggest that some respondents may not have interpreted the question as intended, notably those with lower levels of English language proficiency. Analysis of Scotland's census 2022, where the gender identity question was different, has added weight to this observation. Similar respondent error may have occurred during the data collection for these statistics so comparisons between subnational and other smaller group breakdowns should be considered with caution. More information can be found in the following links:

Analysis of Scotland's census

ONS sexual orientation and gender identity quality information report

National Statistical blog about the strengths and limitations of gender identity statistics

Note 3 In 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community Engagement Survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local Authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.

Note 4 Percentages may not add up to 100% as respondents can select multiple answers.

Note 5 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 6 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 7 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 8 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 9 These questions were not included in the 2024/25 online or paper questionnaire and were only asked in 2025/26.

Note 10 There are three indirect measures of loneliness asked in the survey. These questions are; how often do you feel that you lack companionship, how often do you feel left out and how often do you feel isolated from others? These three questions each have three possible responses with a subsequent value; ‘Hardly ever or never’ = 1, ‘Some of the time’ = 2, ‘Often’ = 3. The response values to these three indirect questions are combined to create the Indirect Loneliness Composite score. Scores are between three and nine, three being the least lonely and nine being the most lonely. For further information, see Measuring loneliness: guidance for use of the national indicators on surveys - Recommended measures for adults.

Measuring loneliness: guidance for use of the national indicators on surveys

Notes related to the data in this spreadsheet

Note number Note text

Weights Different weights have been used for questions/responses depending on whether they are in in the web and paper or paper only questionnaire, and the pathway they are located in within the survey. This note applies to all tables.

Paper and web questionnaires The Community Engagement Survey issues both paper and web questionnaires. In order to reduce respondent burden and due to routing complexities on a paper questionnaire, not all questions are included in the paper questionnaire. The web questionnaire is also split into core and subset questions. Subset questions are only asked of approximately a third of online respondents and core questions are asked to all respondents online. We have noted cases where questions were only asked to online or to a subset of online respondents. If there is no note attached then the question was asked to all respondents to the survey, using either web or paper questionnaires. The questionnaires can be found at the link below:

Community Engagement Survey Questionnaires

Lower and Upper estimates Lower and upper estimates in all tables use 95% confidence intervals.

Base and Count Base and count are both unweighted. Base is the number of respondents who were asked the question(s). Count is the number of respondents who answered the question in the affirmative. This note applies to all tables.

Suppression Cells marked with 'c' indicate data suppression for quality control reasons. This suppression was applied when 30 or fewer respondents were asked the question, or 3 or fewer respondents provided answers. This note applies to all tables.

Unavailable Data Cells marked with 'x' indicate that data is unavailable. This is because it was not collected in that survey year. This note applies to all tables.

Not Applicable Data Cells marked with 'N/A' indicate that data are not applicable.

Methodological Alignment The Community pathway data tables in this release (A, B, C, D, E, F and G) have been produced using the methodology of the Community Life Survey (CLS) to allow for robust comparability with the CLS time-series. This methodology differs from the approach used to produce the Engagement pathway data tables (H, I, J, K, L, M, N and O) and the Participation Survey. We intend to reproduce the Community pathway data tables and the Community Life Survey time series using the Engagement pathway methodology in future to align the entire survey with a consistent methodological approach.

Partnership and funding In 2024/25 and 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community Life Survey and the Community pathway of the Community and Engagement survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local Authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.

Correction to 2024/25 Sexual Orientation and Socio-economic Classification Data There is a small difference in the estimates for sexual orientation and socio-economic classification for 2024/25 compared to the previously published Community Life survey tables. This is due to a correction in the weighting methodology, updating these specific variables from a mixed weight to the correct web-only weight. The 2024/25 figures provided in this release reflect the corrected data.

Note 1 Household Acorn © CACI Limited 2013 - 2025 Source: Acorn. The applicable copyright notices can be found at the Current Copyright and Third-Party Notices in the link below.

Acorn Copyright and Third-Party Notices

Note 2 The 2024/25 and 2025/26 survey years have used the gender identity question asked in the Census 2021 in England and Wales. It should be noted that in the Census 2021 data for England and Wales, patterns were identified that suggest that some respondents may not have interpreted the question as intended, notably those with lower levels of English language proficiency. Analysis of Scotland's census 2022, where the gender identity question was different, has added weight to this observation. Similar respondent error may have occurred during the data collection for these statistics so comparisons between subnational and other smaller group breakdowns should be considered with caution. More information can be found in the following links:

Analysis of Scotland's census

ONS sexual orientation and gender identity quality information report

National Statistical blog about the strengths and limitations of gender identity statistics

Note 3 In 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community Engagement Survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local Authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.

Note 4 Percentages may not add up to 100% as respondents can select multiple answers.

Note 5 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 6 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 7 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 8 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 9 These questions were not included in the 2024/25 online or paper questionnaire and were only asked in 2025/26.

Note 10 There are three indirect measures of loneliness asked in the survey. These questions are; how often do you feel that you lack companionship, how often do you feel left out and how often do you feel isolated from others? These three questions each have three possible responses with a subsequent value; ‘Hardly ever or never’ = 1, ‘Some of the time’ = 2, ‘Often’ = 3. The response values to these three indirect questions are combined to create the Indirect Loneliness Composite score. Scores are between three and nine, three being the least lonely and nine being the most lonely. For further information, see Measuring loneliness: guidance for use of the national indicators on surveys - Recommended measures for adults.

Measuring loneliness: guidance for use of the national indicators on surveys

Notes related to the data in this spreadsheet

Note number Note text

Weights Different weights have been used for questions/responses depending on whether they are in in the web and paper or paper only questionnaire, and the pathway they are located in within the survey. This note applies to all tables.

Paper and web questionnaires The Community Engagement Survey issues both paper and web questionnaires. In order to reduce respondent burden and due to routing complexities on a paper questionnaire, not all questions are included in the paper questionnaire. The web questionnaire is also split into core and subset questions. Subset questions are only asked of approximately a third of online respondents and core questions are asked to all respondents online. We have noted cases where questions were only asked to online or to a subset of online respondents. If there is no note attached then the question was asked to all respondents to the survey, using either web or paper questionnaires. The questionnaires can be found at the link below:

Community Engagement Survey Questionnaires

Lower and Upper estimates Lower and upper estimates in all tables use 95% confidence intervals.

Base and Count Base and count are both unweighted. Base is the number of respondents who were asked the question(s). Count is the number of respondents who answered the question in the affirmative. This note applies to all tables.

Suppression Cells marked with 'c' indicate data suppression for quality control reasons. This suppression was applied when 30 or fewer respondents were asked the question, or 3 or fewer respondents provided answers. This note applies to all tables.

Unavailable Data Cells marked with 'x' indicate that data is unavailable. This is because it was not collected in that survey year. This note applies to all tables.

Not Applicable Data Cells marked with 'N/A' indicate that data are not applicable.

Methodological Alignment The Community pathway data tables in this release (A, B, C, D, E, F and G) have been produced using the methodology of the Community Life Survey (CLS) to allow for robust comparability with the CLS time-series. This methodology differs from the approach used to produce the Engagement pathway data tables (H, I, J, K, L, M, N and O) and the Participation Survey. We intend to reproduce the Community pathway data tables and the Community Life Survey time series using the Engagement pathway methodology in future to align the entire survey with a consistent methodological approach.

Partnership and funding In 2024/25 and 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community Life Survey and the Community pathway of the Community and Engagement survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local Authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.

Correction to 2024/25 Sexual Orientation and Socio-economic Classification Data There is a small difference in the estimates for sexual orientation and socio-economic classification for 2024/25 compared to the previously published Community Life survey tables. This is due to a correction in the weighting methodology, updating these specific variables from a mixed weight to the correct web-only weight. The 2024/25 figures provided in this release reflect the corrected data.

Note 1 Household Acorn © CACI Limited 2013 - 2025 Source: Acorn. The applicable copyright notices can be found at the Current Copyright and Third-Party Notices in the link below.

Acorn Copyright and Third-Party Notices

Note 2 The 2024/25 and 2025/26 survey years have used the gender identity question asked in the Census 2021 in England and Wales. It should be noted that in the Census 2021 data for England and Wales, patterns were identified that suggest that some respondents may not have interpreted the question as intended, notably those with lower levels of English language proficiency. Analysis of Scotland's census 2022, where the gender identity question was different, has added weight to this observation. Similar respondent error may have occurred during the data collection for these statistics so comparisons between subnational and other smaller group breakdowns should be considered with caution. More information can be found in the following links:

Analysis of Scotland's census

ONS sexual orientation and gender identity quality information report

National Statistical blog about the strengths and limitations of gender identity statistics

Note 3 In 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community Engagement Survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local Authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.

Note 4 Percentages may not add up to 100% as respondents can select multiple answers.

Note 5 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 6 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 7 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 8 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 9 These questions were not included in the 2024/25 online or paper questionnaire and were only asked in 2025/26.

Note 10 There are three indirect measures of loneliness asked in the survey. These questions are; how often do you feel that you lack companionship, how often do you feel left out and how often do you feel isolated from others? These three questions each have three possible responses with a subsequent value; ‘Hardly ever or never’ = 1, ‘Some of the time’ = 2, ‘Often’ = 3. The response values to these three indirect questions are combined to create the Indirect Loneliness Composite score. Scores are between three and nine, three being the least lonely and nine being the most lonely. For further information, see Measuring loneliness: guidance for use of the national indicators on surveys - Recommended measures for adults.

Measuring loneliness: guidance for use of the national indicators on surveys

Notes related to the data in this spreadsheet

Note number Note text

Weights Different weights have been used for questions/responses depending on whether they are in in the web and paper or paper only questionnaire, and the pathway they are located in within the survey. This note applies to all tables.

Paper and web questionnaires The Community Engagement Survey issues both paper and web questionnaires. In order to reduce respondent burden and due to routing complexities on a paper questionnaire, not all questions are included in the paper questionnaire. The web questionnaire is also split into core and subset questions. Subset questions are only asked of approximately a third of online respondents and core questions are asked to all respondents online. We have noted cases where questions were only asked to online or to a subset of online respondents. If there is no note attached then the question was asked to all respondents to the survey, using either web or paper questionnaires. The questionnaires can be found at the link below:

Community Engagement Survey Questionnaires

Lower and Upper estimates Lower and upper estimates in all tables use 95% confidence intervals.

Base and Count Base and count are both unweighted. Base is the number of respondents who were asked the question(s). Count is the number of respondents who answered the question in the affirmative. This note applies to all tables.

Suppression Cells marked with 'c' indicate data suppression for quality control reasons. This suppression was applied when 30 or fewer respondents were asked the question, or 3 or fewer respondents provided answers. This note applies to all tables.

Unavailable Data Cells marked with 'x' indicate that data is unavailable. This is because it was not collected in that survey year. This note applies to all tables.

Not Applicable Data Cells marked with 'N/A' indicate that data are not applicable.

Methodological Alignment The Community pathway data tables in this release (A, B, C, D, E, F and G) have been produced using the methodology of the Community Life Survey (CLS) to allow for robust comparability with the CLS time-series. This methodology differs from the approach used to produce the Engagement pathway data tables (H, I, J, K, L, M, N and O) and the Participation Survey. We intend to reproduce the Community pathway data tables and the Community Life Survey time series using the Engagement pathway methodology in future to align the entire survey with a consistent methodological approach.

Partnership and funding In 2024/25 and 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community Life Survey and the Community pathway of the Community and Engagement survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local Authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.

Correction to 2024/25 Sexual Orientation and Socio-economic Classification Data There is a small difference in the estimates for sexual orientation and socio-economic classification for 2024/25 compared to the previously published Community Life survey tables. This is due to a correction in the weighting methodology, updating these specific variables from a mixed weight to the correct web-only weight. The 2024/25 figures provided in this release reflect the corrected data.

Note 1 Household Acorn © CACI Limited 2013 - 2025 Source: Acorn. The applicable copyright notices can be found at the Current Copyright and Third-Party Notices in the link below.

Acorn Copyright and Third-Party Notices

Note 2 The 2024/25 and 2025/26 survey years have used the gender identity question asked in the Census 2021 in England and Wales. It should be noted that in the Census 2021 data for England and Wales, patterns were identified that suggest that some respondents may not have interpreted the question as intended, notably those with lower levels of English language proficiency. Analysis of Scotland's census 2022, where the gender identity question was different, has added weight to this observation. Similar respondent error may have occurred during the data collection for these statistics so comparisons between subnational and other smaller group breakdowns should be considered with caution. More information can be found in the following links:

Analysis of Scotland's census

ONS sexual orientation and gender identity quality information report

National Statistical blog about the strengths and limitations of gender identity statistics

Note 3 In 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community Engagement Survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local Authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.

Note 4 Percentages may not add up to 100% as respondents can select multiple answers.

Note 5 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 6 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 7 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 8 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 9 These questions were not included in the 2024/25 online or paper questionnaire and were only asked in 2025/26.

Note 10 There are three indirect measures of loneliness asked in the survey. These questions are; how often do you feel that you lack companionship, how often do you feel left out and how often do you feel isolated from others? These three questions each have three possible responses with a subsequent value; ‘Hardly ever or never’ = 1, ‘Some of the time’ = 2, ‘Often’ = 3. The response values to these three indirect questions are combined to create the Indirect Loneliness Composite score. Scores are between three and nine, three being the least lonely and nine being the most lonely. For further information, see Measuring loneliness: guidance for use of the national indicators on surveys - Recommended measures for adults.

Measuring loneliness: guidance for use of the national indicators on surveys

Notes related to the data in this spreadsheet

Note number Note text

Weights Different weights have been used for questions/responses depending on whether they are in in the web and paper or paper only questionnaire, and the pathway they are located in within the survey. This note applies to all tables.

Paper and web questionnaires The Community Engagement Survey issues both paper and web questionnaires. In order to reduce respondent burden and due to routing complexities on a paper questionnaire, not all questions are included in the paper questionnaire. The web questionnaire is also split into core and subset questions. Subset questions are only asked of approximately a third of online respondents and core questions are asked to all respondents online. We have noted cases where questions were only asked to online or to a subset of online respondents. If there is no note attached then the question was asked to all respondents to the survey, using either web or paper questionnaires. The questionnaires can be found at the link below:

Community Engagement Survey Questionnaires

Lower and Upper estimates Lower and upper estimates in all tables use 95% confidence intervals.

Base and Count Base and count are both unweighted. Base is the number of respondents who were asked the question(s). Count is the number of respondents who answered the question in the affirmative. This note applies to all tables.

Suppression Cells marked with 'c' indicate data suppression for quality control reasons. This suppression was applied when 30 or fewer respondents were asked the question, or 3 or fewer respondents provided answers. This note applies to all tables.

Unavailable Data Cells marked with 'x' indicate that data is unavailable. This is because it was not collected in that survey year. This note applies to all tables.

Not Applicable Data Cells marked with 'N/A' indicate that data are not applicable.

Methodological Alignment The Community pathway data tables in this release (A, B, C, D, E, F and G) have been produced using the methodology of the Community Life Survey (CLS) to allow for robust comparability with the CLS time-series. This methodology differs from the approach used to produce the Engagement pathway data tables (H, I, J, K, L, M, N and O) and the Participation Survey. We intend to reproduce the Community pathway data tables and the Community Life Survey time series using the Engagement pathway methodology in future to align the entire survey with a consistent methodological approach.

Partnership and funding In 2024/25 and 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community Life Survey and the Community pathway of the Community and Engagement survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local Authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.

Correction to 2024/25 Sexual Orientation and Socio-economic Classification Data There is a small difference in the estimates for sexual orientation and socio-economic classification for 2024/25 compared to the previously published Community Life survey tables. This is due to a correction in the weighting methodology, updating these specific variables from a mixed weight to the correct web-only weight. The 2024/25 figures provided in this release reflect the corrected data.

Note 1 Household Acorn © CACI Limited 2013 - 2025 Source: Acorn. The applicable copyright notices can be found at the Current Copyright and Third-Party Notices in the link below.

Acorn Copyright and Third-Party Notices

Note 2 The 2024/25 and 2025/26 survey years have used the gender identity question asked in the Census 2021 in England and Wales. It should be noted that in the Census 2021 data for England and Wales, patterns were identified that suggest that some respondents may not have interpreted the question as intended, notably those with lower levels of English language proficiency. Analysis of Scotland's census 2022, where the gender identity question was different, has added weight to this observation. Similar respondent error may have occurred during the data collection for these statistics so comparisons between subnational and other smaller group breakdowns should be considered with caution. More information can be found in the following links:

Analysis of Scotland's census

ONS sexual orientation and gender identity quality information report

National Statistical blog about the strengths and limitations of gender identity statistics

Note 3 In 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community Engagement Survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local Authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.

Note 4 Percentages may not add up to 100% as respondents can select multiple answers.

Note 5 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 6 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 7 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 8 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 9 These questions were not included in the 2024/25 online or paper questionnaire and were only asked in 2025/26.

Note 10 There are three indirect measures of loneliness asked in the survey. These questions are; how often do you feel that you lack companionship, how often do you feel left out and how often do you feel isolated from others? These three questions each have three possible responses with a subsequent value; ‘Hardly ever or never’ = 1, ‘Some of the time’ = 2, ‘Often’ = 3. The response values to these three indirect questions are combined to create the Indirect Loneliness Composite score. Scores are between three and nine, three being the least lonely and nine being the most lonely. For further information, see Measuring loneliness: guidance for use of the national indicators on surveys - Recommended measures for adults.

Measuring loneliness: guidance for use of the national indicators on surveys

Notes related to the data in this spreadsheet

Note number Note text

Weights Different weights have been used for questions/responses depending on whether they are in in the web and paper or paper only questionnaire, and the pathway they are located in within the survey. This note applies to all tables.

Paper and web questionnaires The Community Engagement Survey issues both paper and web questionnaires. In order to reduce respondent burden and due to routing complexities on a paper questionnaire, not all questions are included in the paper questionnaire. The web questionnaire is also split into core and subset questions. Subset questions are only asked of approximately a third of online respondents and core questions are asked to all respondents online. We have noted cases where questions were only asked to online or to a subset of online respondents. If there is no note attached then the question was asked to all respondents to the survey, using either web or paper questionnaires. The questionnaires can be found at the link below:

Community Engagement Survey Questionnaires

Lower and Upper estimates Lower and upper estimates in all tables use 95% confidence intervals.

Base and Count Base and count are both unweighted. Base is the number of respondents who were asked the question(s). Count is the number of respondents who answered the question in the affirmative. This note applies to all tables.

Suppression Cells marked with 'c' indicate data suppression for quality control reasons. This suppression was applied when 30 or fewer respondents were asked the question, or 3 or fewer respondents provided answers. This note applies to all tables.

Unavailable Data Cells marked with 'x' indicate that data is unavailable. This is because it was not collected in that survey year. This note applies to all tables.

Not Applicable Data Cells marked with 'N/A' indicate that data are not applicable.

Methodological Alignment The Community pathway data tables in this release (A, B, C, D, E, F and G) have been produced using the methodology of the Community Life Survey (CLS) to allow for robust comparability with the CLS time-series. This methodology differs from the approach used to produce the Engagement pathway data tables (H, I, J, K, L, M, N and O) and the Participation Survey. We intend to reproduce the Community pathway data tables and the Community Life Survey time series using the Engagement pathway methodology in future to align the entire survey with a consistent methodological approach.

Partnership and funding In 2024/25 and 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community Life Survey and the Community pathway of the Community and Engagement survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local Authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.

Correction to 2024/25 Sexual Orientation and Socio-economic Classification Data There is a small difference in the estimates for sexual orientation and socio-economic classification for 2024/25 compared to the previously published Community Life survey tables. This is due to a correction in the weighting methodology, updating these specific variables from a mixed weight to the correct web-only weight. The 2024/25 figures provided in this release reflect the corrected data.

Note 1 Household Acorn © CACI Limited 2013 - 2025 Source: Acorn. The applicable copyright notices can be found at the Current Copyright and Third-Party Notices in the link below.

Acorn Copyright and Third-Party Notices

Note 2 The 2024/25 and 2025/26 survey years have used the gender identity question asked in the Census 2021 in England and Wales. It should be noted that in the Census 2021 data for England and Wales, patterns were identified that suggest that some respondents may not have interpreted the question as intended, notably those with lower levels of English language proficiency. Analysis of Scotland's census 2022, where the gender identity question was different, has added weight to this observation. Similar respondent error may have occurred during the data collection for these statistics so comparisons between subnational and other smaller group breakdowns should be considered with caution. More information can be found in the following links:

Analysis of Scotland's census

ONS sexual orientation and gender identity quality information report

National Statistical blog about the strengths and limitations of gender identity statistics

Note 3 In 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community Engagement Survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local Authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.

Note 4 Percentages may not add up to 100% as respondents can select multiple answers.

Note 5 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 6 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 7 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 8 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 9 These questions were not included in the 2024/25 online or paper questionnaire and were only asked in 2025/26.

Note 10 There are three indirect measures of loneliness asked in the survey. These questions are; how often do you feel that you lack companionship, how often do you feel left out and how often do you feel isolated from others? These three questions each have three possible responses with a subsequent value; ‘Hardly ever or never’ = 1, ‘Some of the time’ = 2, ‘Often’ = 3. The response values to these three indirect questions are combined to create the Indirect Loneliness Composite score. Scores are between three and nine, three being the least lonely and nine being the most lonely. For further information, see Measuring loneliness: guidance for use of the national indicators on surveys - Recommended measures for adults.

Measuring loneliness: guidance for use of the national indicators on surveys

Notes related to the data in this spreadsheet

Note number Note text

Weights Different weights have been used for questions/responses depending on whether they are in in the web and paper or paper only questionnaire, and the pathway they are located in within the survey. This note applies to all tables.

Paper and web questionnaires The Community Engagement Survey issues both paper and web questionnaires. In order to reduce respondent burden and due to routing complexities on a paper questionnaire, not all questions are included in the paper questionnaire. The web questionnaire is also split into core and subset questions. Subset questions are only asked of approximately a third of online respondents and core questions are asked to all respondents online. We have noted cases where questions were only asked to online or to a subset of online respondents. If there is no note attached then the question was asked to all respondents to the survey, using either web or paper questionnaires. The questionnaires can be found at the link below:

Community Engagement Survey Questionnaires

Lower and Upper estimates Lower and upper estimates in all tables use 95% confidence intervals.

Base and Count Base and count are both unweighted. Base is the number of respondents who were asked the question(s). Count is the number of respondents who answered the question in the affirmative. This note applies to all tables.

Suppression Cells marked with 'c' indicate data suppression for quality control reasons. This suppression was applied when 30 or fewer respondents were asked the question, or 3 or fewer respondents provided answers. This note applies to all tables.

Unavailable Data Cells marked with 'x' indicate that data is unavailable. This is because it was not collected in that survey year. This note applies to all tables.

Not Applicable Data Cells marked with 'N/A' indicate that data are not applicable.

Methodological Alignment The Community pathway data tables in this release (A, B, C, D, E, F and G) have been produced using the methodology of the Community Life Survey (CLS) to allow for robust comparability with the CLS time-series. This methodology differs from the approach used to produce the Engagement pathway data tables (H, I, J, K, L, M, N and O) and the Participation Survey. We intend to reproduce the Community pathway data tables and the Community Life Survey time series using the Engagement pathway methodology in future to align the entire survey with a consistent methodological approach.

Partnership and funding In 2024/25 and 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community Life Survey and the Community pathway of the Community and Engagement survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local Authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.

Correction to 2024/25 Sexual Orientation and Socio-economic Classification Data There is a small difference in the estimates for sexual orientation and socio-economic classification for 2024/25 compared to the previously published Community Life survey tables. This is due to a correction in the weighting methodology, updating these specific variables from a mixed weight to the correct web-only weight. The 2024/25 figures provided in this release reflect the corrected data.

Note 1 Household Acorn © CACI Limited 2013 - 2025 Source: Acorn. The applicable copyright notices can be found at the Current Copyright and Third-Party Notices in the link below.

