![]() They added that of the top 10 local authorities with the highest number of centenarians per 100,000 population, nine were in coastal areas. There were 64 people who had reached 100 or older per 100,000 people in East Devon, 59 per 100,000 in Arun in West Sussex, and 57 per 100,000 in the New Forest, the ONS said. The local authorities with the largest numbers of centenarians per 100,000 people were all on the south coast of England. ![]() The latest statistics showed that two in five centenarians lived alone, a similar proportion lived in a communal establishment – mostly care homes – and the remaining one in five lived in private households with other people. There were 11,288 female and 2,636 male centenarians in England and Wales when the latest census was carried out, continuing the pattern of more females than males due to a higher life expectancy for females. The 2021 figure was up by a quarter on 2011, although centenarians still only represent 0.2% of the total population. This figure is around a 127-fold increase on the 1921 census – and the rise has led to renewed calls for a better strategy to deal with an ever-ageing population. The number of people aged 100 or older across the two nations on Census Day in 2021 was 13,924, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said. The number of centenarians living in England and Wales is at a record high – having risen from just 110 people to almost 14,000 in the past century.
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