The population of England and Wales continues to get older on average, the figures show
continues to get older on average, the figures show. There were nearly 14,000 centenarians recorded in the 2021 census, up from around 11,000 a decade before.
David Sinclair, chief executive of the International Longevity Centre UK, said one of the main challenges of an ageing population is how to support people to age well. He said: “We start ageing in the womb so we need to be looking at the young. We need to be thinking about access to education and learning across the whole life so that we can make sure we are prepared for the 100-year life, even if that doesn’t end up being everyone.
“We also need to change the narrative and debate around supporting people to work longer. We need to address challenges like pensioner poverty, shortages in housing and inequalities in health and life expectancy.”Here are the neighbourhoods with the most centenarians, according to theThere were nine people aged 100 or over in the Otley South area at the time of the 2021 census.
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