Acorn Copyright and Third-Party Notices

Note 2 The 2024/25 and 2025/26 survey years have used the gender identity question asked in the Census 2021 in England and Wales. It should be noted that in the Census 2021 data for England and Wales, patterns were identified that suggest that some respondents may not have interpreted the question as intended, notably those with lower levels of English language proficiency. Analysis of Scotland's census 2022, where the gender identity question was different, has added weight to this observation. Similar respondent error may have occurred during the data collection for these statistics so comparisons between subnational and other smaller group breakdowns should be considered with caution. More information can be found in the following links:

Analysis of Scotland's census

ONS sexual orientation and gender identity quality information report

National Statistical blog about the strengths and limitations of gender identity statistics

Note 3 In 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community Engagement Survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local Authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.

Note 4 Percentages may not add up to 100% as respondents can select multiple answers.

Note 5 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 6 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 7 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 8 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 9 These questions were not included in the 2024/25 online or paper questionnaire and were only asked in 2025/26.

Note 10 There are three indirect measures of loneliness asked in the survey. These questions are; how often do you feel that you lack companionship, how often do you feel left out and how often do you feel isolated from others? These three questions each have three possible responses with a subsequent value; ‘Hardly ever or never’ = 1, ‘Some of the time’ = 2, ‘Often’ = 3. The response values to these three indirect questions are combined to create the Indirect Loneliness Composite score. Scores are between three and nine, three being the least lonely and nine being the most lonely. For further information, see Measuring loneliness: guidance for use of the national indicators on surveys - Recommended measures for adults.

Measuring loneliness: guidance for use of the national indicators on surveys

Notes related to the data in this spreadsheet

Note number Note text

Weights Different weights have been used for questions/responses depending on whether they are in in the web and paper or paper only questionnaire, and the pathway they are located in within the survey. This note applies to all tables.

Paper and web questionnaires The Community and Engagement Survey issues both paper and web questionnaires. In order to reduce respondent burden and due to routing complexities on a paper questionnaire, not all questions are included in the paper questionnaire. The web questionnaire is also split into core and subset questions. Subset questions are only asked of approximately a third of online respondents and core questions are asked to all respondents online. We have noted cases where questions were only asked to online or to a subset of online respondents. If there is no note attached then the question was asked to all respondents to the survey, using either web or paper questionnaires. The questionnaires can be found at the link below:

Community and Engagement Survey Questionnaires

Lower and Upper estimates Lower and upper estimates in all tables use 95% confidence intervals.

Base and Count Base and count are both unweighted. Base is the number of respondents who were asked the question(s). Count is the number of respondents who answered the question in the affirmative. This note applies to all tables.

Suppression Cells marked with 'c' indicate data suppression for quality control reasons. This suppression was applied when less than or equal to 30 respondents were asked the question, or less than or equal to 3 respondents provided answers. This note applies to all tables.

Unavailable Data Cells marked with 'x' indicate that data is unavailable. This is because it was not collected in that survey year. This note applies to all tables.

Not Applicable Data Cells marked with 'N/A' indicate that data are not applicable.

Methodological Alignment The Community pathway data tables in this release (A, B, C, D, E, F and G) have been produced using the methodology of the Community Life Survey (CLS) to allow for robust comparability with the CLS time-series. This methodology differs from the approach used to produce the Engagement pathway data tables (H, I, J, K, L, M, N and O) and the Participation Survey. We intend to reproduce the Community pathway data tables and the Community Life Survey time series using the Engagement pathway methodology in future to align the entire survey with a consistent methodological approach.

Partnership and funding In 2024/25 and 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community Life Survey and the Community pathway of the Community and Engagement survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local Authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.

Correction to 2024/25 Sexual Orientation and Socio-economic Classification Data There is a small difference in the estimates for sexual orientation and socioeconomic classification for 2024/25 compared to the previously published Community Life survey tables. This is due to a correction in the weighting methodology, updating these specific variables from a mixed weight to the correct web-only weight. The 2024/25 figures provided in this release reflect the corrected data.

Note 1 Household Acorn © CACI Limited 2013 - 2025 Source: Acorn. The applicable copyright notices can be found at the Current Copyright and Third-Party Notices in the link below.

Acorn Copyright and Third-Party Notices

Note 2 The 2024/25 and 2025/26 survey years have used the gender identity question asked in the Census 2021 in England and Wales. It should be noted that in the Census 2021 data for England and Wales, patterns were identified that suggest that some respondents may not have interpreted the question as intended, notably those with lower levels of English language proficiency. Analysis of Scotland's census 2022, where the gender identity question was different, has added weight to this observation. Similar respondent error may have occurred during the data collection for these statistics so comparisons between subnational and other smaller group breakdowns should be considered with caution. More information can be found in the following links:

Analysis of Scotland's census

ONS sexual orientation and gender identity quality information report

National Statistical blog about the strengths and limitations of gender identity statistics

Note 3 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 4 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 5 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 6 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 7 These questions were asked to a subset of online respondents (approximately a third of the online sample)

Note 8 Percentages may not add up to 100% as respondents can select multiple answers.

Note 9 These questions were not included in the 2024/25 online or paper questionnaire and were only asked in 2025/26.

Notes related to the data in this spreadsheet

Note number Note text

Weights Different weights have been used for questions/responses depending on whether they are in in the web and paper or paper only questionnaire, and the pathway they are located in within the survey. This note applies to all tables.

Paper and web questionnaires The Community and Engagement Survey issues both paper and web questionnaires. In order to reduce respondent burden and due to routing complexities on a paper questionnaire, not all questions are included in the paper questionnaire. The web questionnaire is also split into core and subset questions. Subset questions are only asked of approximately a third of online respondents and core questions are asked to all respondents online. We have noted cases where questions were only asked to online or to a subset of online respondents. If there is no note attached then the question was asked to all respondents to the survey, using either web or paper questionnaires. The questionnaires can be found at the link below:

Community and Engagement Survey Questionnaires

Lower and Upper estimates Lower and upper estimates in all tables use 95% confidence intervals.

Base and Count Base and count are both unweighted. Base is the number of respondents who were asked the question(s). Count is the number of respondents who answered the question in the affirmative. This note applies to all tables.

Suppression Cells marked with 'c' indicate data suppression for quality control reasons. This suppression was applied when less than or equal to 30 respondents were asked the question, or less than or equal to 3 respondents provided answers. This note applies to all tables.

Unavailable Data Cells marked with 'x' indicate that data is unavailable. This is because it was not collected in that survey year. This note applies to all tables.

Not Applicable Data Cells marked with 'N/A' indicate that data are not applicable.

Methodological Alignment The Community pathway data tables in this release (A, B, C, D, E, F and G) have been produced using the methodology of the Community Life Survey (CLS) to allow for robust comparability with the CLS time-series. This methodology differs from the approach used to produce the Engagement pathway data tables (H, I, J, K, L, M, N and O) and the Participation Survey. We intend to reproduce the Community pathway data tables and the Community Life Survey time series using the Engagement pathway methodology in future to align the entire survey with a consistent methodological approach.

Partnership and funding In 2024/25 and 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community Life Survey and the Community pathway of the Community and Engagement survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local Authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.

Correction to 2024/25 Sexual Orientation and Socio-economic Classification Data There is a small difference in the estimates for sexual orientation and socioeconomic classification for 2024/25 compared to the previously published Community Life survey tables. This is due to a correction in the weighting methodology, updating these specific variables from a mixed weight to the correct web-only weight. The 2024/25 figures provided in this release reflect the corrected data.

Note 1 Household Acorn © CACI Limited 2013 - 2025 Source: Acorn. The applicable copyright notices can be found at the Current Copyright and Third-Party Notices in the link below.

Acorn Copyright and Third-Party Notices

Note 2 The 2024/25 and 2025/26 survey years have used the gender identity question asked in the Census 2021 in England and Wales. It should be noted that in the Census 2021 data for England and Wales, patterns were identified that suggest that some respondents may not have interpreted the question as intended, notably those with lower levels of English language proficiency. Analysis of Scotland's census 2022, where the gender identity question was different, has added weight to this observation. Similar respondent error may have occurred during the data collection for these statistics so comparisons between subnational and other smaller group breakdowns should be considered with caution. More information can be found in the following links:

Analysis of Scotland's census

ONS sexual orientation and gender identity quality information report

National Statistical blog about the strengths and limitations of gender identity statistics

Note 3 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 4 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 5 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 6 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 7 These questions were asked to a subset of online respondents (approximately a third of the online sample)

Note 8 Percentages may not add up to 100% as respondents can select multiple answers.

Note 9 These questions were not included in the 2024/25 online or paper questionnaire and were only asked in 2025/26.

Notes related to the data in this spreadsheet

Note number Note text Links

Weights Different weights have been used for questions/responses depending on whether they are in in the web and paper or paper only questionnaire, and the pathway they are located in within the survey. This note applies to all tables.

Paper and web questionnaires The Community and Engagement Survey issues both paper and web questionnaires. In order to reduce respondent burden and due to routing complexities on a paper questionnaire, not all questions are included in the paper questionnaire. The web questionnaire is also split into core and subset questions. Subset questions are only asked of approximately a third of online respondents and core questions are asked to all respondents online. We have noted cases where questions were only asked to online or to a subset of online respondents. If there is no note attached then the question was asked to all respondents to the survey, using either web or paper questionnaires. The questionnaires can be found at the link below:

Community and Engagement Survey Questionnaires

Lower and Upper estimates Lower and upper estimates in all tables use 95% confidence intervals. This note applies to all tables.

Base and Count Base and count are both unweighted. Base is the number of respondents who were asked the question(s). Count is the number of respondents who answered the question in the affirmative. This note applies to all tables.

Suppression Cells marked with 'c' indicate data suppression for quality control reasons. This suppression was applied when less than or equal to 30 respondents were asked the question, or less than or equal to 3 respondents provided answers. This note applies to all tables.

Unavailable Data Cells are marked as not applicable (x) where questions or response options were not asked in the comparison survey year, thus comparisons were not possible

Not Applicable Data Cells marked with 'N/A' indicate that data are not applicable.

Methodological Alignment The Community pathway data tables in this release(A, B, C, D, E, F and G) have been produced using the methodology of the Community Life Survey (CLS) to allow for robust comparability with the CLS time-series. This methodology differs from the approach used to produce the Engagement pathway data tables (H, I, J, K, L, M, N and O and the Participation Survey. We intend to reproduce the Community pathway data tables and the Community Life Survey time series using the Engagement pathway methodology in future to align the entire survey with a consistent methodological approach.

Partnership and funding In 2024/25 and 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community Life Survey and the Community pathway of the Community and Engagement survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local Authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.

Correction to 2024/25 Sexual Orientation and Socio-economic Classification Data There is a small difference in the estimates for sexual orientation and socio-economic classification for 2024/25 compared to the previously published Community Life survey tables. This is due to a correction in the weighting methodology, updating these specific variables from a mixed weight to the correct web-only weight. The 2024/25 figures provided in this release reflect the corrected data.

Note 1 Household Acorn © CACI Limited 2013 - 2025 Source: Acorn. The applicable copyright notices can be found at the Current Copyright and Third-Party Notices in the link below.

Acorn Copyright and Third-Party Notices

Note 2 The 2024/25 and 2025/26 survey years have used the gender identity question asked in the Census 2021 in England and Wales. It should be noted that in the Census 2021 data for England and Wales, patterns were identified that suggest that some respondents may not have interpreted the question as intended, notably those with lower levels of English language proficiency. Analysis of Scotland's census 2022, where the gender identity question was different, has added weight to this observation. Similar respondent error may have occurred during the data collection for these statistics so comparisons between subnational and other smaller group breakdowns should be considered with caution. More information can be found in the following links:

Analysis of Scotland's census

ONS sexual orientation and gender identity quality information report

National Statistical blog about the strengths and limitations of gender identity statistics

Note 3 In 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community and Engagement Survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local Authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.

Note 4 Percentages may not add up to 100% as respondents can select multiple answers.

Note 5 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 6 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 7 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 8 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 9 These questions were not included in the 2024/25 online or paper questionnaire and were only asked in 2025/26.

Notes related to the data in this spreadsheet

Note number Note text Links

Weights Different weights have been used for questions/responses depending on whether they are in in the web and paper or paper only questionnaire, and the pathway they are located in within the survey. This note applies to all tables.

Paper and web questionnaires The Community and Engagement Survey issues both paper and web questionnaires. In order to reduce respondent burden and due to routing complexities on a paper questionnaire, not all questions are included in the paper questionnaire. The web questionnaire is also split into core and subset questions. Subset questions are only asked of approximately a third of online respondents and core questions are asked to all respondents online. We have noted cases where questions were only asked to online or to a subset of online respondents. If there is no note attached then the question was asked to all respondents to the survey, using either web or paper questionnaires. The questionnaires can be found at the link below:

Community and Engagement Survey Questionnaires

Lower and Upper estimates Lower and upper estimates in all tables use 95% confidence intervals. This note applies to all tables.

Base and Count Base and count are both unweighted. Base is the number of respondents who were asked the question(s). Count is the number of respondents who answered the question in the affirmative. This note applies to all tables.

Suppression Cells marked with 'c' indicate data suppression for quality control reasons. This suppression was applied when less than or equal to 30 respondents were asked the question, or less than or equal to 3 respondents provided answers. This note applies to all tables.

Unavailable Data Cells are marked as not applicable (x) where questions or response options were not asked in the comparison survey year, thus comparisons were not possible

Not Applicable Data Cells marked with 'N/A' indicate that data are not applicable.

Methodological Alignment The Community pathway data tables in this release(A, B, C, D, E, F and G) have been produced using the methodology of the Community Life Survey (CLS) to allow for robust comparability with the CLS time-series. This methodology differs from the approach used to produce the Engagement pathway data tables (H, I, J, K, L, M, N and O and the Participation Survey. We intend to reproduce the Community pathway data tables and the Community Life Survey time series using the Engagement pathway methodology in future to align the entire survey with a consistent methodological approach.

Partnership and funding In 2024/25 and 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community Life Survey and the Community pathway of the Community and Engagement survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local Authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.

Correction to 2024/25 Sexual Orientation and Socio-economic Classification Data There is a small difference in the estimates for sexual orientation and socio-economic classification for 2024/25 compared to the previously published Community Life survey tables. This is due to a correction in the weighting methodology, updating these specific variables from a mixed weight to the correct web-only weight. The 2024/25 figures provided in this release reflect the corrected data.

Note 1 Household Acorn © CACI Limited 2013 - 2025 Source: Acorn. The applicable copyright notices can be found at the Current Copyright and Third-Party Notices in the link below.

Acorn Copyright and Third-Party Notices

Note 2 The 2024/25 and 2025/26 survey years have used the gender identity question asked in the Census 2021 in England and Wales. It should be noted that in the Census 2021 data for England and Wales, patterns were identified that suggest that some respondents may not have interpreted the question as intended, notably those with lower levels of English language proficiency. Analysis of Scotland's census 2022, where the gender identity question was different, has added weight to this observation. Similar respondent error may have occurred during the data collection for these statistics so comparisons between subnational and other smaller group breakdowns should be considered with caution. More information can be found in the following links:

Analysis of Scotland's census

ONS sexual orientation and gender identity quality information report

National Statistical blog about the strengths and limitations of gender identity statistics

Note 3 In 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community and Engagement Survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local Authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.

Note 4 Percentages may not add up to 100% as respondents can select multiple answers.

Note 5 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 6 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 7 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 8 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 9 These questions were not included in the 2024/25 online or paper questionnaire and were only asked in 2025/26.

Notes related to the data in this spreadsheet

Note number Note text Links

Weights Different weights have been used for questions/responses depending on whether they are in in the web and paper or paper only questionnaire, and the pathway they are located in within the survey. This note applies to all tables.

Paper and web questionnaires The Community and Engagement Survey issues both paper and web questionnaires. In order to reduce respondent burden and due to routing complexities on a paper questionnaire, not all questions are included in the paper questionnaire. The web questionnaire is also split into core and subset questions. Subset questions are only asked of approximately a third of online respondents and core questions are asked to all respondents online. We have noted cases where questions were only asked to online or to a subset of online respondents. If there is no note attached then the question was asked to all respondents to the survey, using either web or paper questionnaires. The questionnaires can be found at the link below:

Community and Engagement Survey Questionnaires

Lower and Upper estimates Lower and upper estimates in all tables use 95% confidence intervals. This note applies to all tables.

Base and Count Base and count are both unweighted. Base is the number of respondents who were asked the question(s). Count is the number of respondents who answered the question in the affirmative. This note applies to all tables.

Suppression Cells marked with 'c' indicate data suppression for quality control reasons. This suppression was applied when less than or equal to 30 respondents were asked the question, or less than or equal to 3 respondents provided answers. This note applies to all tables.

Unavailable Data Cells are marked as not applicable (x) where questions or response options were not asked in the comparison survey year, thus comparisons were not possible

Not Applicable Data Cells marked with 'N/A' indicate that data are not applicable.

Methodological Alignment The Community pathway data tables in this release(A, B, C, D, E, F and G) have been produced using the methodology of the Community Life Survey (CLS) to allow for robust comparability with the CLS time-series. This methodology differs from the approach used to produce the Engagement pathway data tables (H, I, J, K, L, M, N and O and the Participation Survey. We intend to reproduce the Community pathway data tables and the Community Life Survey time series using the Engagement pathway methodology in future to align the entire survey with a consistent methodological approach.

Partnership and funding In 2024/25 and 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community Life Survey and the Community pathway of the Community and Engagement survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local Authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.

Correction to 2024/25 Sexual Orientation and Socio-economic Classification Data There is a small difference in the estimates for sexual orientation and socio-economic classification for 2024/25 compared to the previously published Community Life survey tables. This is due to a correction in the weighting methodology, updating these specific variables from a mixed weight to the correct web-only weight. The 2024/25 figures provided in this release reflect the corrected data.

Note 1 Household Acorn © CACI Limited 2013 - 2025 Source: Acorn. The applicable copyright notices can be found at the Current Copyright and Third-Party Notices in the link below.

Acorn Copyright and Third-Party Notices

Note 2 The 2024/25 and 2025/26 survey years have used the gender identity question asked in the Census 2021 in England and Wales. It should be noted that in the Census 2021 data for England and Wales, patterns were identified that suggest that some respondents may not have interpreted the question as intended, notably those with lower levels of English language proficiency. Analysis of Scotland's census 2022, where the gender identity question was different, has added weight to this observation. Similar respondent error may have occurred during the data collection for these statistics so comparisons between subnational and other smaller group breakdowns should be considered with caution. More information can be found in the following links:

Analysis of Scotland's census

ONS sexual orientation and gender identity quality information report

National Statistical blog about the strengths and limitations of gender identity statistics

Note 3 In 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community and Engagement Survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local Authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.

Note 4 Percentages may not add up to 100% as respondents can select multiple answers.

Note 5 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 6 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 7 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 8 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 9 These questions were not included in the 2024/25 online or paper questionnaire and were only asked in 2025/26.

Notes related to the data in this spreadsheet

Note number Note text Links

Weights Different weights have been used for questions/responses depending on whether they are in in the web and paper or paper only questionnaire, and the pathway they are located in within the survey. This note applies to all tables.

Paper and web questionnaires The Community and Engagement Survey issues both paper and web questionnaires. In order to reduce respondent burden and due to routing complexities on a paper questionnaire, not all questions are included in the paper questionnaire. The web questionnaire is also split into core and subset questions. Subset questions are only asked of approximately a third of online respondents and core questions are asked to all respondents online. We have noted cases where questions were only asked to online or to a subset of online respondents. If there is no note attached then the question was asked to all respondents to the survey, using either web or paper questionnaires. The questionnaires can be found at the link below:

Community and Engagement Survey Questionnaires

Lower and Upper estimates Lower and upper estimates in all tables use 95% confidence intervals. This note applies to all tables.

Base and Count Base and count are both unweighted. Base is the number of respondents who were asked the question(s). Count is the number of respondents who answered the question in the affirmative. This note applies to all tables.

Suppression Cells marked with 'c' indicate data suppression for quality control reasons. This suppression was applied when less than or equal to 30 respondents were asked the question, or less than or equal to 3 respondents provided answers. This note applies to all tables.

Unavailable Data Cells are marked as not applicable (x) where questions or response options were not asked in the comparison survey year, thus comparisons were not possible

Not Applicable Data Cells marked with 'N/A' indicate that data are not applicable.

Methodological Alignment The Community pathway data tables in this release(A, B, C, D, E, F and G) have been produced using the methodology of the Community Life Survey (CLS) to allow for robust comparability with the CLS time-series. This methodology differs from the approach used to produce the Engagement pathway data tables (H, I, J, K, L, M, N and O and the Participation Survey. We intend to reproduce the Community pathway data tables and the Community Life Survey time series using the Engagement pathway methodology in future to align the entire survey with a consistent methodological approach.

Partnership and funding In 2024/25 and 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community Life Survey and the Community pathway of the Community and Engagement survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local Authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.

Correction to 2024/25 Sexual Orientation and Socio-economic Classification Data There is a small difference in the estimates for sexual orientation and socio-economic classification for 2024/25 compared to the previously published Community Life survey tables. This is due to a correction in the weighting methodology, updating these specific variables from a mixed weight to the correct web-only weight. The 2024/25 figures provided in this release reflect the corrected data.

Note 1 Household Acorn © CACI Limited 2013 - 2025 Source: Acorn. The applicable copyright notices can be found at the Current Copyright and Third-Party Notices in the link below.

Acorn Copyright and Third-Party Notices

Note 2 The 2024/25 and 2025/26 survey years have used the gender identity question asked in the Census 2021 in England and Wales. It should be noted that in the Census 2021 data for England and Wales, patterns were identified that suggest that some respondents may not have interpreted the question as intended, notably those with lower levels of English language proficiency. Analysis of Scotland's census 2022, where the gender identity question was different, has added weight to this observation. Similar respondent error may have occurred during the data collection for these statistics so comparisons between subnational and other smaller group breakdowns should be considered with caution. More information can be found in the following links:

Analysis of Scotland's census

ONS sexual orientation and gender identity quality information report

National Statistical blog about the strengths and limitations of gender identity statistics

Note 3 In 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community and Engagement Survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local Authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.

Note 4 Percentages may not add up to 100% as respondents can select multiple answers.

Note 5 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 6 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 7 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 8 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 9 These questions were not included in the 2024/25 online or paper questionnaire and were only asked in 2025/26.

Notes related to the data in this spreadsheet

Note number Note text Links

Weights Different weights have been used for questions/responses depending on whether they are in in the web and paper or paper only questionnaire, and the pathway they are located in within the survey. This note applies to all tables.

Paper and web questionnaires The Community and Engagement Survey issues both paper and web questionnaires. In order to reduce respondent burden and due to routing complexities on a paper questionnaire, not all questions are included in the paper questionnaire. The web questionnaire is also split into core and subset questions. Subset questions are only asked of approximately a third of online respondents and core questions are asked to all respondents online. We have noted cases where questions were only asked to online or to a subset of online respondents. If there is no note attached then the question was asked to all respondents to the survey, using either web or paper questionnaires. The questionnaires can be found at the link below:

Community and Engagement Survey Questionnaires

Lower and Upper estimates Lower and upper estimates in all tables use 95% confidence intervals. This note applies to all tables.

Base and Count Base and count are both unweighted. Base is the number of respondents who were asked the question(s). Count is the number of respondents who answered the question in the affirmative. This note applies to all tables.

Suppression Cells marked with 'c' indicate data suppression for quality control reasons. This suppression was applied when less than or equal to 30 respondents were asked the question, or less than or equal to 3 respondents provided answers. This note applies to all tables.

Unavailable Data Cells are marked as not applicable (x) where questions or response options were not asked in the comparison survey year, thus comparisons were not possible

Not Applicable Data Cells marked with 'N/A' indicate that data are not applicable.

Methodological Alignment The Community pathway data tables in this release(A, B, C, D, E, F and G) have been produced using the methodology of the Community Life Survey (CLS) to allow for robust comparability with the CLS time-series. This methodology differs from the approach used to produce the Engagement pathway data tables (H, I, J, K, L, M, N and O and the Participation Survey. We intend to reproduce the Community pathway data tables and the Community Life Survey time series using the Engagement pathway methodology in future to align the entire survey with a consistent methodological approach.

Partnership and funding In 2024/25 and 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community Life Survey and the Community pathway of the Community and Engagement survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local Authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.

Correction to 2024/25 Sexual Orientation and Socio-economic Classification Data There is a small difference in the estimates for sexual orientation and socio-economic classification for 2024/25 compared to the previously published Community Life survey tables. This is due to a correction in the weighting methodology, updating these specific variables from a mixed weight to the correct web-only weight. The 2024/25 figures provided in this release reflect the corrected data.

Note 1 Household Acorn © CACI Limited 2013 - 2025 Source: Acorn. The applicable copyright notices can be found at the Current Copyright and Third-Party Notices in the link below.

Acorn Copyright and Third-Party Notices

Note 2 The 2024/25 and 2025/26 survey years have used the gender identity question asked in the Census 2021 in England and Wales. It should be noted that in the Census 2021 data for England and Wales, patterns were identified that suggest that some respondents may not have interpreted the question as intended, notably those with lower levels of English language proficiency. Analysis of Scotland's census 2022, where the gender identity question was different, has added weight to this observation. Similar respondent error may have occurred during the data collection for these statistics so comparisons between subnational and other smaller group breakdowns should be considered with caution. More information can be found in the following links:

Analysis of Scotland's census

ONS sexual orientation and gender identity quality information report

National Statistical blog about the strengths and limitations of gender identity statistics

Note 3 In 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community and Engagement Survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local Authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.

Note 4 Percentages may not add up to 100% as respondents can select multiple answers.

Note 5 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 6 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 7 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 8 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 9 These questions were not included in the 2024/25 online or paper questionnaire and were only asked in 2025/26.

Notes related to the data in this spreadsheet

Note number Note text Links

Weights Different weights have been used for questions/responses depending on whether they are in in the web and paper or paper only questionnaire, and the pathway they are located in within the survey. This note applies to all tables.

Paper and web questionnaires The Community and Engagement Survey issues both paper and web questionnaires. In order to reduce respondent burden and due to routing complexities on a paper questionnaire, not all questions are included in the paper questionnaire. The web questionnaire is also split into core and subset questions. Subset questions are only asked of approximately a third of online respondents and core questions are asked to all respondents online. We have noted cases where questions were only asked to online or to a subset of online respondents. If there is no note attached then the question was asked to all respondents to the survey, using either web or paper questionnaires. The questionnaires can be found at the link below:

Community and Engagement Survey Questionnaires

Lower and Upper estimates Lower and upper estimates in all tables use 95% confidence intervals. This note applies to all tables.

Base and Count Base and count are both unweighted. Base is the number of respondents who were asked the question(s). Count is the number of respondents who answered the question in the affirmative. This note applies to all tables.

Suppression Cells marked with 'c' indicate data suppression for quality control reasons. This suppression was applied when less than or equal to 30 respondents were asked the question, or less than or equal to 3 respondents provided answers. This note applies to all tables.

Unavailable Data Cells are marked as not applicable (x) where questions or response options were not asked in the comparison survey year, thus comparisons were not possible

Not Applicable Data Cells marked with 'N/A' indicate that data are not applicable.

Methodological Alignment The Community pathway data tables in this release(A, B, C, D, E, F and G) have been produced using the methodology of the Community Life Survey (CLS) to allow for robust comparability with the CLS time-series. This methodology differs from the approach used to produce the Engagement pathway data tables (H, I, J, K, L, M, N and O and the Participation Survey. We intend to reproduce the Community pathway data tables and the Community Life Survey time series using the Engagement pathway methodology in future to align the entire survey with a consistent methodological approach.

Partnership and funding In 2024/25 and 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community Life Survey and the Community pathway of the Community and Engagement survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local Authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.

Correction to 2024/25 Sexual Orientation and Socio-economic Classification Data There is a small difference in the estimates for sexual orientation and socio-economic classification for 2024/25 compared to the previously published Community Life survey tables. This is due to a correction in the weighting methodology, updating these specific variables from a mixed weight to the correct web-only weight. The 2024/25 figures provided in this release reflect the corrected data.

Note 1 Household Acorn © CACI Limited 2013 - 2025 Source: Acorn. The applicable copyright notices can be found at the Current Copyright and Third-Party Notices in the link below.

Acorn Copyright and Third-Party Notices

Note 2 The 2024/25 and 2025/26 survey years have used the gender identity question asked in the Census 2021 in England and Wales. It should be noted that in the Census 2021 data for England and Wales, patterns were identified that suggest that some respondents may not have interpreted the question as intended, notably those with lower levels of English language proficiency. Analysis of Scotland's census 2022, where the gender identity question was different, has added weight to this observation. Similar respondent error may have occurred during the data collection for these statistics so comparisons between subnational and other smaller group breakdowns should be considered with caution. More information can be found in the following links:

Analysis of Scotland's census

ONS sexual orientation and gender identity quality information report

National Statistical blog about the strengths and limitations of gender identity statistics

Note 3 In 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community and Engagement Survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local Authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.

Note 4 Percentages may not add up to 100% as respondents can select multiple answers.

Note 5 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 6 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 7 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 8 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 9 These questions were not included in the 2024/25 online or paper questionnaire and were only asked in 2025/26.

Notes related to the data in this spreadsheet

Note number Note text Links

Weights Different weights have been used for questions/responses depending on whether they are in in the web and paper or paper only questionnaire, and the pathway they are located in within the survey. This note applies to all tables.

Paper and web questionnaires The Community and Engagement Survey issues both paper and web questionnaires. In order to reduce respondent burden and due to routing complexities on a paper questionnaire, not all questions are included in the paper questionnaire. The web questionnaire is also split into core and subset questions. Subset questions are only asked of approximately a third of online respondents and core questions are asked to all respondents online. We have noted cases where questions were only asked to online or to a subset of online respondents. If there is no note attached then the question was asked to all respondents to the survey, using either web or paper questionnaires. The questionnaires can be found at the link below:

Community and Engagement Survey Questionnaires

Lower and Upper estimates Lower and upper estimates in all tables use 95% confidence intervals. This note applies to all tables.

Base and Count Base and count are both unweighted. Base is the number of respondents who were asked the question(s). Count is the number of respondents who answered the question in the affirmative. This note applies to all tables.

Suppression Cells marked with 'c' indicate data suppression for quality control reasons. This suppression was applied when less than or equal to 30 respondents were asked the question, or less than or equal to 3 respondents provided answers. This note applies to all tables.

Unavailable Data Cells are marked as not applicable (x) where questions or response options were not asked in the comparison survey year, thus comparisons were not possible

Not Applicable Data Cells marked with 'N/A' indicate that data are not applicable.

Methodological Alignment The Community pathway data tables in this release(A, B, C, D, E, F and G) have been produced using the methodology of the Community Life Survey (CLS) to allow for robust comparability with the CLS time-series. This methodology differs from the approach used to produce the Engagement pathway data tables (H, I, J, K, L, M, N and O and the Participation Survey. We intend to reproduce the Community pathway data tables and the Community Life Survey time series using the Engagement pathway methodology in future to align the entire survey with a consistent methodological approach.

Partnership and funding In 2024/25 and 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community Life Survey and the Community pathway of the Community and Engagement survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local Authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.

Correction to 2024/25 Sexual Orientation and Socio-economic Classification Data There is a small difference in the estimates for sexual orientation and socio-economic classification for 2024/25 compared to the previously published Community Life survey tables. This is due to a correction in the weighting methodology, updating these specific variables from a mixed weight to the correct web-only weight. The 2024/25 figures provided in this release reflect the corrected data.

Note 1 Household Acorn © CACI Limited 2013 - 2025 Source: Acorn. The applicable copyright notices can be found at the Current Copyright and Third-Party Notices in the link below.

Acorn Copyright and Third-Party Notices

Note 2 The 2024/25 and 2025/26 survey years have used the gender identity question asked in the Census 2021 in England and Wales. It should be noted that in the Census 2021 data for England and Wales, patterns were identified that suggest that some respondents may not have interpreted the question as intended, notably those with lower levels of English language proficiency. Analysis of Scotland's census 2022, where the gender identity question was different, has added weight to this observation. Similar respondent error may have occurred during the data collection for these statistics so comparisons between subnational and other smaller group breakdowns should be considered with caution. More information can be found in the following links:

Analysis of Scotland's census

ONS sexual orientation and gender identity quality information report

National Statistical blog about the strengths and limitations of gender identity statistics

Note 3 In 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community and Engagement Survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local Authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.

Note 4 Percentages may not add up to 100% as respondents can select multiple answers.

Note 5 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 6 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 7 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 8 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 9 These questions were not included in the 2024/25 online or paper questionnaire and were only asked in 2025/26.

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Note number Note text

Weights Different weights have been used for questions/responses depending on whether they are in in the web and paper or paper only questionnaire, and the pathway they are located in within the survey. This note applies to all tables.

Paper and web questionnaires The Community Engagement Survey issues both paper and web questionnaires. In order to reduce respondent burden and due to routing complexities on a paper questionnaire, not all questions are included in the paper questionnaire. The web questionnaire is also split into core and subset questions. Subset questions are only asked of approximately a third of online respondents and core questions are asked to all respondents online. We have noted cases where questions were only asked to online or to a subset of online respondents. If there is no note attached then the question was asked to all respondents to the survey, using either web or paper questionnaires. The questionnaires can be found at the link below:

Community Engagement Survey Questionnaires

Lower and Upper estimates Lower and upper estimates in all tables use 95% confidence intervals.

Base and Count Base and count are both unweighted. Base is the number of respondents who were asked the question(s). Count is the number of respondents who answered the question in the affirmative. This note applies to all tables.

Suppression Cells marked with 'c' indicate data suppression for quality control reasons. This suppression was applied when less than or equal to 30 respondents were asked the question, or less than or equal to 3 respondents provided answers. This note applies to all tables.

Unavailable Data Cells marked with 'x' indicate that data is unavailable. This is because it was not collected in that survey year. This note applies to all tables.

Not Applicable Data Cells marked with 'N/A' indicate that data are not applicable.

Methodological Alignment The Community pathway data tables in this release (A, B, C, D, E, F and G) have been produced using the methodology of the Community Life Survey (CLS) to allow for robust comparability with the CLS time-series. This methodology differs from the approach used to produce the Engagement pathway data tables (H, I, J, K, L, M, N and O) and the Participation Survey. We intend to reproduce the Community pathway data tables and the Community Life Survey time series using the Engagement pathway methodology in future to align the entire survey with a consistent methodological approach.

Note 1 Household Acorn © CACI Limited 2013 - 2025 Source: Acorn. The applicable copyright notices can be found at the Current Copyright and Third-Party Notices in the link below.

Acorn Copyright and Third-Party Notices

Note 2 The 2024/25 and 2025/26 survey years have used the gender identity question asked in the Census 2021 in England and Wales. It should be noted that in the Census 2021 data for England and Wales, patterns were identified that suggest that some respondents may not have interpreted the question as intended, notably those with lower levels of English language proficiency. Analysis of Scotland's census 2022, where the gender identity question was different, has added weight to this observation. Similar respondent error may have occurred during the data collection for these statistics so comparisons between subnational and other smaller group breakdowns should be considered with caution. More information can be found in the following links:

Analysis of Scotland's census

ONS sexual orientation and gender identity quality information report

National Statistical blog about the strengths and limitations of gender identity statistics

Note 3 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 4 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 5 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 6 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 7 These questions were not in the 2024/25 survey or prior survey years, thus comparisons are not applicable (N/A).

Note 8 These responses were not in the 2024/25 survey or prior survey years, thus comparisons are not applicable (N/A).

Note 9 In 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community Engagement Survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local Authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.

Note 10 There are three indirect measures of loneliness asked in the survey. These questions are; how often do you feel that you lack companionship, how often do you feel left out and how often do you feel isolated from others? These three questions each have three possible responses with a subsequent value; ‘Hardly ever or never’ = 1, ‘Some of the time’ = 2, ‘Often’ = 3. The response values to these three indirect questions are combined to create the Indirect Loneliness Composite score. Scores are between three and nine, three being the least lonely and nine being the most lonely. For further information, see Measuring loneliness: guidance for use of the national indicators on surveys - Recommended measures for adults.

Note 11 The wording for the video payment questions has changed this year so when comparing to last years data so some answer codes may overlap.

Notes related to the data in this spreadsheet Back to Index

Note number Note text

Weights Different weights have been used for questions/responses depending on whether they are in in the web and paper or paper only questionnaire, and the pathway they are located in within the survey. This note applies to all tables.

Paper and web questionnaires The Community Engagement Survey issues both paper and web questionnaires. In order to reduce respondent burden and due to routing complexities on a paper questionnaire, not all questions are included in the paper questionnaire. The web questionnaire is also split into core and subset questions. Subset questions are only asked of approximately a third of online respondents and core questions are asked to all respondents online. We have noted cases where questions were only asked to online or to a subset of online respondents. If there is no note attached then the question was asked to all respondents to the survey, using either web or paper questionnaires. The questionnaires can be found at the link below:

Community Engagement Survey Questionnaires

Lower and Upper estimates Lower and upper estimates in all tables use 95% confidence intervals.

Base and Count Base and count are both unweighted. Base is the number of respondents who were asked the question(s). Count is the number of respondents who answered the question in the affirmative. This note applies to all tables.

Suppression Cells marked with 'c' indicate data suppression for quality control reasons. This suppression was applied when less than or equal to 30 respondents were asked the question, or less than or equal to 3 respondents provided answers. This note applies to all tables.

Unavailable Data Cells marked with 'x' indicate that data is unavailable. This is because it was not collected in that survey year. This note applies to all tables.

Not Applicable Data Cells marked with 'N/A' indicate that data are not applicable.

Methodological Alignment The Community pathway data tables in this release (A, B, C, D, E, F and G) have been produced using the methodology of the Community Life Survey (CLS) to allow for robust comparability with the CLS time-series. This methodology differs from the approach used to produce the Engagement pathway data tables (H, I, J, K, L, M, N and O) and the Participation Survey. We intend to reproduce the Community pathway data tables and the Community Life Survey time series using the Engagement pathway methodology in future to align the entire survey with a consistent methodological approach.

Note 1 Household Acorn © CACI Limited 2013 - 2025 Source: Acorn. The applicable copyright notices can be found at the Current Copyright and Third-Party Notices in the link below.

Acorn Copyright and Third-Party Notices

Note 2 The 2024/25 and 2025/26 survey years have used the gender identity question asked in the Census 2021 in England and Wales. It should be noted that in the Census 2021 data for England and Wales, patterns were identified that suggest that some respondents may not have interpreted the question as intended, notably those with lower levels of English language proficiency. Analysis of Scotland's census 2022, where the gender identity question was different, has added weight to this observation. Similar respondent error may have occurred during the data collection for these statistics so comparisons between subnational and other smaller group breakdowns should be considered with caution. More information can be found in the following links:

Analysis of Scotland's census

ONS sexual orientation and gender identity quality information report

National Statistical blog about the strengths and limitations of gender identity statistics

Note 3 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 4 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 5 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 6 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 7 These questions were not in the 2024/25 survey or prior survey years, thus comparisons are not applicable (N/A).

Note 8 These responses were not in the 2024/25 survey or prior survey years, thus comparisons are not applicable (N/A).

Note 9 In 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community Engagement Survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local Authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.

Note 10 There are three indirect measures of loneliness asked in the survey. These questions are; how often do you feel that you lack companionship, how often do you feel left out and how often do you feel isolated from others? These three questions each have three possible responses with a subsequent value; ‘Hardly ever or never’ = 1, ‘Some of the time’ = 2, ‘Often’ = 3. The response values to these three indirect questions are combined to create the Indirect Loneliness Composite score. Scores are between three and nine, three being the least lonely and nine being the most lonely. For further information, see Measuring loneliness: guidance for use of the national indicators on surveys - Recommended measures for adults.

Note 11 The wording for the video payment questions has changed this year so when comparing to last years data so some answer codes may overlap.

Notes related to the data in this spreadsheet Back to Index

Note number Note text

Weights Different weights have been used for questions/responses depending on whether they are in in the web and paper or paper only questionnaire, and the pathway they are located in within the survey. This note applies to all tables.

Paper and web questionnaires The Community Engagement Survey issues both paper and web questionnaires. In order to reduce respondent burden and due to routing complexities on a paper questionnaire, not all questions are included in the paper questionnaire. The web questionnaire is also split into core and subset questions. Subset questions are only asked of approximately a third of online respondents and core questions are asked to all respondents online. We have noted cases where questions were only asked to online or to a subset of online respondents. If there is no note attached then the question was asked to all respondents to the survey, using either web or paper questionnaires. The questionnaires can be found at the link below:

Community Engagement Survey Questionnaires

Lower and Upper estimates Lower and upper estimates in all tables use 95% confidence intervals.

Base and Count Base and count are both unweighted. Base is the number of respondents who were asked the question(s). Count is the number of respondents who answered the question in the affirmative. This note applies to all tables.

Suppression Cells marked with 'c' indicate data suppression for quality control reasons. This suppression was applied when less than or equal to 30 respondents were asked the question, or less than or equal to 3 respondents provided answers. This note applies to all tables.

Unavailable Data Cells marked with 'x' indicate that data is unavailable. This is because it was not collected in that survey year. This note applies to all tables.

Not Applicable Data Cells marked with 'N/A' indicate that data are not applicable.

Methodological Alignment The Community pathway data tables in this release (A, B, C, D, E, F and G) have been produced using the methodology of the Community Life Survey (CLS) to allow for robust comparability with the CLS time-series. This methodology differs from the approach used to produce the Engagement pathway data tables (H, I, J, K, L, M, N and O) and the Participation Survey. We intend to reproduce the Community pathway data tables and the Community Life Survey time series using the Engagement pathway methodology in future to align the entire survey with a consistent methodological approach.

Note 1 Household Acorn © CACI Limited 2013 - 2025 Source: Acorn. The applicable copyright notices can be found at the Current Copyright and Third-Party Notices in the link below.

Acorn Copyright and Third-Party Notices

Note 2 The 2024/25 and 2025/26 survey years have used the gender identity question asked in the Census 2021 in England and Wales. It should be noted that in the Census 2021 data for England and Wales, patterns were identified that suggest that some respondents may not have interpreted the question as intended, notably those with lower levels of English language proficiency. Analysis of Scotland's census 2022, where the gender identity question was different, has added weight to this observation. Similar respondent error may have occurred during the data collection for these statistics so comparisons between subnational and other smaller group breakdowns should be considered with caution. More information can be found in the following links:

Analysis of Scotland's census

ONS sexual orientation and gender identity quality information report

National Statistical blog about the strengths and limitations of gender identity statistics

Note 3 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 4 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 5 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 6 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 7 These questions were not in the 2024/25 survey or prior survey years, thus comparisons are not applicable (N/A).

Note 8 These responses were not in the 2024/25 survey or prior survey years, thus comparisons are not applicable (N/A).

Note 9 In 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community Engagement Survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local Authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.

Note 10 There are three indirect measures of loneliness asked in the survey. These questions are; how often do you feel that you lack companionship, how often do you feel left out and how often do you feel isolated from others? These three questions each have three possible responses with a subsequent value; ‘Hardly ever or never’ = 1, ‘Some of the time’ = 2, ‘Often’ = 3. The response values to these three indirect questions are combined to create the Indirect Loneliness Composite score. Scores are between three and nine, three being the least lonely and nine being the most lonely. For further information, see Measuring loneliness: guidance for use of the national indicators on surveys - Recommended measures for adults.

Note 11 The wording for the video payment questions has changed this year so when comparing to last years data so some answer codes may overlap.

Notes related to the data in this spreadsheet Back to Index

Note number Note text

Weights Different weights have been used for questions/responses depending on whether they are in in the web and paper or paper only questionnaire, and the pathway they are located in within the survey. This note applies to all tables.

Paper and web questionnaires The Community Engagement Survey issues both paper and web questionnaires. In order to reduce respondent burden and due to routing complexities on a paper questionnaire, not all questions are included in the paper questionnaire. The web questionnaire is also split into core and subset questions. Subset questions are only asked of approximately a third of online respondents and core questions are asked to all respondents online. We have noted cases where questions were only asked to online or to a subset of online respondents. If there is no note attached then the question was asked to all respondents to the survey, using either web or paper questionnaires. The questionnaires can be found at the link below:

Community Engagement Survey Questionnaires

Lower and Upper estimates Lower and upper estimates in all tables use 95% confidence intervals.

Base and Count Base and count are both unweighted. Base is the number of respondents who were asked the question(s). Count is the number of respondents who answered the question in the affirmative. This note applies to all tables.

Suppression Cells marked with 'c' indicate data suppression for quality control reasons. This suppression was applied when less than or equal to 30 respondents were asked the question, or less than or equal to 3 respondents provided answers. This note applies to all tables.

Unavailable Data Cells marked with 'x' indicate that data is unavailable. This is because it was not collected in that survey year. This note applies to all tables.

Not Applicable Data Cells marked with 'N/A' indicate that data are not applicable.

Methodological Alignment The Community pathway data tables in this release (A, B, C, D, E, F and G) have been produced using the methodology of the Community Life Survey (CLS) to allow for robust comparability with the CLS time-series. This methodology differs from the approach used to produce the Engagement pathway data tables (H, I, J, K, L, M, N and O) and the Participation Survey. We intend to reproduce the Community pathway data tables and the Community Life Survey time series using the Engagement pathway methodology in future to align the entire survey with a consistent methodological approach.

Note 1 Household Acorn © CACI Limited 2013 - 2025 Source: Acorn. The applicable copyright notices can be found at the Current Copyright and Third-Party Notices in the link below.

Acorn Copyright and Third-Party Notices

Note 2 The 2024/25 and 2025/26 survey years have used the gender identity question asked in the Census 2021 in England and Wales. It should be noted that in the Census 2021 data for England and Wales, patterns were identified that suggest that some respondents may not have interpreted the question as intended, notably those with lower levels of English language proficiency. Analysis of Scotland's census 2022, where the gender identity question was different, has added weight to this observation. Similar respondent error may have occurred during the data collection for these statistics so comparisons between subnational and other smaller group breakdowns should be considered with caution. More information can be found in the following links:

Analysis of Scotland's census

ONS sexual orientation and gender identity quality information report

National Statistical blog about the strengths and limitations of gender identity statistics

Note 3 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 4 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 5 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 6 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 7 These questions were not in the 2024/25 survey or prior survey years, thus comparisons are not applicable (N/A).

Note 8 These responses were not in the 2024/25 survey or prior survey years, thus comparisons are not applicable (N/A).

Note 9 In 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community Engagement Survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local Authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.

Note 10 There are three indirect measures of loneliness asked in the survey. These questions are; how often do you feel that you lack companionship, how often do you feel left out and how often do you feel isolated from others? These three questions each have three possible responses with a subsequent value; ‘Hardly ever or never’ = 1, ‘Some of the time’ = 2, ‘Often’ = 3. The response values to these three indirect questions are combined to create the Indirect Loneliness Composite score. Scores are between three and nine, three being the least lonely and nine being the most lonely. For further information, see Measuring loneliness: guidance for use of the national indicators on surveys - Recommended measures for adults.

Note 11 The wording for the video payment questions has changed this year so when comparing to last years data so some answer codes may overlap.

Notes related to the data in this spreadsheet Back to Index

Note number Note text

Weights Different weights have been used for questions/responses depending on whether they are in in the web and paper or paper only questionnaire, and the pathway they are located in within the survey. This note applies to all tables.

Paper and web questionnaires The Community Engagement Survey issues both paper and web questionnaires. In order to reduce respondent burden and due to routing complexities on a paper questionnaire, not all questions are included in the paper questionnaire. The web questionnaire is also split into core and subset questions. Subset questions are only asked of approximately a third of online respondents and core questions are asked to all respondents online. We have noted cases where questions were only asked to online or to a subset of online respondents. If there is no note attached then the question was asked to all respondents to the survey, using either web or paper questionnaires. The questionnaires can be found at the link below:

Community Engagement Survey Questionnaires

Lower and Upper estimates Lower and upper estimates in all tables use 95% confidence intervals.

Base and Count Base and count are both unweighted. Base is the number of respondents who were asked the question(s). Count is the number of respondents who answered the question in the affirmative. This note applies to all tables.

Suppression Cells marked with 'c' indicate data suppression for quality control reasons. This suppression was applied when less than or equal to 30 respondents were asked the question, or less than or equal to 3 respondents provided answers. This note applies to all tables.

Unavailable Data Cells marked with 'x' indicate that data is unavailable. This is because it was not collected in that survey year. This note applies to all tables.

Not Applicable Data Cells marked with 'N/A' indicate that data are not applicable.

Methodological Alignment The Community pathway data tables in this release (A, B, C, D, E, F and G) have been produced using the methodology of the Community Life Survey (CLS) to allow for robust comparability with the CLS time-series. This methodology differs from the approach used to produce the Engagement pathway data tables (H, I, J, K, L, M, N and O) and the Participation Survey. We intend to reproduce the Community pathway data tables and the Community Life Survey time series using the Engagement pathway methodology in future to align the entire survey with a consistent methodological approach.

Note 1 Household Acorn © CACI Limited 2013 - 2025 Source: Acorn. The applicable copyright notices can be found at the Current Copyright and Third-Party Notices in the link below.

Acorn Copyright and Third-Party Notices

Note 2 The 2024/25 and 2025/26 survey years have used the gender identity question asked in the Census 2021 in England and Wales. It should be noted that in the Census 2021 data for England and Wales, patterns were identified that suggest that some respondents may not have interpreted the question as intended, notably those with lower levels of English language proficiency. Analysis of Scotland's census 2022, where the gender identity question was different, has added weight to this observation. Similar respondent error may have occurred during the data collection for these statistics so comparisons between subnational and other smaller group breakdowns should be considered with caution. More information can be found in the following links:

Analysis of Scotland's census

ONS sexual orientation and gender identity quality information report

National Statistical blog about the strengths and limitations of gender identity statistics

Note 3 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 4 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 5 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 6 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 7 These questions were not in the 2024/25 survey or prior survey years, thus comparisons are not applicable (N/A).

Note 8 These responses were not in the 2024/25 survey or prior survey years, thus comparisons are not applicable (N/A).

Note 9 In 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community Engagement Survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local Authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.

Note 10 There are three indirect measures of loneliness asked in the survey. These questions are; how often do you feel that you lack companionship, how often do you feel left out and how often do you feel isolated from others? These three questions each have three possible responses with a subsequent value; ‘Hardly ever or never’ = 1, ‘Some of the time’ = 2, ‘Often’ = 3. The response values to these three indirect questions are combined to create the Indirect Loneliness Composite score. Scores are between three and nine, three being the least lonely and nine being the most lonely. For further information, see Measuring loneliness: guidance for use of the national indicators on surveys - Recommended measures for adults.

Note 11 The wording for the video payment questions has changed this year so when comparing to last years data so some answer codes may overlap.

Notes related to the data in this spreadsheet Back to Index

Note number Note text

Weights Different weights have been used for questions/responses depending on whether they are in in the web and paper or paper only questionnaire, and the pathway they are located in within the survey. This note applies to all tables.

Paper and web questionnaires The Community Engagement Survey issues both paper and web questionnaires. In order to reduce respondent burden and due to routing complexities on a paper questionnaire, not all questions are included in the paper questionnaire. The web questionnaire is also split into core and subset questions. Subset questions are only asked of approximately a third of online respondents and core questions are asked to all respondents online. We have noted cases where questions were only asked to online or to a subset of online respondents. If there is no note attached then the question was asked to all respondents to the survey, using either web or paper questionnaires. The questionnaires can be found at the link below:

Community Engagement Survey Questionnaires

Lower and Upper estimates Lower and upper estimates in all tables use 95% confidence intervals.

Base and Count Base and count are both unweighted. Base is the number of respondents who were asked the question(s). Count is the number of respondents who answered the question in the affirmative. This note applies to all tables.

Suppression Cells marked with 'c' indicate data suppression for quality control reasons. This suppression was applied when less than or equal to 30 respondents were asked the question, or less than or equal to 3 respondents provided answers. This note applies to all tables.

Unavailable Data Cells marked with 'x' indicate that data is unavailable. This is because it was not collected in that survey year. This note applies to all tables.

Not Applicable Data Cells marked with 'N/A' indicate that data are not applicable.

Methodological Alignment The Community pathway data tables in this release (A, B, C, D, E, F and G) have been produced using the methodology of the Community Life Survey (CLS) to allow for robust comparability with the CLS time-series. This methodology differs from the approach used to produce the Engagement pathway data tables (H, I, J, K, L, M, N and O) and the Participation Survey. We intend to reproduce the Community pathway data tables and the Community Life Survey time series using the Engagement pathway methodology in future to align the entire survey with a consistent methodological approach.

Note 1 Household Acorn © CACI Limited 2013 - 2025 Source: Acorn. The applicable copyright notices can be found at the Current Copyright and Third-Party Notices in the link below.

Acorn Copyright and Third-Party Notices

Note 2 The 2024/25 and 2025/26 survey years have used the gender identity question asked in the Census 2021 in England and Wales. It should be noted that in the Census 2021 data for England and Wales, patterns were identified that suggest that some respondents may not have interpreted the question as intended, notably those with lower levels of English language proficiency. Analysis of Scotland's census 2022, where the gender identity question was different, has added weight to this observation. Similar respondent error may have occurred during the data collection for these statistics so comparisons between subnational and other smaller group breakdowns should be considered with caution. More information can be found in the following links:

Analysis of Scotland's census

ONS sexual orientation and gender identity quality information report

National Statistical blog about the strengths and limitations of gender identity statistics

Note 3 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 4 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 5 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 6 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 7 These questions were not in the 2024/25 survey or prior survey years, thus comparisons are not applicable (N/A).

Note 8 These responses were not in the 2024/25 survey or prior survey years, thus comparisons are not applicable (N/A).

Note 9 In 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community Engagement Survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local Authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.

Note 10 There are three indirect measures of loneliness asked in the survey. These questions are; how often do you feel that you lack companionship, how often do you feel left out and how often do you feel isolated from others? These three questions each have three possible responses with a subsequent value; ‘Hardly ever or never’ = 1, ‘Some of the time’ = 2, ‘Often’ = 3. The response values to these three indirect questions are combined to create the Indirect Loneliness Composite score. Scores are between three and nine, three being the least lonely and nine being the most lonely. For further information, see Measuring loneliness: guidance for use of the national indicators on surveys - Recommended measures for adults.

Note 11 The wording for the video payment questions has changed this year so when comparing to last years data so some answer codes may overlap.

Notes related to the data in this spreadsheet Back to Index

Note number Note text

Weights Different weights have been used for questions/responses depending on whether they are in in the web and paper or paper only questionnaire, and the pathway they are located in within the survey. This note applies to all tables.

Paper and web questionnaires The Community Engagement Survey issues both paper and web questionnaires. In order to reduce respondent burden and due to routing complexities on a paper questionnaire, not all questions are included in the paper questionnaire. The web questionnaire is also split into core and subset questions. Subset questions are only asked of approximately a third of online respondents and core questions are asked to all respondents online. We have noted cases where questions were only asked to online or to a subset of online respondents. If there is no note attached then the question was asked to all respondents to the survey, using either web or paper questionnaires. The questionnaires can be found at the link below:

Community Engagement Survey Questionnaires

Lower and Upper estimates Lower and upper estimates in all tables use 95% confidence intervals.

Base and Count Base and count are both unweighted. Base is the number of respondents who were asked the question(s). Count is the number of respondents who answered the question in the affirmative. This note applies to all tables.

Suppression Cells marked with 'c' indicate data suppression for quality control reasons. This suppression was applied when less than or equal to 30 respondents were asked the question, or less than or equal to 3 respondents provided answers. This note applies to all tables.

Unavailable Data Cells marked with 'x' indicate that data is unavailable. This is because it was not collected in that survey year. This note applies to all tables.

Not Applicable Data Cells marked with 'N/A' indicate that data are not applicable.

Methodological Alignment The Community pathway data tables in this release (A, B, C, D, E, F and G) have been produced using the methodology of the Community Life Survey (CLS) to allow for robust comparability with the CLS time-series. This methodology differs from the approach used to produce the Engagement pathway data tables (H, I, J, K, L, M, N and O) and the Participation Survey. We intend to reproduce the Community pathway data tables and the Community Life Survey time series using the Engagement pathway methodology in future to align the entire survey with a consistent methodological approach.

Note 1 Household Acorn © CACI Limited 2013 - 2025 Source: Acorn. The applicable copyright notices can be found at the Current Copyright and Third-Party Notices in the link below.

Acorn Copyright and Third-Party Notices

Note 2 The 2024/25 and 2025/26 survey years have used the gender identity question asked in the Census 2021 in England and Wales. It should be noted that in the Census 2021 data for England and Wales, patterns were identified that suggest that some respondents may not have interpreted the question as intended, notably those with lower levels of English language proficiency. Analysis of Scotland's census 2022, where the gender identity question was different, has added weight to this observation. Similar respondent error may have occurred during the data collection for these statistics so comparisons between subnational and other smaller group breakdowns should be considered with caution. More information can be found in the following links:

Analysis of Scotland's census

ONS sexual orientation and gender identity quality information report

National Statistical blog about the strengths and limitations of gender identity statistics

Note 3 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 4 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 5 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 6 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 7 These questions were not in the 2024/25 survey or prior survey years, thus comparisons are not applicable (N/A).

Note 8 These responses were not in the 2024/25 survey or prior survey years, thus comparisons are not applicable (N/A).

Note 9 In 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community Engagement Survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local Authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.

Note 10 There are three indirect measures of loneliness asked in the survey. These questions are; how often do you feel that you lack companionship, how often do you feel left out and how often do you feel isolated from others? These three questions each have three possible responses with a subsequent value; ‘Hardly ever or never’ = 1, ‘Some of the time’ = 2, ‘Often’ = 3. The response values to these three indirect questions are combined to create the Indirect Loneliness Composite score. Scores are between three and nine, three being the least lonely and nine being the most lonely. For further information, see Measuring loneliness: guidance for use of the national indicators on surveys - Recommended measures for adults.

Note 11 The wording for the video payment questions has changed this year so when comparing to last years data so some answer codes may overlap.

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Note number Note text

Weights Different weights have been used for questions/responses depending on whether they are in in the web and paper or paper only questionnaire, and the pathway they are located in within the survey. This note applies to all tables.

Paper and web questionnaires The Community Engagement Survey issues both paper and web questionnaires. In order to reduce respondent burden and due to routing complexities on a paper questionnaire, not all questions are included in the paper questionnaire. The web questionnaire is also split into core and subset questions. Subset questions are only asked of approximately a third of online respondents and core questions are asked to all respondents online. We have noted cases where questions were only asked to online or to a subset of online respondents. If there is no note attached then the question was asked to all respondents to the survey, using either web or paper questionnaires. The questionnaires can be found at the link below:

Community Engagement Survey Questionnaires

Lower and Upper estimates Lower and upper estimates in all tables use 95% confidence intervals.

Base and Count Base and count are both unweighted. Base is the number of respondents who were asked the question(s). Count is the number of respondents who answered the question in the affirmative. This note applies to all tables.

Suppression Cells marked with 'c' indicate data suppression for quality control reasons. This suppression was applied when less than or equal to 30 respondents were asked the question, or less than or equal to 3 respondents provided answers. This note applies to all tables.

Unavailable Data Cells marked with 'x' indicate that data is unavailable. This is because it was not collected in that survey year. This note applies to all tables.

Not Applicable Data Cells marked with 'N/A' indicate that data are not applicable.

Methodological Alignment The Community pathway data tables in this release (A, B, C, D, E, F and G) have been produced using the methodology of the Community Life Survey (CLS) to allow for robust comparability with the CLS time-series. This methodology differs from the approach used to produce the Engagement pathway data tables (H, I, J, K, L, M, N and O) and the Participation Survey. We intend to reproduce the Community pathway data tables and the Community Life Survey time series using the Engagement pathway methodology in future to align the entire survey with a consistent methodological approach.

Note 1 Household Acorn © CACI Limited 2013 - 2025 Source: Acorn. The applicable copyright notices can be found at the Current Copyright and Third-Party Notices in the link below.

Acorn Copyright and Third-Party Notices

Note 2 The 2024/25 and 2025/26 survey years have used the gender identity question asked in the Census 2021 in England and Wales. It should be noted that in the Census 2021 data for England and Wales, patterns were identified that suggest that some respondents may not have interpreted the question as intended, notably those with lower levels of English language proficiency. Analysis of Scotland's census 2022, where the gender identity question was different, has added weight to this observation. Similar respondent error may have occurred during the data collection for these statistics so comparisons between subnational and other smaller group breakdowns should be considered with caution. More information can be found in the following links:

Analysis of Scotland's census

ONS sexual orientation and gender identity quality information report

National Statistical blog about the strengths and limitations of gender identity statistics

Note 3 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 4 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 5 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 6 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 7 These questions were not in the 2024/25 survey or prior survey years, thus comparisons are not applicable (N/A).

Note 8 These responses were not in the 2024/25 survey or prior survey years, thus comparisons are not applicable (N/A).

Note 9 In 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community Engagement Survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local Authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.

Note 10 There are three indirect measures of loneliness asked in the survey. These questions are; how often do you feel that you lack companionship, how often do you feel left out and how often do you feel isolated from others? These three questions each have three possible responses with a subsequent value; ‘Hardly ever or never’ = 1, ‘Some of the time’ = 2, ‘Often’ = 3. The response values to these three indirect questions are combined to create the Indirect Loneliness Composite score. Scores are between three and nine, three being the least lonely and nine being the most lonely. For further information, see Measuring loneliness: guidance for use of the national indicators on surveys - Recommended measures for adults.

Note 11 The wording for the video payment questions has changed this year so when comparing to last years data so some answer codes may overlap.

Notes related to the data in this spreadsheet Back to Index

Note number Note text

Weights Different weights have been used for questions/responses depending on whether they are in in the web and paper or paper only questionnaire, and the pathway they are located in within the survey. This note applies to all tables.

Paper and web questionnaires The Community Engagement Survey issues both paper and web questionnaires. In order to reduce respondent burden and due to routing complexities on a paper questionnaire, not all questions are included in the paper questionnaire. The web questionnaire is also split into core and subset questions. Subset questions are only asked of approximately a third of online respondents and core questions are asked to all respondents online. We have noted cases where questions were only asked to online or to a subset of online respondents. If there is no note attached then the question was asked to all respondents to the survey, using either web or paper questionnaires. The questionnaires can be found at the link below:

Community Engagement Survey Questionnaires

Lower and Upper estimates Lower and upper estimates in all tables use 95% confidence intervals.

Base and Count Base and count are both unweighted. Base is the number of respondents who were asked the question(s). Count is the number of respondents who answered the question in the affirmative. This note applies to all tables.

Suppression Cells marked with 'c' indicate data suppression for quality control reasons. This suppression was applied when less than or equal to 30 respondents were asked the question, or less than or equal to 3 respondents provided answers. This note applies to all tables.

Unavailable Data Cells marked with 'x' indicate that data is unavailable. This is because it was not collected in that survey year. This note applies to all tables.

Not Applicable Data Cells marked with 'N/A' indicate that data are not applicable.

Methodological Alignment The Community pathway data tables in this release (A, B, C, D, E, F and G) have been produced using the methodology of the Community Life Survey (CLS) to allow for robust comparability with the CLS time-series. This methodology differs from the approach used to produce the Engagement pathway data tables (H, I, J, K, L, M, N and O) and the Participation Survey. We intend to reproduce the Community pathway data tables and the Community Life Survey time series using the Engagement pathway methodology in future to align the entire survey with a consistent methodological approach.

Note 1 Household Acorn © CACI Limited 2013 - 2025 Source: Acorn. The applicable copyright notices can be found at the Current Copyright and Third-Party Notices in the link below.

Acorn Copyright and Third-Party Notices

Note 2 The 2024/25 and 2025/26 survey years have used the gender identity question asked in the Census 2021 in England and Wales. It should be noted that in the Census 2021 data for England and Wales, patterns were identified that suggest that some respondents may not have interpreted the question as intended, notably those with lower levels of English language proficiency. Analysis of Scotland's census 2022, where the gender identity question was different, has added weight to this observation. Similar respondent error may have occurred during the data collection for these statistics so comparisons between subnational and other smaller group breakdowns should be considered with caution. More information can be found in the following links:

Analysis of Scotland's census

ONS sexual orientation and gender identity quality information report

National Statistical blog about the strengths and limitations of gender identity statistics

Note 3 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 4 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 5 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 6 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 7 These questions were not in the 2024/25 survey or prior survey years, thus comparisons are not applicable (N/A).

Note 8 These responses were not in the 2024/25 survey or prior survey years, thus comparisons are not applicable (N/A).

Note 9 In 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community Engagement Survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local Authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.

Note 10 There are three indirect measures of loneliness asked in the survey. These questions are; how often do you feel that you lack companionship, how often do you feel left out and how often do you feel isolated from others? These three questions each have three possible responses with a subsequent value; ‘Hardly ever or never’ = 1, ‘Some of the time’ = 2, ‘Often’ = 3. The response values to these three indirect questions are combined to create the Indirect Loneliness Composite score. Scores are between three and nine, three being the least lonely and nine being the most lonely. For further information, see Measuring loneliness: guidance for use of the national indicators on surveys - Recommended measures for adults.

Note 11 The wording for the video payment questions has changed this year so when comparing to last years data so some answer codes may overlap.

Notes related to the data in this spreadsheet Back to Index

Note number Note text

Weights Different weights have been used for questions/responses depending on whether they are in in the web and paper or paper only questionnaire, and the pathway they are located in within the survey. This note applies to all tables.

Paper and web questionnaires The Community Engagement Survey issues both paper and web questionnaires. In order to reduce respondent burden and due to routing complexities on a paper questionnaire, not all questions are included in the paper questionnaire. The web questionnaire is also split into core and subset questions. Subset questions are only asked of approximately a third of online respondents and core questions are asked to all respondents online. We have noted cases where questions were only asked to online or to a subset of online respondents. If there is no note attached then the question was asked to all respondents to the survey, using either web or paper questionnaires. The questionnaires can be found at the link below:

Community Engagement Survey Questionnaires

Lower and Upper estimates Lower and upper estimates in all tables use 95% confidence intervals.

Base and Count Base and count are both unweighted. Base is the number of respondents who were asked the question(s). Count is the number of respondents who answered the question in the affirmative. This note applies to all tables.

Suppression Cells marked with 'c' indicate data suppression for quality control reasons. This suppression was applied when less than or equal to 30 respondents were asked the question, or less than or equal to 3 respondents provided answers. This note applies to all tables.

Unavailable Data Cells marked with 'x' indicate that data is unavailable. This is because it was not collected in that survey year. This note applies to all tables.

Not Applicable Data Cells marked with 'N/A' indicate that data are not applicable.

Methodological Alignment The Community pathway data tables in this release (A, B, C, D, E, F and G) have been produced using the methodology of the Community Life Survey (CLS) to allow for robust comparability with the CLS time-series. This methodology differs from the approach used to produce the Engagement pathway data tables (H, I, J, K, L, M, N and O) and the Participation Survey. We intend to reproduce the Community pathway data tables and the Community Life Survey time series using the Engagement pathway methodology in future to align the entire survey with a consistent methodological approach.

Note 1 Household Acorn © CACI Limited 2013 - 2025 Source: Acorn. The applicable copyright notices can be found at the Current Copyright and Third-Party Notices in the link below.

Acorn Copyright and Third-Party Notices

Note 2 The 2024/25 and 2025/26 survey years have used the gender identity question asked in the Census 2021 in England and Wales. It should be noted that in the Census 2021 data for England and Wales, patterns were identified that suggest that some respondents may not have interpreted the question as intended, notably those with lower levels of English language proficiency. Analysis of Scotland's census 2022, where the gender identity question was different, has added weight to this observation. Similar respondent error may have occurred during the data collection for these statistics so comparisons between subnational and other smaller group breakdowns should be considered with caution. More information can be found in the following links:

Analysis of Scotland's census

ONS sexual orientation and gender identity quality information report

National Statistical blog about the strengths and limitations of gender identity statistics

Note 3 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 4 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 5 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 6 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 7 These questions were not in the 2024/25 survey or prior survey years, thus comparisons are not applicable (N/A).

Note 8 These responses were not in the 2024/25 survey or prior survey years, thus comparisons are not applicable (N/A).

Note 9 In 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community Engagement Survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local Authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.

Note 10 There are three indirect measures of loneliness asked in the survey. These questions are; how often do you feel that you lack companionship, how often do you feel left out and how often do you feel isolated from others? These three questions each have three possible responses with a subsequent value; ‘Hardly ever or never’ = 1, ‘Some of the time’ = 2, ‘Often’ = 3. The response values to these three indirect questions are combined to create the Indirect Loneliness Composite score. Scores are between three and nine, three being the least lonely and nine being the most lonely. For further information, see Measuring loneliness: guidance for use of the national indicators on surveys - Recommended measures for adults.

Note 11 The wording for the video payment questions has changed this year so when comparing to last years data so some answer codes may overlap.

Notes related to the data in this spreadsheet Back to Index

Note number Note text

Weights Different weights have been used for questions/responses depending on whether they are in in the web and paper or paper only questionnaire, and the pathway they are located in within the survey. This note applies to all tables.

Paper and web questionnaires The Community Engagement Survey issues both paper and web questionnaires. In order to reduce respondent burden and due to routing complexities on a paper questionnaire, not all questions are included in the paper questionnaire. The web questionnaire is also split into core and subset questions. Subset questions are only asked of approximately a third of online respondents and core questions are asked to all respondents online. We have noted cases where questions were only asked to online or to a subset of online respondents. If there is no note attached then the question was asked to all respondents to the survey, using either web or paper questionnaires. The questionnaires can be found at the link below:

Community Engagement Survey Questionnaires

Lower and Upper estimates Lower and upper estimates in all tables use 95% confidence intervals.

Base and Count Base and count are both unweighted. Base is the number of respondents who were asked the question(s). Count is the number of respondents who answered the question in the affirmative. This note applies to all tables.

Suppression Cells marked with 'c' indicate data suppression for quality control reasons. This suppression was applied when less than or equal to 30 respondents were asked the question, or less than or equal to 3 respondents provided answers. This note applies to all tables.

Unavailable Data Cells marked with 'x' indicate that data is unavailable. This is because it was not collected in that survey year. This note applies to all tables.

Not Applicable Data Cells marked with 'N/A' indicate that data are not applicable.

Methodological Alignment The Community pathway data tables in this release (A, B, C, D, E, F and G) have been produced using the methodology of the Community Life Survey (CLS) to allow for robust comparability with the CLS time-series. This methodology differs from the approach used to produce the Engagement pathway data tables (H, I, J, K, L, M, N and O) and the Participation Survey. We intend to reproduce the Community pathway data tables and the Community Life Survey time series using the Engagement pathway methodology in future to align the entire survey with a consistent methodological approach.

Note 1 Household Acorn © CACI Limited 2013 - 2025 Source: Acorn. The applicable copyright notices can be found at the Current Copyright and Third-Party Notices in the link below.

Acorn Copyright and Third-Party Notices

Note 2 The 2024/25 and 2025/26 survey years have used the gender identity question asked in the Census 2021 in England and Wales. It should be noted that in the Census 2021 data for England and Wales, patterns were identified that suggest that some respondents may not have interpreted the question as intended, notably those with lower levels of English language proficiency. Analysis of Scotland's census 2022, where the gender identity question was different, has added weight to this observation. Similar respondent error may have occurred during the data collection for these statistics so comparisons between subnational and other smaller group breakdowns should be considered with caution. More information can be found in the following links:

Analysis of Scotland's census

ONS sexual orientation and gender identity quality information report

National Statistical blog about the strengths and limitations of gender identity statistics

Note 3 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 4 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 5 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 6 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 7 These questions were not in the 2024/25 survey or prior survey years, thus comparisons are not applicable (N/A).

Note 8 These responses were not in the 2024/25 survey or prior survey years, thus comparisons are not applicable (N/A).

Note 9 In 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community Engagement Survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local Authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.

Note 10 There are three indirect measures of loneliness asked in the survey. These questions are; how often do you feel that you lack companionship, how often do you feel left out and how often do you feel isolated from others? These three questions each have three possible responses with a subsequent value; ‘Hardly ever or never’ = 1, ‘Some of the time’ = 2, ‘Often’ = 3. The response values to these three indirect questions are combined to create the Indirect Loneliness Composite score. Scores are between three and nine, three being the least lonely and nine being the most lonely. For further information, see Measuring loneliness: guidance for use of the national indicators on surveys - Recommended measures for adults.

Note 11 The wording for the video payment questions has changed this year so when comparing to last years data so some answer codes may overlap.

Notes related to the data in this spreadsheet Back to Index

Note number Note text

Weights Different weights have been used for questions/responses depending on whether they are in in the web and paper or paper only questionnaire, and the pathway they are located in within the survey. This note applies to all tables.

Paper and web questionnaires The Community Engagement Survey issues both paper and web questionnaires. In order to reduce respondent burden and due to routing complexities on a paper questionnaire, not all questions are included in the paper questionnaire. The web questionnaire is also split into core and subset questions. Subset questions are only asked of approximately a third of online respondents and core questions are asked to all respondents online. We have noted cases where questions were only asked to online or to a subset of online respondents. If there is no note attached then the question was asked to all respondents to the survey, using either web or paper questionnaires. The questionnaires can be found at the link below:

Community Engagement Survey Questionnaires

Lower and Upper estimates Lower and upper estimates in all tables use 95% confidence intervals.

Base and Count Base and count are both unweighted. Base is the number of respondents who were asked the question(s). Count is the number of respondents who answered the question in the affirmative. This note applies to all tables.

Suppression Cells marked with 'c' indicate data suppression for quality control reasons. This suppression was applied when less than or equal to 30 respondents were asked the question, or less than or equal to 3 respondents provided answers. This note applies to all tables.

Unavailable Data Cells marked with 'x' indicate that data is unavailable. This is because it was not collected in that survey year. This note applies to all tables.

Not Applicable Data Cells marked with 'N/A' indicate that data are not applicable.

Methodological Alignment The Community pathway data tables in this release (A, B, C, D, E, F and G) have been produced using the methodology of the Community Life Survey (CLS) to allow for robust comparability with the CLS time-series. This methodology differs from the approach used to produce the Engagement pathway data tables (H, I, J, K, L, M, N and O) and the Participation Survey. We intend to reproduce the Community pathway data tables and the Community Life Survey time series using the Engagement pathway methodology in future to align the entire survey with a consistent methodological approach.

Note 1 Household Acorn © CACI Limited 2013 - 2025 Source: Acorn. The applicable copyright notices can be found at the Current Copyright and Third-Party Notices in the link below.

Acorn Copyright and Third-Party Notices

Note 2 The 2024/25 and 2025/26 survey years have used the gender identity question asked in the Census 2021 in England and Wales. It should be noted that in the Census 2021 data for England and Wales, patterns were identified that suggest that some respondents may not have interpreted the question as intended, notably those with lower levels of English language proficiency. Analysis of Scotland's census 2022, where the gender identity question was different, has added weight to this observation. Similar respondent error may have occurred during the data collection for these statistics so comparisons between subnational and other smaller group breakdowns should be considered with caution. More information can be found in the following links:

Analysis of Scotland's census

ONS sexual orientation and gender identity quality information report

National Statistical blog about the strengths and limitations of gender identity statistics

Note 3 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 4 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 5 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 6 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 7 These questions were not in the 2024/25 survey or prior survey years, thus comparisons are not applicable (N/A).

Note 8 These responses were not in the 2024/25 survey or prior survey years, thus comparisons are not applicable (N/A).

Note 9 In 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community Engagement Survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local Authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.

Note 10 There are three indirect measures of loneliness asked in the survey. These questions are; how often do you feel that you lack companionship, how often do you feel left out and how often do you feel isolated from others? These three questions each have three possible responses with a subsequent value; ‘Hardly ever or never’ = 1, ‘Some of the time’ = 2, ‘Often’ = 3. The response values to these three indirect questions are combined to create the Indirect Loneliness Composite score. Scores are between three and nine, three being the least lonely and nine being the most lonely. For further information, see Measuring loneliness: guidance for use of the national indicators on surveys - Recommended measures for adults.

Note 11 The wording for the video payment questions has changed this year so when comparing to last years data so some answer codes may overlap.

Notes related to the data in this spreadsheet Back to Index

Note number Note text

Weights Different weights have been used for questions/responses depending on whether they are in in the web and paper or paper only questionnaire, and the pathway they are located in within the survey. This note applies to all tables.

Paper and web questionnaires The Community Engagement Survey issues both paper and web questionnaires. In order to reduce respondent burden and due to routing complexities on a paper questionnaire, not all questions are included in the paper questionnaire. The web questionnaire is also split into core and subset questions. Subset questions are only asked of approximately a third of online respondents and core questions are asked to all respondents online. We have noted cases where questions were only asked to online or to a subset of online respondents. If there is no note attached then the question was asked to all respondents to the survey, using either web or paper questionnaires. The questionnaires can be found at the link below:

Community Engagement Survey Questionnaires

Lower and Upper estimates Lower and upper estimates in all tables use 95% confidence intervals.

Base and Count Base and count are both unweighted. Base is the number of respondents who were asked the question(s). Count is the number of respondents who answered the question in the affirmative. This note applies to all tables.

Suppression Cells marked with 'c' indicate data suppression for quality control reasons. This suppression was applied when less than or equal to 30 respondents were asked the question, or less than or equal to 3 respondents provided answers. This note applies to all tables.

Unavailable Data Cells marked with 'x' indicate that data is unavailable. This is because it was not collected in that survey year. This note applies to all tables.

Not Applicable Data Cells marked with 'N/A' indicate that data are not applicable.

Methodological Alignment The Community pathway data tables in this release (A, B, C, D, E, F and G) have been produced using the methodology of the Community Life Survey (CLS) to allow for robust comparability with the CLS time-series. This methodology differs from the approach used to produce the Engagement pathway data tables (H, I, J, K, L, M, N and O) and the Participation Survey. We intend to reproduce the Community pathway data tables and the Community Life Survey time series using the Engagement pathway methodology in future to align the entire survey with a consistent methodological approach.

Note 1 Household Acorn © CACI Limited 2013 - 2025 Source: Acorn. The applicable copyright notices can be found at the Current Copyright and Third-Party Notices in the link below.

Acorn Copyright and Third-Party Notices

Note 2 The 2024/25 and 2025/26 survey years have used the gender identity question asked in the Census 2021 in England and Wales. It should be noted that in the Census 2021 data for England and Wales, patterns were identified that suggest that some respondents may not have interpreted the question as intended, notably those with lower levels of English language proficiency. Analysis of Scotland's census 2022, where the gender identity question was different, has added weight to this observation. Similar respondent error may have occurred during the data collection for these statistics so comparisons between subnational and other smaller group breakdowns should be considered with caution. More information can be found in the following links:

Analysis of Scotland's census

ONS sexual orientation and gender identity quality information report

National Statistical blog about the strengths and limitations of gender identity statistics

Note 3 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 4 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 5 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 6 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 7 These questions were not in the 2024/25 survey or prior survey years, thus comparisons are not applicable (N/A).

Note 8 These responses were not in the 2024/25 survey or prior survey years, thus comparisons are not applicable (N/A).

Note 9 In 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community Engagement Survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local Authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.

Note 10 There are three indirect measures of loneliness asked in the survey. These questions are; how often do you feel that you lack companionship, how often do you feel left out and how often do you feel isolated from others? These three questions each have three possible responses with a subsequent value; ‘Hardly ever or never’ = 1, ‘Some of the time’ = 2, ‘Often’ = 3. The response values to these three indirect questions are combined to create the Indirect Loneliness Composite score. Scores are between three and nine, three being the least lonely and nine being the most lonely. For further information, see Measuring loneliness: guidance for use of the national indicators on surveys - Recommended measures for adults.

Note 11 The wording for the video payment questions has changed this year so when comparing to last years data so some answer codes may overlap.

Notes related to the data in this spreadsheet Back to Index

Note number Note text

Weights Different weights have been used for questions/responses depending on whether they are in in the web and paper or paper only questionnaire, and the pathway they are located in within the survey. This note applies to all tables.

Paper and web questionnaires The Community Engagement Survey issues both paper and web questionnaires. In order to reduce respondent burden and due to routing complexities on a paper questionnaire, not all questions are included in the paper questionnaire. The web questionnaire is also split into core and subset questions. Subset questions are only asked of approximately a third of online respondents and core questions are asked to all respondents online. We have noted cases where questions were only asked to online or to a subset of online respondents. If there is no note attached then the question was asked to all respondents to the survey, using either web or paper questionnaires. The questionnaires can be found at the link below:

Community Engagement Survey Questionnaires

Lower and Upper estimates Lower and upper estimates in all tables use 95% confidence intervals.

Base and Count Base and count are both unweighted. Base is the number of respondents who were asked the question(s). Count is the number of respondents who answered the question in the affirmative. This note applies to all tables.

Suppression Cells marked with 'c' indicate data suppression for quality control reasons. This suppression was applied when less than or equal to 30 respondents were asked the question, or less than or equal to 3 respondents provided answers. This note applies to all tables.

Unavailable Data Cells marked with 'x' indicate that data is unavailable. This is because it was not collected in that survey year. This note applies to all tables.

Not Applicable Data Cells marked with 'N/A' indicate that data are not applicable.

Methodological Alignment The Community pathway data tables in this release (A, B, C, D, E, F and G) have been produced using the methodology of the Community Life Survey (CLS) to allow for robust comparability with the CLS time-series. This methodology differs from the approach used to produce the Engagement pathway data tables (H, I, J, K, L, M, N and O) and the Participation Survey. We intend to reproduce the Community pathway data tables and the Community Life Survey time series using the Engagement pathway methodology in future to align the entire survey with a consistent methodological approach.

Note 1 Household Acorn © CACI Limited 2013 - 2025 Source: Acorn. The applicable copyright notices can be found at the Current Copyright and Third-Party Notices in the link below.

Acorn Copyright and Third-Party Notices

Note 2 The 2024/25 and 2025/26 survey years have used the gender identity question asked in the Census 2021 in England and Wales. It should be noted that in the Census 2021 data for England and Wales, patterns were identified that suggest that some respondents may not have interpreted the question as intended, notably those with lower levels of English language proficiency. Analysis of Scotland's census 2022, where the gender identity question was different, has added weight to this observation. Similar respondent error may have occurred during the data collection for these statistics so comparisons between subnational and other smaller group breakdowns should be considered with caution. More information can be found in the following links:

Analysis of Scotland's census

ONS sexual orientation and gender identity quality information report

National Statistical blog about the strengths and limitations of gender identity statistics

Note 3 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 4 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 5 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 6 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 7 These questions were not in the 2024/25 survey or prior survey years, thus comparisons are not applicable (N/A).

Note 8 These responses were not in the 2024/25 survey or prior survey years, thus comparisons are not applicable (N/A).

Note 9 In 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community Engagement Survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local Authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.

Note 10 There are three indirect measures of loneliness asked in the survey. These questions are; how often do you feel that you lack companionship, how often do you feel left out and how often do you feel isolated from others? These three questions each have three possible responses with a subsequent value; ‘Hardly ever or never’ = 1, ‘Some of the time’ = 2, ‘Often’ = 3. The response values to these three indirect questions are combined to create the Indirect Loneliness Composite score. Scores are between three and nine, three being the least lonely and nine being the most lonely. For further information, see Measuring loneliness: guidance for use of the national indicators on surveys - Recommended measures for adults.

Note 11 The wording for the video payment questions has changed this year so when comparing to last years data so some answer codes may overlap.

Notes related to the data in this spreadsheet Back to Index

Note number Note text

Weights Different weights have been used for questions/responses depending on whether they are in in the web and paper or paper only questionnaire, and the pathway they are located in within the survey. This note applies to all tables.

Paper and web questionnaires The Community Engagement Survey issues both paper and web questionnaires. In order to reduce respondent burden and due to routing complexities on a paper questionnaire, not all questions are included in the paper questionnaire. The web questionnaire is also split into core and subset questions. Subset questions are only asked of approximately a third of online respondents and core questions are asked to all respondents online. We have noted cases where questions were only asked to online or to a subset of online respondents. If there is no note attached then the question was asked to all respondents to the survey, using either web or paper questionnaires. The questionnaires can be found at the link below:

Community Engagement Survey Questionnaires

Lower and Upper estimates Lower and upper estimates in all tables use 95% confidence intervals.

Base and Count Base and count are both unweighted. Base is the number of respondents who were asked the question(s). Count is the number of respondents who answered the question in the affirmative. This note applies to all tables.

Suppression Cells marked with 'c' indicate data suppression for quality control reasons. This suppression was applied when less than or equal to 30 respondents were asked the question, or less than or equal to 3 respondents provided answers. This note applies to all tables.

Unavailable Data Cells marked with 'x' indicate that data is unavailable. This is because it was not collected in that survey year. This note applies to all tables.

Not Applicable Data Cells marked with 'N/A' indicate that data are not applicable.

Methodological Alignment The Community pathway data tables in this release (A, B, C, D, E, F and G) have been produced using the methodology of the Community Life Survey (CLS) to allow for robust comparability with the CLS time-series. This methodology differs from the approach used to produce the Engagement pathway data tables (H, I, J, K, L, M, N and O) and the Participation Survey. We intend to reproduce the Community pathway data tables and the Community Life Survey time series using the Engagement pathway methodology in future to align the entire survey with a consistent methodological approach.

Note 1 Household Acorn © CACI Limited 2013 - 2025 Source: Acorn. The applicable copyright notices can be found at the Current Copyright and Third-Party Notices in the link below.

Acorn Copyright and Third-Party Notices

Note 2 The 2024/25 and 2025/26 survey years have used the gender identity question asked in the Census 2021 in England and Wales. It should be noted that in the Census 2021 data for England and Wales, patterns were identified that suggest that some respondents may not have interpreted the question as intended, notably those with lower levels of English language proficiency. Analysis of Scotland's census 2022, where the gender identity question was different, has added weight to this observation. Similar respondent error may have occurred during the data collection for these statistics so comparisons between subnational and other smaller group breakdowns should be considered with caution. More information can be found in the following links:

Analysis of Scotland's census

ONS sexual orientation and gender identity quality information report

National Statistical blog about the strengths and limitations of gender identity statistics

Note 3 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 4 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 5 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 6 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 7 These questions were not in the 2024/25 survey or prior survey years, thus comparisons are not applicable (N/A).

Note 8 These responses were not in the 2024/25 survey or prior survey years, thus comparisons are not applicable (N/A).

Note 9 In 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community Engagement Survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local Authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.

Note 10 There are three indirect measures of loneliness asked in the survey. These questions are; how often do you feel that you lack companionship, how often do you feel left out and how often do you feel isolated from others? These three questions each have three possible responses with a subsequent value; ‘Hardly ever or never’ = 1, ‘Some of the time’ = 2, ‘Often’ = 3. The response values to these three indirect questions are combined to create the Indirect Loneliness Composite score. Scores are between three and nine, three being the least lonely and nine being the most lonely. For further information, see Measuring loneliness: guidance for use of the national indicators on surveys - Recommended measures for adults.

Note 11 The wording for the video payment questions has changed this year so when comparing to last years data so some answer codes may overlap.

Notes related to the data in this spreadsheet Back to Index

Note number Note text

Weights Different weights have been used for questions/responses depending on whether they are in in the web and paper or paper only questionnaire, and the pathway they are located in within the survey. This note applies to all tables.

Paper and web questionnaires The Community Engagement Survey issues both paper and web questionnaires. In order to reduce respondent burden and due to routing complexities on a paper questionnaire, not all questions are included in the paper questionnaire. The web questionnaire is also split into core and subset questions. Subset questions are only asked of approximately a third of online respondents and core questions are asked to all respondents online. We have noted cases where questions were only asked to online or to a subset of online respondents. If there is no note attached then the question was asked to all respondents to the survey, using either web or paper questionnaires. The questionnaires can be found at the link below:

Community Engagement Survey Questionnaires

Lower and Upper estimates Lower and upper estimates in all tables use 95% confidence intervals.

Base and Count Base and count are both unweighted. Base is the number of respondents who were asked the question(s). Count is the number of respondents who answered the question in the affirmative. This note applies to all tables.

Suppression Cells marked with 'c' indicate data suppression for quality control reasons. This suppression was applied when less than or equal to 30 respondents were asked the question, or less than or equal to 3 respondents provided answers. This note applies to all tables.

Unavailable Data Cells marked with 'x' indicate that data is unavailable. This is because it was not collected in that survey year. This note applies to all tables.

Not Applicable Data Cells marked with 'N/A' indicate that data are not applicable.

Methodological Alignment The Community pathway data tables in this release (A, B, C, D, E, F and G) have been produced using the methodology of the Community Life Survey (CLS) to allow for robust comparability with the CLS time-series. This methodology differs from the approach used to produce the Engagement pathway data tables (H, I, J, K, L, M, N and O) and the Participation Survey. We intend to reproduce the Community pathway data tables and the Community Life Survey time series using the Engagement pathway methodology in future to align the entire survey with a consistent methodological approach.

Note 1 Household Acorn © CACI Limited 2013 - 2025 Source: Acorn. The applicable copyright notices can be found at the Current Copyright and Third-Party Notices in the link below.

Acorn Copyright and Third-Party Notices

Note 2 The 2024/25 and 2025/26 survey years have used the gender identity question asked in the Census 2021 in England and Wales. It should be noted that in the Census 2021 data for England and Wales, patterns were identified that suggest that some respondents may not have interpreted the question as intended, notably those with lower levels of English language proficiency. Analysis of Scotland's census 2022, where the gender identity question was different, has added weight to this observation. Similar respondent error may have occurred during the data collection for these statistics so comparisons between subnational and other smaller group breakdowns should be considered with caution. More information can be found in the following links:

Analysis of Scotland's census

ONS sexual orientation and gender identity quality information report

National Statistical blog about the strengths and limitations of gender identity statistics

Note 3 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 4 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 5 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 6 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 7 These questions were not in the 2024/25 survey or prior survey years, thus comparisons are not applicable (N/A).

Note 8 These responses were not in the 2024/25 survey or prior survey years, thus comparisons are not applicable (N/A).

Note 9 In 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community Engagement Survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local Authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.

Note 10 There are three indirect measures of loneliness asked in the survey. These questions are; how often do you feel that you lack companionship, how often do you feel left out and how often do you feel isolated from others? These three questions each have three possible responses with a subsequent value; ‘Hardly ever or never’ = 1, ‘Some of the time’ = 2, ‘Often’ = 3. The response values to these three indirect questions are combined to create the Indirect Loneliness Composite score. Scores are between three and nine, three being the least lonely and nine being the most lonely. For further information, see Measuring loneliness: guidance for use of the national indicators on surveys - Recommended measures for adults.

Note 11 The wording for the video payment questions has changed this year so when comparing to last years data so some answer codes may overlap.

Notes related to the data in this spreadsheet Back to Index

Note number Note text

Weights Different weights have been used for questions/responses depending on whether they are in in the web and paper or paper only questionnaire, and the pathway they are located in within the survey. This note applies to all tables.

Paper and web questionnaires The Community Engagement Survey issues both paper and web questionnaires. In order to reduce respondent burden and due to routing complexities on a paper questionnaire, not all questions are included in the paper questionnaire. The web questionnaire is also split into core and subset questions. Subset questions are only asked of approximately a third of online respondents and core questions are asked to all respondents online. We have noted cases where questions were only asked to online or to a subset of online respondents. If there is no note attached then the question was asked to all respondents to the survey, using either web or paper questionnaires. The questionnaires can be found at the link below:

Community Engagement Survey Questionnaires

Lower and Upper estimates Lower and upper estimates in all tables use 95% confidence intervals.

Base and Count Base and count are both unweighted. Base is the number of respondents who were asked the question(s). Count is the number of respondents who answered the question in the affirmative. This note applies to all tables.

Suppression Cells marked with 'c' indicate data suppression for quality control reasons. This suppression was applied when less than or equal to 30 respondents were asked the question, or less than or equal to 3 respondents provided answers. This note applies to all tables.

Unavailable Data Cells marked with 'x' indicate that data is unavailable. This is because it was not collected in that survey year. This note applies to all tables.

Not Applicable Data Cells marked with 'N/A' indicate that data are not applicable.

Methodological Alignment The Community pathway data tables in this release (A, B, C, D, E, F and G) have been produced using the methodology of the Community Life Survey (CLS) to allow for robust comparability with the CLS time-series. This methodology differs from the approach used to produce the Engagement pathway data tables (H, I, J, K, L, M, N and O) and the Participation Survey. We intend to reproduce the Community pathway data tables and the Community Life Survey time series using the Engagement pathway methodology in future to align the entire survey with a consistent methodological approach.

Note 1 Household Acorn © CACI Limited 2013 - 2025 Source: Acorn. The applicable copyright notices can be found at the Current Copyright and Third-Party Notices in the link below.

Acorn Copyright and Third-Party Notices

Note 2 The 2024/25 and 2025/26 survey years have used the gender identity question asked in the Census 2021 in England and Wales. It should be noted that in the Census 2021 data for England and Wales, patterns were identified that suggest that some respondents may not have interpreted the question as intended, notably those with lower levels of English language proficiency. Analysis of Scotland's census 2022, where the gender identity question was different, has added weight to this observation. Similar respondent error may have occurred during the data collection for these statistics so comparisons between subnational and other smaller group breakdowns should be considered with caution. More information can be found in the following links:

Analysis of Scotland's census

ONS sexual orientation and gender identity quality information report

National Statistical blog about the strengths and limitations of gender identity statistics

Note 3 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 4 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 5 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 6 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 7 These questions were not in the 2024/25 survey or prior survey years, thus comparisons are not applicable (N/A).

Note 8 These responses were not in the 2024/25 survey or prior survey years, thus comparisons are not applicable (N/A).

Note 9 In 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community Engagement Survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local Authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.

Note 10 There are three indirect measures of loneliness asked in the survey. These questions are; how often do you feel that you lack companionship, how often do you feel left out and how often do you feel isolated from others? These three questions each have three possible responses with a subsequent value; ‘Hardly ever or never’ = 1, ‘Some of the time’ = 2, ‘Often’ = 3. The response values to these three indirect questions are combined to create the Indirect Loneliness Composite score. Scores are between three and nine, three being the least lonely and nine being the most lonely. For further information, see Measuring loneliness: guidance for use of the national indicators on surveys - Recommended measures for adults.

Note 11 The wording for the video payment questions has changed this year so when comparing to last years data so some answer codes may overlap.

Notes related to the data in this spreadsheet Back to Index

Note number Note text

Weights Different weights have been used for questions/responses depending on whether they are in in the web and paper or paper only questionnaire, and the pathway they are located in within the survey. This note applies to all tables.

Paper and web questionnaires The Community Engagement Survey issues both paper and web questionnaires. In order to reduce respondent burden and due to routing complexities on a paper questionnaire, not all questions are included in the paper questionnaire. The web questionnaire is also split into core and subset questions. Subset questions are only asked of approximately a third of online respondents and core questions are asked to all respondents online. We have noted cases where questions were only asked to online or to a subset of online respondents. If there is no note attached then the question was asked to all respondents to the survey, using either web or paper questionnaires. The questionnaires can be found at the link below:

Community Engagement Survey Questionnaires

Lower and Upper estimates Lower and upper estimates in all tables use 95% confidence intervals.

Base and Count Base and count are both unweighted. Base is the number of respondents who were asked the question(s). Count is the number of respondents who answered the question in the affirmative. This note applies to all tables.

Suppression Cells marked with 'c' indicate data suppression for quality control reasons. This suppression was applied when less than or equal to 30 respondents were asked the question, or less than or equal to 3 respondents provided answers. This note applies to all tables.

Unavailable Data Cells marked with 'x' indicate that data is unavailable. This is because it was not collected in that survey year. This note applies to all tables.

Not Applicable Data Cells marked with 'N/A' indicate that data are not applicable.

Methodological Alignment The Community pathway data tables in this release (A, B, C, D, E, F and G) have been produced using the methodology of the Community Life Survey (CLS) to allow for robust comparability with the CLS time-series. This methodology differs from the approach used to produce the Engagement pathway data tables (H, I, J, K, L, M, N and O) and the Participation Survey. We intend to reproduce the Community pathway data tables and the Community Life Survey time series using the Engagement pathway methodology in future to align the entire survey with a consistent methodological approach.

Note 1 Household Acorn © CACI Limited 2013 - 2025 Source: Acorn. The applicable copyright notices can be found at the Current Copyright and Third-Party Notices in the link below.

Acorn Copyright and Third-Party Notices

Note 2 The 2024/25 and 2025/26 survey years have used the gender identity question asked in the Census 2021 in England and Wales. It should be noted that in the Census 2021 data for England and Wales, patterns were identified that suggest that some respondents may not have interpreted the question as intended, notably those with lower levels of English language proficiency. Analysis of Scotland's census 2022, where the gender identity question was different, has added weight to this observation. Similar respondent error may have occurred during the data collection for these statistics so comparisons between subnational and other smaller group breakdowns should be considered with caution. More information can be found in the following links:

Analysis of Scotland's census

ONS sexual orientation and gender identity quality information report

National Statistical blog about the strengths and limitations of gender identity statistics

Note 3 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 4 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 5 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 6 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 7 These questions were not in the 2024/25 survey or prior survey years, thus comparisons are not applicable (N/A).

Note 8 These responses were not in the 2024/25 survey or prior survey years, thus comparisons are not applicable (N/A).

Note 9 In 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community Engagement Survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local Authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.

Note 10 There are three indirect measures of loneliness asked in the survey. These questions are; how often do you feel that you lack companionship, how often do you feel left out and how often do you feel isolated from others? These three questions each have three possible responses with a subsequent value; ‘Hardly ever or never’ = 1, ‘Some of the time’ = 2, ‘Often’ = 3. The response values to these three indirect questions are combined to create the Indirect Loneliness Composite score. Scores are between three and nine, three being the least lonely and nine being the most lonely. For further information, see Measuring loneliness: guidance for use of the national indicators on surveys - Recommended measures for adults.

Note 11 The wording for the video payment questions has changed this year so when comparing to last years data so some answer codes may overlap.

Notes related to the data in this spreadsheet Back to Index

Note number Note text

Weights Different weights have been used for questions/responses depending on whether they are in in the web and paper or paper only questionnaire, and the pathway they are located in within the survey. This note applies to all tables.

Paper and web questionnaires The Community Engagement Survey issues both paper and web questionnaires. In order to reduce respondent burden and due to routing complexities on a paper questionnaire, not all questions are included in the paper questionnaire. The web questionnaire is also split into core and subset questions. Subset questions are only asked of approximately a third of online respondents and core questions are asked to all respondents online. We have noted cases where questions were only asked to online or to a subset of online respondents. If there is no note attached then the question was asked to all respondents to the survey, using either web or paper questionnaires. The questionnaires can be found at the link below:

Community Engagement Survey Questionnaires

Lower and Upper estimates Lower and upper estimates in all tables use 95% confidence intervals.

Base and Count Base and count are both unweighted. Base is the number of respondents who were asked the question(s). Count is the number of respondents who answered the question in the affirmative. This note applies to all tables.

Suppression Cells marked with 'c' indicate data suppression for quality control reasons. This suppression was applied when less than or equal to 30 respondents were asked the question, or less than or equal to 3 respondents provided answers. This note applies to all tables.

Unavailable Data Cells marked with 'x' indicate that data is unavailable. This is because it was not collected in that survey year. This note applies to all tables.

Not Applicable Data Cells marked with 'N/A' indicate that data are not applicable.

Methodological Alignment The Community pathway data tables in this release (A, B, C, D, E, F and G) have been produced using the methodology of the Community Life Survey (CLS) to allow for robust comparability with the CLS time-series. This methodology differs from the approach used to produce the Engagement pathway data tables (H, I, J, K, L, M, N and O) and the Participation Survey. We intend to reproduce the Community pathway data tables and the Community Life Survey time series using the Engagement pathway methodology in future to align the entire survey with a consistent methodological approach.

Note 1 Household Acorn © CACI Limited 2013 - 2025 Source: Acorn. The applicable copyright notices can be found at the Current Copyright and Third-Party Notices in the link below.

Acorn Copyright and Third-Party Notices

Note 2 The 2024/25 and 2025/26 survey years have used the gender identity question asked in the Census 2021 in England and Wales. It should be noted that in the Census 2021 data for England and Wales, patterns were identified that suggest that some respondents may not have interpreted the question as intended, notably those with lower levels of English language proficiency. Analysis of Scotland's census 2022, where the gender identity question was different, has added weight to this observation. Similar respondent error may have occurred during the data collection for these statistics so comparisons between subnational and other smaller group breakdowns should be considered with caution. More information can be found in the following links:

Analysis of Scotland's census

ONS sexual orientation and gender identity quality information report

National Statistical blog about the strengths and limitations of gender identity statistics

Note 3 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 4 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 5 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 6 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 7 These questions were not in the 2024/25 survey or prior survey years, thus comparisons are not applicable (N/A).

Note 8 These responses were not in the 2024/25 survey or prior survey years, thus comparisons are not applicable (N/A).

Note 9 In 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community Engagement Survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local Authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.

Note 10 There are three indirect measures of loneliness asked in the survey. These questions are; how often do you feel that you lack companionship, how often do you feel left out and how often do you feel isolated from others? These three questions each have three possible responses with a subsequent value; ‘Hardly ever or never’ = 1, ‘Some of the time’ = 2, ‘Often’ = 3. The response values to these three indirect questions are combined to create the Indirect Loneliness Composite score. Scores are between three and nine, three being the least lonely and nine being the most lonely. For further information, see Measuring loneliness: guidance for use of the national indicators on surveys - Recommended measures for adults.

Note 11 The wording for the video payment questions has changed this year so when comparing to last years data so some answer codes may overlap.

Notes related to the data in this spreadsheet Back to Index

Note number Note text

Weights Different weights have been used for questions/responses depending on whether they are in in the web and paper or paper only questionnaire, and the pathway they are located in within the survey. This note applies to all tables.

Paper and web questionnaires The Community Engagement Survey issues both paper and web questionnaires. In order to reduce respondent burden and due to routing complexities on a paper questionnaire, not all questions are included in the paper questionnaire. The web questionnaire is also split into core and subset questions. Subset questions are only asked of approximately a third of online respondents and core questions are asked to all respondents online. We have noted cases where questions were only asked to online or to a subset of online respondents. If there is no note attached then the question was asked to all respondents to the survey, using either web or paper questionnaires. The questionnaires can be found at the link below:

Community Engagement Survey Questionnaires

Lower and Upper estimates Lower and upper estimates in all tables use 95% confidence intervals.

Base and Count Base and count are both unweighted. Base is the number of respondents who were asked the question(s). Count is the number of respondents who answered the question in the affirmative. This note applies to all tables.

Suppression Cells marked with 'c' indicate data suppression for quality control reasons. This suppression was applied when less than or equal to 30 respondents were asked the question, or less than or equal to 3 respondents provided answers. This note applies to all tables.

Unavailable Data Cells marked with 'x' indicate that data is unavailable. This is because it was not collected in that survey year. This note applies to all tables.

Not Applicable Data Cells marked with 'N/A' indicate that data are not applicable.

Methodological Alignment The Community pathway data tables in this release (A, B, C, D, E, F and G) have been produced using the methodology of the Community Life Survey (CLS) to allow for robust comparability with the CLS time-series. This methodology differs from the approach used to produce the Engagement pathway data tables (H, I, J, K, L, M, N and O) and the Participation Survey. We intend to reproduce the Community pathway data tables and the Community Life Survey time series using the Engagement pathway methodology in future to align the entire survey with a consistent methodological approach.

Note 1 Household Acorn © CACI Limited 2013 - 2025 Source: Acorn. The applicable copyright notices can be found at the Current Copyright and Third-Party Notices in the link below.

Acorn Copyright and Third-Party Notices

Note 2 The 2024/25 and 2025/26 survey years have used the gender identity question asked in the Census 2021 in England and Wales. It should be noted that in the Census 2021 data for England and Wales, patterns were identified that suggest that some respondents may not have interpreted the question as intended, notably those with lower levels of English language proficiency. Analysis of Scotland's census 2022, where the gender identity question was different, has added weight to this observation. Similar respondent error may have occurred during the data collection for these statistics so comparisons between subnational and other smaller group breakdowns should be considered with caution. More information can be found in the following links:

Analysis of Scotland's census

ONS sexual orientation and gender identity quality information report

National Statistical blog about the strengths and limitations of gender identity statistics

Note 3 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 4 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 5 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 6 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 7 These questions were not in the 2024/25 survey or prior survey years, thus comparisons are not applicable (N/A).

Note 8 These responses were not in the 2024/25 survey or prior survey years, thus comparisons are not applicable (N/A).

Note 9 In 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community Engagement Survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local Authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.

Note 10 There are three indirect measures of loneliness asked in the survey. These questions are; how often do you feel that you lack companionship, how often do you feel left out and how often do you feel isolated from others? These three questions each have three possible responses with a subsequent value; ‘Hardly ever or never’ = 1, ‘Some of the time’ = 2, ‘Often’ = 3. The response values to these three indirect questions are combined to create the Indirect Loneliness Composite score. Scores are between three and nine, three being the least lonely and nine being the most lonely. For further information, see Measuring loneliness: guidance for use of the national indicators on surveys - Recommended measures for adults.

Note 11 The wording for the video payment questions has changed this year so when comparing to last years data so some answer codes may overlap.

Notes related to the data in this spreadsheet Back to Index

Note number Note text

Weights Different weights have been used for questions/responses depending on whether they are in in the web and paper or paper only questionnaire, and the pathway they are located in within the survey. This note applies to all tables.

Paper and web questionnaires The Community Engagement Survey issues both paper and web questionnaires. In order to reduce respondent burden and due to routing complexities on a paper questionnaire, not all questions are included in the paper questionnaire. The web questionnaire is also split into core and subset questions. Subset questions are only asked of approximately a third of online respondents and core questions are asked to all respondents online. We have noted cases where questions were only asked to online or to a subset of online respondents. If there is no note attached then the question was asked to all respondents to the survey, using either web or paper questionnaires. The questionnaires can be found at the link below:

Community Engagement Survey Questionnaires

Lower and Upper estimates Lower and upper estimates in all tables use 95% confidence intervals.

Base and Count Base and count are both unweighted. Base is the number of respondents who were asked the question(s). Count is the number of respondents who answered the question in the affirmative. This note applies to all tables.

Suppression Cells marked with 'c' indicate data suppression for quality control reasons. This suppression was applied when less than or equal to 30 respondents were asked the question, or less than or equal to 3 respondents provided answers. This note applies to all tables.

Unavailable Data Cells marked with 'x' indicate that data is unavailable. This is because it was not collected in that survey year. This note applies to all tables.

Not Applicable Data Cells marked with 'N/A' indicate that data are not applicable.

Methodological Alignment The Community pathway data tables in this release (A, B, C, D, E, F and G) have been produced using the methodology of the Community Life Survey (CLS) to allow for robust comparability with the CLS time-series. This methodology differs from the approach used to produce the Engagement pathway data tables (H, I, J, K, L, M, N and O) and the Participation Survey. We intend to reproduce the Community pathway data tables and the Community Life Survey time series using the Engagement pathway methodology in future to align the entire survey with a consistent methodological approach.

Note 1 Household Acorn © CACI Limited 2013 - 2025 Source: Acorn. The applicable copyright notices can be found at the Current Copyright and Third-Party Notices in the link below.

Acorn Copyright and Third-Party Notices

Note 2 The 2024/25 and 2025/26 survey years have used the gender identity question asked in the Census 2021 in England and Wales. It should be noted that in the Census 2021 data for England and Wales, patterns were identified that suggest that some respondents may not have interpreted the question as intended, notably those with lower levels of English language proficiency. Analysis of Scotland's census 2022, where the gender identity question was different, has added weight to this observation. Similar respondent error may have occurred during the data collection for these statistics so comparisons between subnational and other smaller group breakdowns should be considered with caution. More information can be found in the following links:

Analysis of Scotland's census

ONS sexual orientation and gender identity quality information report

National Statistical blog about the strengths and limitations of gender identity statistics

Note 3 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 4 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 5 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 6 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 7 These questions were not in the 2024/25 survey or prior survey years, thus comparisons are not applicable (N/A).

Note 8 These responses were not in the 2024/25 survey or prior survey years, thus comparisons are not applicable (N/A).

Note 9 In 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community Engagement Survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local Authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.

Note 10 There are three indirect measures of loneliness asked in the survey. These questions are; how often do you feel that you lack companionship, how often do you feel left out and how often do you feel isolated from others? These three questions each have three possible responses with a subsequent value; ‘Hardly ever or never’ = 1, ‘Some of the time’ = 2, ‘Often’ = 3. The response values to these three indirect questions are combined to create the Indirect Loneliness Composite score. Scores are between three and nine, three being the least lonely and nine being the most lonely. For further information, see Measuring loneliness: guidance for use of the national indicators on surveys - Recommended measures for adults.

Note 11 The wording for the video payment questions has changed this year so when comparing to last years data so some answer codes may overlap.

Notes related to the data in this spreadsheet Back to Index

Note number Note text

Weights Different weights have been used for questions/responses depending on whether they are in in the web and paper or paper only questionnaire, and the pathway they are located in within the survey. This note applies to all tables.

Paper and web questionnaires The Community Engagement Survey issues both paper and web questionnaires. In order to reduce respondent burden and due to routing complexities on a paper questionnaire, not all questions are included in the paper questionnaire. The web questionnaire is also split into core and subset questions. Subset questions are only asked of approximately a third of online respondents and core questions are asked to all respondents online. We have noted cases where questions were only asked to online or to a subset of online respondents. If there is no note attached then the question was asked to all respondents to the survey, using either web or paper questionnaires. The questionnaires can be found at the link below:

Community Engagement Survey Questionnaires

Lower and Upper estimates Lower and upper estimates in all tables use 95% confidence intervals.

Base and Count Base and count are both unweighted. Base is the number of respondents who were asked the question(s). Count is the number of respondents who answered the question in the affirmative. This note applies to all tables.

Suppression Cells marked with 'c' indicate data suppression for quality control reasons. This suppression was applied when less than or equal to 30 respondents were asked the question, or less than or equal to 3 respondents provided answers. This note applies to all tables.

Unavailable Data Cells marked with 'x' indicate that data is unavailable. This is because it was not collected in that survey year. This note applies to all tables.

Not Applicable Data Cells marked with 'N/A' indicate that data are not applicable.

Methodological Alignment The Community pathway data tables in this release (A, B, C, D, E, F and G) have been produced using the methodology of the Community Life Survey (CLS) to allow for robust comparability with the CLS time-series. This methodology differs from the approach used to produce the Engagement pathway data tables (H, I, J, K, L, M, N and O) and the Participation Survey. We intend to reproduce the Community pathway data tables and the Community Life Survey time series using the Engagement pathway methodology in future to align the entire survey with a consistent methodological approach.

Note 1 Household Acorn © CACI Limited 2013 - 2025 Source: Acorn. The applicable copyright notices can be found at the Current Copyright and Third-Party Notices in the link below.

Acorn Copyright and Third-Party Notices

Note 2 The 2024/25 and 2025/26 survey years have used the gender identity question asked in the Census 2021 in England and Wales. It should be noted that in the Census 2021 data for England and Wales, patterns were identified that suggest that some respondents may not have interpreted the question as intended, notably those with lower levels of English language proficiency. Analysis of Scotland's census 2022, where the gender identity question was different, has added weight to this observation. Similar respondent error may have occurred during the data collection for these statistics so comparisons between subnational and other smaller group breakdowns should be considered with caution. More information can be found in the following links:

Analysis of Scotland's census

ONS sexual orientation and gender identity quality information report

National Statistical blog about the strengths and limitations of gender identity statistics

Note 3 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 4 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 5 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 6 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 7 These questions were not in the 2024/25 survey or prior survey years, thus comparisons are not applicable (N/A).

Note 8 These responses were not in the 2024/25 survey or prior survey years, thus comparisons are not applicable (N/A).

Note 9 In 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community Engagement Survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local Authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.

Note 10 There are three indirect measures of loneliness asked in the survey. These questions are; how often do you feel that you lack companionship, how often do you feel left out and how often do you feel isolated from others? These three questions each have three possible responses with a subsequent value; ‘Hardly ever or never’ = 1, ‘Some of the time’ = 2, ‘Often’ = 3. The response values to these three indirect questions are combined to create the Indirect Loneliness Composite score. Scores are between three and nine, three being the least lonely and nine being the most lonely. For further information, see Measuring loneliness: guidance for use of the national indicators on surveys - Recommended measures for adults.

Note 11 The wording for the video payment questions has changed this year so when comparing to last years data so some answer codes may overlap.

Notes related to the data in this spreadsheet Back to Index

Note number Note text

Weights Different weights have been used for questions/responses depending on whether they are in in the web and paper or paper only questionnaire, and the pathway they are located in within the survey. This note applies to all tables.

Paper and web questionnaires The Community Engagement Survey issues both paper and web questionnaires. In order to reduce respondent burden and due to routing complexities on a paper questionnaire, not all questions are included in the paper questionnaire. The web questionnaire is also split into core and subset questions. Subset questions are only asked of approximately a third of online respondents and core questions are asked to all respondents online. We have noted cases where questions were only asked to online or to a subset of online respondents. If there is no note attached then the question was asked to all respondents to the survey, using either web or paper questionnaires. The questionnaires can be found at the link below:

Community Engagement Survey Questionnaires

Lower and Upper estimates Lower and upper estimates in all tables use 95% confidence intervals.

Base and Count Base and count are both unweighted. Base is the number of respondents who were asked the question(s). Count is the number of respondents who answered the question in the affirmative. This note applies to all tables.

Suppression Cells marked with 'c' indicate data suppression for quality control reasons. This suppression was applied when less than or equal to 30 respondents were asked the question, or less than or equal to 3 respondents provided answers. This note applies to all tables.

Unavailable Data Cells marked with 'x' indicate that data is unavailable. This is because it was not collected in that survey year. This note applies to all tables.

Not Applicable Data Cells marked with 'N/A' indicate that data are not applicable.

Methodological Alignment The Community pathway data tables in this release (A, B, C, D, E, F and G) have been produced using the methodology of the Community Life Survey (CLS) to allow for robust comparability with the CLS time-series. This methodology differs from the approach used to produce the Engagement pathway data tables (H, I, J, K, L, M, N and O) and the Participation Survey. We intend to reproduce the Community pathway data tables and the Community Life Survey time series using the Engagement pathway methodology in future to align the entire survey with a consistent methodological approach.

Note 1 Household Acorn © CACI Limited 2013 - 2025 Source: Acorn. The applicable copyright notices can be found at the Current Copyright and Third-Party Notices in the link below.

Acorn Copyright and Third-Party Notices

Note 2 The 2024/25 and 2025/26 survey years have used the gender identity question asked in the Census 2021 in England and Wales. It should be noted that in the Census 2021 data for England and Wales, patterns were identified that suggest that some respondents may not have interpreted the question as intended, notably those with lower levels of English language proficiency. Analysis of Scotland's census 2022, where the gender identity question was different, has added weight to this observation. Similar respondent error may have occurred during the data collection for these statistics so comparisons between subnational and other smaller group breakdowns should be considered with caution. More information can be found in the following links:

Analysis of Scotland's census

ONS sexual orientation and gender identity quality information report

National Statistical blog about the strengths and limitations of gender identity statistics

Note 3 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 4 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 5 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 6 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 7 These questions were not in the 2024/25 survey or prior survey years, thus comparisons are not applicable (N/A).

Note 8 These responses were not in the 2024/25 survey or prior survey years, thus comparisons are not applicable (N/A).

Note 9 In 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community Engagement Survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local Authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.

Note 10 There are three indirect measures of loneliness asked in the survey. These questions are; how often do you feel that you lack companionship, how often do you feel left out and how often do you feel isolated from others? These three questions each have three possible responses with a subsequent value; ‘Hardly ever or never’ = 1, ‘Some of the time’ = 2, ‘Often’ = 3. The response values to these three indirect questions are combined to create the Indirect Loneliness Composite score. Scores are between three and nine, three being the least lonely and nine being the most lonely. For further information, see Measuring loneliness: guidance for use of the national indicators on surveys - Recommended measures for adults.

Note 11 The wording for the video payment questions has changed this year so when comparing to last years data so some answer codes may overlap.

Notes related to the data in this spreadsheet Back to Index

Note number Note text

Weights Different weights have been used for questions/responses depending on whether they are in in the web and paper or paper only questionnaire, and the pathway they are located in within the survey. This note applies to all tables.

Paper and web questionnaires The Community Engagement Survey issues both paper and web questionnaires. In order to reduce respondent burden and due to routing complexities on a paper questionnaire, not all questions are included in the paper questionnaire. The web questionnaire is also split into core and subset questions. Subset questions are only asked of approximately a third of online respondents and core questions are asked to all respondents online. We have noted cases where questions were only asked to online or to a subset of online respondents. If there is no note attached then the question was asked to all respondents to the survey, using either web or paper questionnaires. The questionnaires can be found at the link below:

Community Engagement Survey Questionnaires

Lower and Upper estimates Lower and upper estimates in all tables use 95% confidence intervals.

Base and Count Base and count are both unweighted. Base is the number of respondents who were asked the question(s). Count is the number of respondents who answered the question in the affirmative. This note applies to all tables.

Suppression Cells marked with 'c' indicate data suppression for quality control reasons. This suppression was applied when less than or equal to 30 respondents were asked the question, or less than or equal to 3 respondents provided answers. This note applies to all tables.

Unavailable Data Cells marked with 'x' indicate that data is unavailable. This is because it was not collected in that survey year. This note applies to all tables.

Not Applicable Data Cells marked with 'N/A' indicate that data are not applicable.

Methodological Alignment The Community pathway data tables in this release (A, B, C, D, E, F and G) have been produced using the methodology of the Community Life Survey (CLS) to allow for robust comparability with the CLS time-series. This methodology differs from the approach used to produce the Engagement pathway data tables (H, I, J, K, L, M, N and O) and the Participation Survey. We intend to reproduce the Community pathway data tables and the Community Life Survey time series using the Engagement pathway methodology in future to align the entire survey with a consistent methodological approach.

Note 1 Household Acorn © CACI Limited 2013 - 2025 Source: Acorn. The applicable copyright notices can be found at the Current Copyright and Third-Party Notices in the link below.

Acorn Copyright and Third-Party Notices

Note 2 The 2024/25 and 2025/26 survey years have used the gender identity question asked in the Census 2021 in England and Wales. It should be noted that in the Census 2021 data for England and Wales, patterns were identified that suggest that some respondents may not have interpreted the question as intended, notably those with lower levels of English language proficiency. Analysis of Scotland's census 2022, where the gender identity question was different, has added weight to this observation. Similar respondent error may have occurred during the data collection for these statistics so comparisons between subnational and other smaller group breakdowns should be considered with caution. More information can be found in the following links:

Analysis of Scotland's census

ONS sexual orientation and gender identity quality information report

National Statistical blog about the strengths and limitations of gender identity statistics

Note 3 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 4 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 5 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 6 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 7 These questions were not in the 2024/25 survey or prior survey years, thus comparisons are not applicable (N/A).

Note 8 These responses were not in the 2024/25 survey or prior survey years, thus comparisons are not applicable (N/A).

Note 9 In 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community Engagement Survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local Authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.

Note 10 There are three indirect measures of loneliness asked in the survey. These questions are; how often do you feel that you lack companionship, how often do you feel left out and how often do you feel isolated from others? These three questions each have three possible responses with a subsequent value; ‘Hardly ever or never’ = 1, ‘Some of the time’ = 2, ‘Often’ = 3. The response values to these three indirect questions are combined to create the Indirect Loneliness Composite score. Scores are between three and nine, three being the least lonely and nine being the most lonely. For further information, see Measuring loneliness: guidance for use of the national indicators on surveys - Recommended measures for adults.

Note 11 The wording for the video payment questions has changed this year so when comparing to last years data so some answer codes may overlap.

Notes related to the data in this spreadsheet Back to Index

Note number Note text

Weights Different weights have been used for questions/responses depending on whether they are in in the web and paper or paper only questionnaire, and the pathway they are located in within the survey. This note applies to all tables.

Paper and web questionnaires The Community Engagement Survey issues both paper and web questionnaires. In order to reduce respondent burden and due to routing complexities on a paper questionnaire, not all questions are included in the paper questionnaire. The web questionnaire is also split into core and subset questions. Subset questions are only asked of approximately a third of online respondents and core questions are asked to all respondents online. We have noted cases where questions were only asked to online or to a subset of online respondents. If there is no note attached then the question was asked to all respondents to the survey, using either web or paper questionnaires. The questionnaires can be found at the link below:

Community Engagement Survey Questionnaires

Lower and Upper estimates Lower and upper estimates in all tables use 95% confidence intervals.

Base and Count Base and count are both unweighted. Base is the number of respondents who were asked the question(s). Count is the number of respondents who answered the question in the affirmative. This note applies to all tables.

Suppression Cells marked with 'c' indicate data suppression for quality control reasons. This suppression was applied when less than or equal to 30 respondents were asked the question, or less than or equal to 3 respondents provided answers. This note applies to all tables.

Unavailable Data Cells marked with 'x' indicate that data is unavailable. This is because it was not collected in that survey year. This note applies to all tables.

Not Applicable Data Cells marked with 'N/A' indicate that data are not applicable.

Methodological Alignment The Community pathway data tables in this release (A, B, C, D, E, F and G) have been produced using the methodology of the Community Life Survey (CLS) to allow for robust comparability with the CLS time-series. This methodology differs from the approach used to produce the Engagement pathway data tables (H, I, J, K, L, M, N and O) and the Participation Survey. We intend to reproduce the Community pathway data tables and the Community Life Survey time series using the Engagement pathway methodology in future to align the entire survey with a consistent methodological approach.

Note 1 Household Acorn © CACI Limited 2013 - 2025 Source: Acorn. The applicable copyright notices can be found at the Current Copyright and Third-Party Notices in the link below.

Acorn Copyright and Third-Party Notices

Note 2 The 2024/25 and 2025/26 survey years have used the gender identity question asked in the Census 2021 in England and Wales. It should be noted that in the Census 2021 data for England and Wales, patterns were identified that suggest that some respondents may not have interpreted the question as intended, notably those with lower levels of English language proficiency. Analysis of Scotland's census 2022, where the gender identity question was different, has added weight to this observation. Similar respondent error may have occurred during the data collection for these statistics so comparisons between subnational and other smaller group breakdowns should be considered with caution. More information can be found in the following links:

Analysis of Scotland's census

ONS sexual orientation and gender identity quality information report

National Statistical blog about the strengths and limitations of gender identity statistics

Note 3 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 4 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 5 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 6 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 7 These questions were not in the 2024/25 survey or prior survey years, thus comparisons are not applicable (N/A).

Note 8 These responses were not in the 2024/25 survey or prior survey years, thus comparisons are not applicable (N/A).

Note 9 In 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community Engagement Survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local Authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.

Note 10 There are three indirect measures of loneliness asked in the survey. These questions are; how often do you feel that you lack companionship, how often do you feel left out and how often do you feel isolated from others? These three questions each have three possible responses with a subsequent value; ‘Hardly ever or never’ = 1, ‘Some of the time’ = 2, ‘Often’ = 3. The response values to these three indirect questions are combined to create the Indirect Loneliness Composite score. Scores are between three and nine, three being the least lonely and nine being the most lonely. For further information, see Measuring loneliness: guidance for use of the national indicators on surveys - Recommended measures for adults.

Note 11 The wording for the video payment questions has changed this year so when comparing to last years data so some answer codes may overlap.

Notes related to the data in this spreadsheet Back to Index

Note number Note text

Weights Different weights have been used for questions/responses depending on whether they are in in the web and paper or paper only questionnaire, and the pathway they are located in within the survey. This note applies to all tables.

Paper and web questionnaires The Community Engagement Survey issues both paper and web questionnaires. In order to reduce respondent burden and due to routing complexities on a paper questionnaire, not all questions are included in the paper questionnaire. The web questionnaire is also split into core and subset questions. Subset questions are only asked of approximately a third of online respondents and core questions are asked to all respondents online. We have noted cases where questions were only asked to online or to a subset of online respondents. If there is no note attached then the question was asked to all respondents to the survey, using either web or paper questionnaires. The questionnaires can be found at the link below:

Community Engagement Survey Questionnaires

Lower and Upper estimates Lower and upper estimates in all tables use 95% confidence intervals.

Base and Count Base and count are both unweighted. Base is the number of respondents who were asked the question(s). Count is the number of respondents who answered the question in the affirmative. This note applies to all tables.

Suppression Cells marked with 'c' indicate data suppression for quality control reasons. This suppression was applied when less than or equal to 30 respondents were asked the question, or less than or equal to 3 respondents provided answers. This note applies to all tables.

Unavailable Data Cells marked with 'x' indicate that data is unavailable. This is because it was not collected in that survey year. This note applies to all tables.

Not Applicable Data Cells marked with 'N/A' indicate that data are not applicable.

Methodological Alignment The Community pathway data tables in this release (A, B, C, D, E, F and G) have been produced using the methodology of the Community Life Survey (CLS) to allow for robust comparability with the CLS time-series. This methodology differs from the approach used to produce the Engagement pathway data tables (H, I, J, K, L, M, N and O) and the Participation Survey. We intend to reproduce the Community pathway data tables and the Community Life Survey time series using the Engagement pathway methodology in future to align the entire survey with a consistent methodological approach.

Note 1 Household Acorn © CACI Limited 2013 - 2025 Source: Acorn. The applicable copyright notices can be found at the Current Copyright and Third-Party Notices in the link below.

Acorn Copyright and Third-Party Notices

Note 2 The 2024/25 and 2025/26 survey years have used the gender identity question asked in the Census 2021 in England and Wales. It should be noted that in the Census 2021 data for England and Wales, patterns were identified that suggest that some respondents may not have interpreted the question as intended, notably those with lower levels of English language proficiency. Analysis of Scotland's census 2022, where the gender identity question was different, has added weight to this observation. Similar respondent error may have occurred during the data collection for these statistics so comparisons between subnational and other smaller group breakdowns should be considered with caution. More information can be found in the following links:

Analysis of Scotland's census

ONS sexual orientation and gender identity quality information report

National Statistical blog about the strengths and limitations of gender identity statistics

Note 3 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 4 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 5 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 6 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 7 These questions were not in the 2024/25 survey or prior survey years, thus comparisons are not applicable (N/A).

Note 8 These responses were not in the 2024/25 survey or prior survey years, thus comparisons are not applicable (N/A).

Note 9 In 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community Engagement Survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local Authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.

Note 10 There are three indirect measures of loneliness asked in the survey. These questions are; how often do you feel that you lack companionship, how often do you feel left out and how often do you feel isolated from others? These three questions each have three possible responses with a subsequent value; ‘Hardly ever or never’ = 1, ‘Some of the time’ = 2, ‘Often’ = 3. The response values to these three indirect questions are combined to create the Indirect Loneliness Composite score. Scores are between three and nine, three being the least lonely and nine being the most lonely. For further information, see Measuring loneliness: guidance for use of the national indicators on surveys - Recommended measures for adults.

Note 11 The wording for the video payment questions has changed this year so when comparing to last years data so some answer codes may overlap.

Notes related to the data in this spreadsheet Back to Index

Note number Note text

Weights Different weights have been used for questions/responses depending on whether they are in in the web and paper or paper only questionnaire, and the pathway they are located in within the survey. This note applies to all tables.

Paper and web questionnaires The Community Engagement Survey issues both paper and web questionnaires. In order to reduce respondent burden and due to routing complexities on a paper questionnaire, not all questions are included in the paper questionnaire. The web questionnaire is also split into core and subset questions. Subset questions are only asked of approximately a third of online respondents and core questions are asked to all respondents online. We have noted cases where questions were only asked to online or to a subset of online respondents. If there is no note attached then the question was asked to all respondents to the survey, using either web or paper questionnaires. The questionnaires can be found at the link below:

Community Engagement Survey Questionnaires

Lower and Upper estimates Lower and upper estimates in all tables use 95% confidence intervals.

Base and Count Base and count are both unweighted. Base is the number of respondents who were asked the question(s). Count is the number of respondents who answered the question in the affirmative. This note applies to all tables.

Suppression Cells marked with 'c' indicate data suppression for quality control reasons. This suppression was applied when less than or equal to 30 respondents were asked the question, or less than or equal to 3 respondents provided answers. This note applies to all tables.

Unavailable Data Cells marked with 'x' indicate that data is unavailable. This is because it was not collected in that survey year. This note applies to all tables.

Not Applicable Data Cells marked with 'N/A' indicate that data are not applicable.

Methodological Alignment The Community pathway data tables in this release (A, B, C, D, E, F and G) have been produced using the methodology of the Community Life Survey (CLS) to allow for robust comparability with the CLS time-series. This methodology differs from the approach used to produce the Engagement pathway data tables (H, I, J, K, L, M, N and O) and the Participation Survey. We intend to reproduce the Community pathway data tables and the Community Life Survey time series using the Engagement pathway methodology in future to align the entire survey with a consistent methodological approach.

Note 1 Household Acorn © CACI Limited 2013 - 2025 Source: Acorn. The applicable copyright notices can be found at the Current Copyright and Third-Party Notices in the link below.

Acorn Copyright and Third-Party Notices

Note 2 The 2024/25 and 2025/26 survey years have used the gender identity question asked in the Census 2021 in England and Wales. It should be noted that in the Census 2021 data for England and Wales, patterns were identified that suggest that some respondents may not have interpreted the question as intended, notably those with lower levels of English language proficiency. Analysis of Scotland's census 2022, where the gender identity question was different, has added weight to this observation. Similar respondent error may have occurred during the data collection for these statistics so comparisons between subnational and other smaller group breakdowns should be considered with caution. More information can be found in the following links:

Analysis of Scotland's census

ONS sexual orientation and gender identity quality information report

National Statistical blog about the strengths and limitations of gender identity statistics

Note 3 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 4 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 5 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 6 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 7 These questions were not in the 2024/25 survey or prior survey years, thus comparisons are not applicable (N/A).

Note 8 These responses were not in the 2024/25 survey or prior survey years, thus comparisons are not applicable (N/A).

Note 9 In 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community Engagement Survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local Authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.

Note 10 There are three indirect measures of loneliness asked in the survey. These questions are; how often do you feel that you lack companionship, how often do you feel left out and how often do you feel isolated from others? These three questions each have three possible responses with a subsequent value; ‘Hardly ever or never’ = 1, ‘Some of the time’ = 2, ‘Often’ = 3. The response values to these three indirect questions are combined to create the Indirect Loneliness Composite score. Scores are between three and nine, three being the least lonely and nine being the most lonely. For further information, see Measuring loneliness: guidance for use of the national indicators on surveys - Recommended measures for adults.

Note 11 The wording for the video payment questions has changed this year so when comparing to last years data so some answer codes may overlap.

Notes related to the data in this spreadsheet Back to Index

Note number Note text

Weights Different weights have been used for questions/responses depending on whether they are in in the web and paper or paper only questionnaire, and the pathway they are located in within the survey. This note applies to all tables.

Paper and web questionnaires The Community Engagement Survey issues both paper and web questionnaires. In order to reduce respondent burden and due to routing complexities on a paper questionnaire, not all questions are included in the paper questionnaire. The web questionnaire is also split into core and subset questions. Subset questions are only asked of approximately a third of online respondents and core questions are asked to all respondents online. We have noted cases where questions were only asked to online or to a subset of online respondents. If there is no note attached then the question was asked to all respondents to the survey, using either web or paper questionnaires. The questionnaires can be found at the link below:

Community Engagement Survey Questionnaires

Lower and Upper estimates Lower and upper estimates in all tables use 95% confidence intervals.

Base and Count Base and count are both unweighted. Base is the number of respondents who were asked the question(s). Count is the number of respondents who answered the question in the affirmative. This note applies to all tables.

Suppression Cells marked with 'c' indicate data suppression for quality control reasons. This suppression was applied when less than or equal to 30 respondents were asked the question, or less than or equal to 3 respondents provided answers. This note applies to all tables.

Unavailable Data Cells marked with 'x' indicate that data is unavailable. This is because it was not collected in that survey year. This note applies to all tables.

Not Applicable Data Cells marked with 'N/A' indicate that data are not applicable.

Methodological Alignment The Community pathway data tables in this release (A, B, C, D, E, F and G) have been produced using the methodology of the Community Life Survey (CLS) to allow for robust comparability with the CLS time-series. This methodology differs from the approach used to produce the Engagement pathway data tables (H, I, J, K, L, M, N and O) and the Participation Survey. We intend to reproduce the Community pathway data tables and the Community Life Survey time series using the Engagement pathway methodology in future to align the entire survey with a consistent methodological approach.

Note 1 Household Acorn © CACI Limited 2013 - 2025 Source: Acorn. The applicable copyright notices can be found at the Current Copyright and Third-Party Notices in the link below.

Acorn Copyright and Third-Party Notices

Note 2 The 2024/25 and 2025/26 survey years have used the gender identity question asked in the Census 2021 in England and Wales. It should be noted that in the Census 2021 data for England and Wales, patterns were identified that suggest that some respondents may not have interpreted the question as intended, notably those with lower levels of English language proficiency. Analysis of Scotland's census 2022, where the gender identity question was different, has added weight to this observation. Similar respondent error may have occurred during the data collection for these statistics so comparisons between subnational and other smaller group breakdowns should be considered with caution. More information can be found in the following links:

Analysis of Scotland's census

ONS sexual orientation and gender identity quality information report

National Statistical blog about the strengths and limitations of gender identity statistics

Note 3 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 4 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 5 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 6 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 7 These questions were not in the 2024/25 survey or prior survey years, thus comparisons are not applicable (N/A).

Note 8 These responses were not in the 2024/25 survey or prior survey years, thus comparisons are not applicable (N/A).

Note 9 In 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community Engagement Survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local Authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.

Note 10 There are three indirect measures of loneliness asked in the survey. These questions are; how often do you feel that you lack companionship, how often do you feel left out and how often do you feel isolated from others? These three questions each have three possible responses with a subsequent value; ‘Hardly ever or never’ = 1, ‘Some of the time’ = 2, ‘Often’ = 3. The response values to these three indirect questions are combined to create the Indirect Loneliness Composite score. Scores are between three and nine, three being the least lonely and nine being the most lonely. For further information, see Measuring loneliness: guidance for use of the national indicators on surveys - Recommended measures for adults.

Note 11 The wording for the video payment questions has changed this year so when comparing to last years data so some answer codes may overlap.

Notes related to the data in this spreadsheet Back to Index

Note number Note text

Weights Different weights have been used for questions/responses depending on whether they are in in the web and paper or paper only questionnaire, and the pathway they are located in within the survey. This note applies to all tables.

Paper and web questionnaires The Community Engagement Survey issues both paper and web questionnaires. In order to reduce respondent burden and due to routing complexities on a paper questionnaire, not all questions are included in the paper questionnaire. The web questionnaire is also split into core and subset questions. Subset questions are only asked of approximately a third of online respondents and core questions are asked to all respondents online. We have noted cases where questions were only asked to online or to a subset of online respondents. If there is no note attached then the question was asked to all respondents to the survey, using either web or paper questionnaires. The questionnaires can be found at the link below:

Community Engagement Survey Questionnaires

Lower and Upper estimates Lower and upper estimates in all tables use 95% confidence intervals.

Base and Count Base and count are both unweighted. Base is the number of respondents who were asked the question(s). Count is the number of respondents who answered the question in the affirmative. This note applies to all tables.

Suppression Cells marked with 'c' indicate data suppression for quality control reasons. This suppression was applied when less than or equal to 30 respondents were asked the question, or less than or equal to 3 respondents provided answers. This note applies to all tables.

Unavailable Data Cells marked with 'x' indicate that data is unavailable. This is because it was not collected in that survey year. This note applies to all tables.

Not Applicable Data Cells marked with 'N/A' indicate that data are not applicable.

Methodological Alignment The Community pathway data tables in this release (A, B, C, D, E, F and G) have been produced using the methodology of the Community Life Survey (CLS) to allow for robust comparability with the CLS time-series. This methodology differs from the approach used to produce the Engagement pathway data tables (H, I, J, K, L, M, N and O) and the Participation Survey. We intend to reproduce the Community pathway data tables and the Community Life Survey time series using the Engagement pathway methodology in future to align the entire survey with a consistent methodological approach.

Note 1 Household Acorn © CACI Limited 2013 - 2025 Source: Acorn. The applicable copyright notices can be found at the Current Copyright and Third-Party Notices in the link below.

Acorn Copyright and Third-Party Notices

Note 2 The 2024/25 and 2025/26 survey years have used the gender identity question asked in the Census 2021 in England and Wales. It should be noted that in the Census 2021 data for England and Wales, patterns were identified that suggest that some respondents may not have interpreted the question as intended, notably those with lower levels of English language proficiency. Analysis of Scotland's census 2022, where the gender identity question was different, has added weight to this observation. Similar respondent error may have occurred during the data collection for these statistics so comparisons between subnational and other smaller group breakdowns should be considered with caution. More information can be found in the following links:

Analysis of Scotland's census

ONS sexual orientation and gender identity quality information report

National Statistical blog about the strengths and limitations of gender identity statistics

Note 3 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 4 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 5 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 6 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 7 These questions were not in the 2024/25 survey or prior survey years, thus comparisons are not applicable (N/A).

Note 8 These responses were not in the 2024/25 survey or prior survey years, thus comparisons are not applicable (N/A).

Note 9 In 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community Engagement Survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local Authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.

Note 10 There are three indirect measures of loneliness asked in the survey. These questions are; how often do you feel that you lack companionship, how often do you feel left out and how often do you feel isolated from others? These three questions each have three possible responses with a subsequent value; ‘Hardly ever or never’ = 1, ‘Some of the time’ = 2, ‘Often’ = 3. The response values to these three indirect questions are combined to create the Indirect Loneliness Composite score. Scores are between three and nine, three being the least lonely and nine being the most lonely. For further information, see Measuring loneliness: guidance for use of the national indicators on surveys - Recommended measures for adults.

Note 11 The wording for the video payment questions has changed this year so when comparing to last years data so some answer codes may overlap.

Notes related to the data in this spreadsheet Back to Index

Note number Note text

Weights Different weights have been used for questions/responses depending on whether they are in in the web and paper or paper only questionnaire, and the pathway they are located in within the survey. This note applies to all tables.

Paper and web questionnaires The Community Engagement Survey issues both paper and web questionnaires. In order to reduce respondent burden and due to routing complexities on a paper questionnaire, not all questions are included in the paper questionnaire. The web questionnaire is also split into core and subset questions. Subset questions are only asked of approximately a third of online respondents and core questions are asked to all respondents online. We have noted cases where questions were only asked to online or to a subset of online respondents. If there is no note attached then the question was asked to all respondents to the survey, using either web or paper questionnaires. The questionnaires can be found at the link below:

Community Engagement Survey Questionnaires

Lower and Upper estimates Lower and upper estimates in all tables use 95% confidence intervals.

Base and Count Base and count are both unweighted. Base is the number of respondents who were asked the question(s). Count is the number of respondents who answered the question in the affirmative. This note applies to all tables.

Suppression Cells marked with 'c' indicate data suppression for quality control reasons. This suppression was applied when less than or equal to 30 respondents were asked the question, or less than or equal to 3 respondents provided answers. This note applies to all tables.

Unavailable Data Cells marked with 'x' indicate that data is unavailable. This is because it was not collected in that survey year. This note applies to all tables.

Not Applicable Data Cells marked with 'N/A' indicate that data are not applicable.

Methodological Alignment The Community pathway data tables in this release (A, B, C, D, E, F and G) have been produced using the methodology of the Community Life Survey (CLS) to allow for robust comparability with the CLS time-series. This methodology differs from the approach used to produce the Engagement pathway data tables (H, I, J, K, L, M, N and O) and the Participation Survey. We intend to reproduce the Community pathway data tables and the Community Life Survey time series using the Engagement pathway methodology in future to align the entire survey with a consistent methodological approach.

Note 1 Household Acorn © CACI Limited 2013 - 2025 Source: Acorn. The applicable copyright notices can be found at the Current Copyright and Third-Party Notices in the link below.

Acorn Copyright and Third-Party Notices

Note 2 The 2024/25 and 2025/26 survey years have used the gender identity question asked in the Census 2021 in England and Wales. It should be noted that in the Census 2021 data for England and Wales, patterns were identified that suggest that some respondents may not have interpreted the question as intended, notably those with lower levels of English language proficiency. Analysis of Scotland's census 2022, where the gender identity question was different, has added weight to this observation. Similar respondent error may have occurred during the data collection for these statistics so comparisons between subnational and other smaller group breakdowns should be considered with caution. More information can be found in the following links:

Analysis of Scotland's census

ONS sexual orientation and gender identity quality information report

National Statistical blog about the strengths and limitations of gender identity statistics

Note 3 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 4 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 5 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 6 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 7 These questions were not in the 2024/25 survey or prior survey years, thus comparisons are not applicable (N/A).

Note 8 These responses were not in the 2024/25 survey or prior survey years, thus comparisons are not applicable (N/A).

Note 9 In 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community Engagement Survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local Authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.

Note 10 There are three indirect measures of loneliness asked in the survey. These questions are; how often do you feel that you lack companionship, how often do you feel left out and how often do you feel isolated from others? These three questions each have three possible responses with a subsequent value; ‘Hardly ever or never’ = 1, ‘Some of the time’ = 2, ‘Often’ = 3. The response values to these three indirect questions are combined to create the Indirect Loneliness Composite score. Scores are between three and nine, three being the least lonely and nine being the most lonely. For further information, see Measuring loneliness: guidance for use of the national indicators on surveys - Recommended measures for adults.

Note 11 The wording for the video payment questions has changed this year so when comparing to last years data so some answer codes may overlap.

Notes related to the data in this spreadsheet Back to Index

Note number Note text

Weights Different weights have been used for questions/responses depending on whether they are in in the web and paper or paper only questionnaire, and the pathway they are located in within the survey. This note applies to all tables.

Paper and web questionnaires The Community Engagement Survey issues both paper and web questionnaires. In order to reduce respondent burden and due to routing complexities on a paper questionnaire, not all questions are included in the paper questionnaire. The web questionnaire is also split into core and subset questions. Subset questions are only asked of approximately a third of online respondents and core questions are asked to all respondents online. We have noted cases where questions were only asked to online or to a subset of online respondents. If there is no note attached then the question was asked to all respondents to the survey, using either web or paper questionnaires. The questionnaires can be found at the link below:

Community Engagement Survey Questionnaires

Lower and Upper estimates Lower and upper estimates in all tables use 95% confidence intervals.

Base and Count Base and count are both unweighted. Base is the number of respondents who were asked the question(s). Count is the number of respondents who answered the question in the affirmative. This note applies to all tables.

Suppression Cells marked with 'c' indicate data suppression for quality control reasons. This suppression was applied when less than or equal to 30 respondents were asked the question, or less than or equal to 3 respondents provided answers. This note applies to all tables.

Unavailable Data Cells marked with 'x' indicate that data is unavailable. This is because it was not collected in that survey year. This note applies to all tables.

Not Applicable Data Cells marked with 'N/A' indicate that data are not applicable.

Methodological Alignment The Community pathway data tables in this release (A, B, C, D, E, F and G) have been produced using the methodology of the Community Life Survey (CLS) to allow for robust comparability with the CLS time-series. This methodology differs from the approach used to produce the Engagement pathway data tables (H, I, J, K, L, M, N and O) and the Participation Survey. We intend to reproduce the Community pathway data tables and the Community Life Survey time series using the Engagement pathway methodology in future to align the entire survey with a consistent methodological approach.

Note 1 Household Acorn © CACI Limited 2013 - 2025 Source: Acorn. The applicable copyright notices can be found at the Current Copyright and Third-Party Notices in the link below.

Acorn Copyright and Third-Party Notices

Note 2 The 2024/25 and 2025/26 survey years have used the gender identity question asked in the Census 2021 in England and Wales. It should be noted that in the Census 2021 data for England and Wales, patterns were identified that suggest that some respondents may not have interpreted the question as intended, notably those with lower levels of English language proficiency. Analysis of Scotland's census 2022, where the gender identity question was different, has added weight to this observation. Similar respondent error may have occurred during the data collection for these statistics so comparisons between subnational and other smaller group breakdowns should be considered with caution. More information can be found in the following links:

Analysis of Scotland's census

ONS sexual orientation and gender identity quality information report

National Statistical blog about the strengths and limitations of gender identity statistics

Note 3 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 4 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 5 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 6 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 7 These questions were not in the 2024/25 survey or prior survey years, thus comparisons are not applicable (N/A).

Note 8 These responses were not in the 2024/25 survey or prior survey years, thus comparisons are not applicable (N/A).

Note 9 In 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community Engagement Survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local Authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.

Note 10 There are three indirect measures of loneliness asked in the survey. These questions are; how often do you feel that you lack companionship, how often do you feel left out and how often do you feel isolated from others? These three questions each have three possible responses with a subsequent value; ‘Hardly ever or never’ = 1, ‘Some of the time’ = 2, ‘Often’ = 3. The response values to these three indirect questions are combined to create the Indirect Loneliness Composite score. Scores are between three and nine, three being the least lonely and nine being the most lonely. For further information, see Measuring loneliness: guidance for use of the national indicators on surveys - Recommended measures for adults.

Note 11 The wording for the video payment questions has changed this year so when comparing to last years data so some answer codes may overlap.

Notes related to the data in this spreadsheet Back to Index

Note number Note text

Weights Different weights have been used for questions/responses depending on whether they are in in the web and paper or paper only questionnaire, and the pathway they are located in within the survey. This note applies to all tables.

Paper and web questionnaires The Community Engagement Survey issues both paper and web questionnaires. In order to reduce respondent burden and due to routing complexities on a paper questionnaire, not all questions are included in the paper questionnaire. The web questionnaire is also split into core and subset questions. Subset questions are only asked of approximately a third of online respondents and core questions are asked to all respondents online. We have noted cases where questions were only asked to online or to a subset of online respondents. If there is no note attached then the question was asked to all respondents to the survey, using either web or paper questionnaires. The questionnaires can be found at the link below:

Community Engagement Survey Questionnaires

Lower and Upper estimates Lower and upper estimates in all tables use 95% confidence intervals.

Base and Count Base and count are both unweighted. Base is the number of respondents who were asked the question(s). Count is the number of respondents who answered the question in the affirmative. This note applies to all tables.

Suppression Cells marked with 'c' indicate data suppression for quality control reasons. This suppression was applied when less than or equal to 30 respondents were asked the question, or less than or equal to 3 respondents provided answers. This note applies to all tables.

Unavailable Data Cells marked with 'x' indicate that data is unavailable. This is because it was not collected in that survey year. This note applies to all tables.

Not Applicable Data Cells marked with 'N/A' indicate that data are not applicable.

Methodological Alignment The Community pathway data tables in this release (A, B, C, D, E, F and G) have been produced using the methodology of the Community Life Survey (CLS) to allow for robust comparability with the CLS time-series. This methodology differs from the approach used to produce the Engagement pathway data tables (H, I, J, K, L, M, N and O) and the Participation Survey. We intend to reproduce the Community pathway data tables and the Community Life Survey time series using the Engagement pathway methodology in future to align the entire survey with a consistent methodological approach.

Note 1 Household Acorn © CACI Limited 2013 - 2025 Source: Acorn. The applicable copyright notices can be found at the Current Copyright and Third-Party Notices in the link below.

Acorn Copyright and Third-Party Notices

Note 2 The 2024/25 and 2025/26 survey years have used the gender identity question asked in the Census 2021 in England and Wales. It should be noted that in the Census 2021 data for England and Wales, patterns were identified that suggest that some respondents may not have interpreted the question as intended, notably those with lower levels of English language proficiency. Analysis of Scotland's census 2022, where the gender identity question was different, has added weight to this observation. Similar respondent error may have occurred during the data collection for these statistics so comparisons between subnational and other smaller group breakdowns should be considered with caution. More information can be found in the following links:

Analysis of Scotland's census

ONS sexual orientation and gender identity quality information report

National Statistical blog about the strengths and limitations of gender identity statistics

Note 3 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 4 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 5 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 6 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 7 These questions were not in the 2024/25 survey or prior survey years, thus comparisons are not applicable (N/A).

Note 8 These responses were not in the 2024/25 survey or prior survey years, thus comparisons are not applicable (N/A).

Note 9 In 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community Engagement Survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local Authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.

Note 10 There are three indirect measures of loneliness asked in the survey. These questions are; how often do you feel that you lack companionship, how often do you feel left out and how often do you feel isolated from others? These three questions each have three possible responses with a subsequent value; ‘Hardly ever or never’ = 1, ‘Some of the time’ = 2, ‘Often’ = 3. The response values to these three indirect questions are combined to create the Indirect Loneliness Composite score. Scores are between three and nine, three being the least lonely and nine being the most lonely. For further information, see Measuring loneliness: guidance for use of the national indicators on surveys - Recommended measures for adults.

Note 11 The wording for the video payment questions has changed this year so when comparing to last years data so some answer codes may overlap.

Notes related to the data in this spreadsheet Back to Index

Note number Note text

Weights Different weights have been used for questions/responses depending on whether they are in in the web and paper or paper only questionnaire, and the pathway they are located in within the survey. This note applies to all tables.

Paper and web questionnaires The Community Engagement Survey issues both paper and web questionnaires. In order to reduce respondent burden and due to routing complexities on a paper questionnaire, not all questions are included in the paper questionnaire. The web questionnaire is also split into core and subset questions. Subset questions are only asked of approximately a third of online respondents and core questions are asked to all respondents online. We have noted cases where questions were only asked to online or to a subset of online respondents. If there is no note attached then the question was asked to all respondents to the survey, using either web or paper questionnaires. The questionnaires can be found at the link below:

Community Engagement Survey Questionnaires

Lower and Upper estimates Lower and upper estimates in all tables use 95% confidence intervals.

Base and Count Base and count are both unweighted. Base is the number of respondents who were asked the question(s). Count is the number of respondents who answered the question in the affirmative. This note applies to all tables.

Suppression Cells marked with 'c' indicate data suppression for quality control reasons. This suppression was applied when less than or equal to 30 respondents were asked the question, or less than or equal to 3 respondents provided answers. This note applies to all tables.

Unavailable Data Cells marked with 'x' indicate that data is unavailable. This is because it was not collected in that survey year. This note applies to all tables.

Not Applicable Data Cells marked with 'N/A' indicate that data are not applicable.

Methodological Alignment The Community pathway data tables in this release (A, B, C, D, E, F and G) have been produced using the methodology of the Community Life Survey (CLS) to allow for robust comparability with the CLS time-series. This methodology differs from the approach used to produce the Engagement pathway data tables (H, I, J, K, L, M, N and O) and the Participation Survey. We intend to reproduce the Community pathway data tables and the Community Life Survey time series using the Engagement pathway methodology in future to align the entire survey with a consistent methodological approach.

Note 1 Household Acorn © CACI Limited 2013 - 2025 Source: Acorn. The applicable copyright notices can be found at the Current Copyright and Third-Party Notices in the link below.

Acorn Copyright and Third-Party Notices

Note 2 The 2024/25 and 2025/26 survey years have used the gender identity question asked in the Census 2021 in England and Wales. It should be noted that in the Census 2021 data for England and Wales, patterns were identified that suggest that some respondents may not have interpreted the question as intended, notably those with lower levels of English language proficiency. Analysis of Scotland's census 2022, where the gender identity question was different, has added weight to this observation. Similar respondent error may have occurred during the data collection for these statistics so comparisons between subnational and other smaller group breakdowns should be considered with caution. More information can be found in the following links:

Analysis of Scotland's census

ONS sexual orientation and gender identity quality information report

National Statistical blog about the strengths and limitations of gender identity statistics

Note 3 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 4 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 5 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 6 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 7 These questions were not in the 2024/25 survey or prior survey years, thus comparisons are not applicable (N/A).

Note 8 These responses were not in the 2024/25 survey or prior survey years, thus comparisons are not applicable (N/A).

Note 9 In 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community Engagement Survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local Authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.

Note 10 There are three indirect measures of loneliness asked in the survey. These questions are; how often do you feel that you lack companionship, how often do you feel left out and how often do you feel isolated from others? These three questions each have three possible responses with a subsequent value; ‘Hardly ever or never’ = 1, ‘Some of the time’ = 2, ‘Often’ = 3. The response values to these three indirect questions are combined to create the Indirect Loneliness Composite score. Scores are between three and nine, three being the least lonely and nine being the most lonely. For further information, see Measuring loneliness: guidance for use of the national indicators on surveys - Recommended measures for adults.

Note 11 The wording for the video payment questions has changed this year so when comparing to last years data so some answer codes may overlap.

Notes related to the data in this spreadsheet Back to Index

Note number Note text

Weights Different weights have been used for questions/responses depending on whether they are in in the web and paper or paper only questionnaire, and the pathway they are located in within the survey. This note applies to all tables.

Paper and web questionnaires The Community Engagement Survey issues both paper and web questionnaires. In order to reduce respondent burden and due to routing complexities on a paper questionnaire, not all questions are included in the paper questionnaire. The web questionnaire is also split into core and subset questions. Subset questions are only asked of approximately a third of online respondents and core questions are asked to all respondents online. We have noted cases where questions were only asked to online or to a subset of online respondents. If there is no note attached then the question was asked to all respondents to the survey, using either web or paper questionnaires. The questionnaires can be found at the link below:

Community Engagement Survey Questionnaires

Lower and Upper estimates Lower and upper estimates in all tables use 95% confidence intervals.

Base and Count Base and count are both unweighted. Base is the number of respondents who were asked the question(s). Count is the number of respondents who answered the question in the affirmative. This note applies to all tables.

Suppression Cells marked with 'c' indicate data suppression for quality control reasons. This suppression was applied when less than or equal to 30 respondents were asked the question, or less than or equal to 3 respondents provided answers. This note applies to all tables.

Unavailable Data Cells marked with 'x' indicate that data is unavailable. This is because it was not collected in that survey year. This note applies to all tables.

Not Applicable Data Cells marked with 'N/A' indicate that data are not applicable.

Methodological Alignment The Community pathway data tables in this release (A, B, C, D, E, F and G) have been produced using the methodology of the Community Life Survey (CLS) to allow for robust comparability with the CLS time-series. This methodology differs from the approach used to produce the Engagement pathway data tables (H, I, J, K, L, M, N and O) and the Participation Survey. We intend to reproduce the Community pathway data tables and the Community Life Survey time series using the Engagement pathway methodology in future to align the entire survey with a consistent methodological approach.

Note 1 Household Acorn © CACI Limited 2013 - 2025 Source: Acorn. The applicable copyright notices can be found at the Current Copyright and Third-Party Notices in the link below.

Acorn Copyright and Third-Party Notices

Note 2 The 2024/25 and 2025/26 survey years have used the gender identity question asked in the Census 2021 in England and Wales. It should be noted that in the Census 2021 data for England and Wales, patterns were identified that suggest that some respondents may not have interpreted the question as intended, notably those with lower levels of English language proficiency. Analysis of Scotland's census 2022, where the gender identity question was different, has added weight to this observation. Similar respondent error may have occurred during the data collection for these statistics so comparisons between subnational and other smaller group breakdowns should be considered with caution. More information can be found in the following links:

Analysis of Scotland's census

ONS sexual orientation and gender identity quality information report

National Statistical blog about the strengths and limitations of gender identity statistics

Note 3 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 4 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 5 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 6 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 7 These questions were not in the 2024/25 survey or prior survey years, thus comparisons are not applicable (N/A).

Note 8 These responses were not in the 2024/25 survey or prior survey years, thus comparisons are not applicable (N/A).

Note 9 In 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community Engagement Survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local Authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.

Note 10 There are three indirect measures of loneliness asked in the survey. These questions are; how often do you feel that you lack companionship, how often do you feel left out and how often do you feel isolated from others? These three questions each have three possible responses with a subsequent value; ‘Hardly ever or never’ = 1, ‘Some of the time’ = 2, ‘Often’ = 3. The response values to these three indirect questions are combined to create the Indirect Loneliness Composite score. Scores are between three and nine, three being the least lonely and nine being the most lonely. For further information, see Measuring loneliness: guidance for use of the national indicators on surveys - Recommended measures for adults.

Note 11 The wording for the video payment questions has changed this year so when comparing to last years data so some answer codes may overlap.

Notes related to the data in this spreadsheet Back to Index

Note number Note text

Weights Different weights have been used for questions/responses depending on whether they are in in the web and paper or paper only questionnaire, and the pathway they are located in within the survey. This note applies to all tables.

Paper and web questionnaires The Community Engagement Survey issues both paper and web questionnaires. In order to reduce respondent burden and due to routing complexities on a paper questionnaire, not all questions are included in the paper questionnaire. The web questionnaire is also split into core and subset questions. Subset questions are only asked of approximately a third of online respondents and core questions are asked to all respondents online. We have noted cases where questions were only asked to online or to a subset of online respondents. If there is no note attached then the question was asked to all respondents to the survey, using either web or paper questionnaires. The questionnaires can be found at the link below:

Community Engagement Survey Questionnaires

Lower and Upper estimates Lower and upper estimates in all tables use 95% confidence intervals.

Base and Count Base and count are both unweighted. Base is the number of respondents who were asked the question(s). Count is the number of respondents who answered the question in the affirmative. This note applies to all tables.

Suppression Cells marked with 'c' indicate data suppression for quality control reasons. This suppression was applied when less than or equal to 30 respondents were asked the question, or less than or equal to 3 respondents provided answers. This note applies to all tables.

Unavailable Data Cells marked with 'x' indicate that data is unavailable. This is because it was not collected in that survey year. This note applies to all tables.

Not Applicable Data Cells marked with 'N/A' indicate that data are not applicable.

Methodological Alignment The Community pathway data tables in this release (A, B, C, D, E, F and G) have been produced using the methodology of the Community Life Survey (CLS) to allow for robust comparability with the CLS time-series. This methodology differs from the approach used to produce the Engagement pathway data tables (H, I, J, K, L, M, N and O) and the Participation Survey. We intend to reproduce the Community pathway data tables and the Community Life Survey time series using the Engagement pathway methodology in future to align the entire survey with a consistent methodological approach.

Note 1 Household Acorn © CACI Limited 2013 - 2025 Source: Acorn. The applicable copyright notices can be found at the Current Copyright and Third-Party Notices in the link below.

Acorn Copyright and Third-Party Notices

Note 2 The 2024/25 and 2025/26 survey years have used the gender identity question asked in the Census 2021 in England and Wales. It should be noted that in the Census 2021 data for England and Wales, patterns were identified that suggest that some respondents may not have interpreted the question as intended, notably those with lower levels of English language proficiency. Analysis of Scotland's census 2022, where the gender identity question was different, has added weight to this observation. Similar respondent error may have occurred during the data collection for these statistics so comparisons between subnational and other smaller group breakdowns should be considered with caution. More information can be found in the following links:

Analysis of Scotland's census

ONS sexual orientation and gender identity quality information report

National Statistical blog about the strengths and limitations of gender identity statistics

Note 3 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 4 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 5 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 6 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 7 These questions were not in the 2024/25 survey or prior survey years, thus comparisons are not applicable (N/A).

Note 8 These responses were not in the 2024/25 survey or prior survey years, thus comparisons are not applicable (N/A).

Note 9 In 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community Engagement Survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local Authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.

Note 10 There are three indirect measures of loneliness asked in the survey. These questions are; how often do you feel that you lack companionship, how often do you feel left out and how often do you feel isolated from others? These three questions each have three possible responses with a subsequent value; ‘Hardly ever or never’ = 1, ‘Some of the time’ = 2, ‘Often’ = 3. The response values to these three indirect questions are combined to create the Indirect Loneliness Composite score. Scores are between three and nine, three being the least lonely and nine being the most lonely. For further information, see Measuring loneliness: guidance for use of the national indicators on surveys - Recommended measures for adults.

Note 11 The wording for the video payment questions has changed this year so when comparing to last years data so some answer codes may overlap.

Notes related to the data in this spreadsheet

Note number Note text

Weights Different weights have been used for questions/responses depending on whether they are in in the web and paper or paper only questionnaire, and the pathway they are located in within the survey. This note applies to all tables.

Paper and web questionnaires The Community Engagement Survey issues both paper and web questionnaires. In order to reduce respondent burden and due to routing complexities on a paper questionnaire, not all questions are included in the paper questionnaire. The web questionnaire is also split into core and subset questions. Subset questions are only asked of approximately a third of online respondents and core questions are asked to all respondents online. We have noted cases where questions were only asked to online or to a subset of online respondents. If there is no note attached then the question was asked to all respondents to the survey, using either web or paper questionnaires. The questionnaires can be found at the link below:

Community and Engagement Survey Questionnaires

Lower and Upper estimates Lower and upper estimates in all tables use 95% confidence intervals.

Base and Count Base and count are both unweighted. Base is the number of respondents who were asked the question(s). Count is the number of respondents who answered the question in the affirmative. This note applies to all tables.

Suppression Cells marked with 'c' indicate data suppression for quality control reasons. This suppression was applied when less than or equal to 30 were asked the question, or less than or equal to 3 respondents provided answers. This note applies to all tables.

Unavailable Data Cells marked with 'x' indicate that data is unavailable. This is because it was not collected in that survey year. This note applies to all tables.

Not Applicable Data Cells marked with 'N/A' indicate that data are not applicable.

Methodological Alignment The Community pathway data tables in this release (A, B, C, D, E, F and G) have been produced using the methodology of the Community Life Survey (CLS) to allow for robust comparability with the CLS time-series. This methodology differs from the approach used to produce the Engagement pathway data tables (H, I, J, K, L, M, N and O) and the Participation Survey. We intend to reproduce the Community pathway data tables and the Community Life Survey time series using the Engagement pathway methodology in future to align the entire survey with a consistent methodological approach.

Note 1 Household Acorn © CACI Limited 2013 - 2025 Source: Acorn. The applicable copyright notices can be found at the Current Copyright and Third-Party Notices in the link below.

Acorn Copyright and Third-Party Notices

Note 2 The 2024/25 and 2025/26 survey years have used the gender identity question asked in the Census 2021 in England and Wales. It should be noted that in the Census 2021 data for England and Wales, patterns were identified that suggest that some respondents may not have interpreted the question as intended, notably those with lower levels of English language proficiency. Analysis of Scotland's census 2022, where the gender identity question was different, has added weight to this observation. Similar respondent error may have occurred during the data collection for these statistics so comparisons between subnational and other smaller group breakdowns should be considered with caution. More information can be found in the following links:

Analysis of Scotland's census

ONS sexual orientation and gender identity quality information report

National Statistical blog about the strengths and limitations of gender identity statistics

Note 3 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 4 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 5 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 6 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 7 These questions were not in the 2024/25 survey or prior survey years, thus comparisons are not applicable (N/A).

Note 8 These responses were not in the 2024/25 survey or prior survey years, thus comparisons are not applicable (N/A).

Note 9 In 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community Engagement Survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.

Notes related to the data in this spreadsheet

Note number Note text

Weights Different weights have been used for questions/responses depending on whether they are in in the web and paper or paper only questionnaire, and the pathway they are located in within the survey. This note applies to all tables.

Paper and web questionnaires The Community Engagement Survey issues both paper and web questionnaires. In order to reduce respondent burden and due to routing complexities on a paper questionnaire, not all questions are included in the paper questionnaire. The web questionnaire is also split into core and subset questions. Subset questions are only asked of approximately a third of online respondents and core questions are asked to all respondents online. We have noted cases where questions were only asked to online or to a subset of online respondents. If there is no note attached then the question was asked to all respondents to the survey, using either web or paper questionnaires. The questionnaires can be found at the link below:

Community and Engagement Survey Questionnaires

Lower and Upper estimates Lower and upper estimates in all tables use 95% confidence intervals.

Base and Count Base and count are both unweighted. Base is the number of respondents who were asked the question(s). Count is the number of respondents who answered the question in the affirmative. This note applies to all tables.

Suppression Cells marked with 'c' indicate data suppression for quality control reasons. This suppression was applied when less than or equal to 30 were asked the question, or less than or equal to 3 respondents provided answers. This note applies to all tables.

Unavailable Data Cells marked with 'x' indicate that data is unavailable. This is because it was not collected in that survey year. This note applies to all tables.

Not Applicable Data Cells marked with 'N/A' indicate that data are not applicable.

Methodological Alignment The Community pathway data tables in this release (A, B, C, D, E, F and G) have been produced using the methodology of the Community Life Survey (CLS) to allow for robust comparability with the CLS time-series. This methodology differs from the approach used to produce the Engagement pathway data tables (H, I, J, K, L, M, N and O) and the Participation Survey. We intend to reproduce the Community pathway data tables and the Community Life Survey time series using the Engagement pathway methodology in future to align the entire survey with a consistent methodological approach.

Note 1 Household Acorn © CACI Limited 2013 - 2025 Source: Acorn. The applicable copyright notices can be found at the Current Copyright and Third-Party Notices in the link below.

Acorn Copyright and Third-Party Notices

Note 2 The 2024/25 and 2025/26 survey years have used the gender identity question asked in the Census 2021 in England and Wales. It should be noted that in the Census 2021 data for England and Wales, patterns were identified that suggest that some respondents may not have interpreted the question as intended, notably those with lower levels of English language proficiency. Analysis of Scotland's census 2022, where the gender identity question was different, has added weight to this observation. Similar respondent error may have occurred during the data collection for these statistics so comparisons between subnational and other smaller group breakdowns should be considered with caution. More information can be found in the following links:

Analysis of Scotland's census

ONS sexual orientation and gender identity quality information report

National Statistical blog about the strengths and limitations of gender identity statistics

Note 3 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 4 These questions were not in the 2025/26 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 5 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of all respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 6 These questions were not in the 2024/25 paper questionnaire, and were asked of a subset of respondents online, so the results are only representative of the online population.

Note 7 These questions were not in the 2024/25 survey or prior survey years, thus comparisons are not applicable (N/A).

Note 8 These responses were not in the 2024/25 survey or prior survey years, thus comparisons are not applicable (N/A).

Note 9 In 2025/26, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community Engagement Survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local authority level. Local authority district breakdowns are available for these questions.