Civic engagement

Published: 11 September 2024
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Data on the percentage of people taking part in civic democratic processes in England.

Summary main findings

In the year to March 2022, 33.9% of people in England took part in civic democratic processes including signing a petition or attending a public rally.

In the 9 years to March 2022, levels of civic engagement were lowest in the year to March 2016, at 33.3%. They were highest in the year to March 2021, at 41.3%.


By year

Visualisation

Percentage of people who took part in democratic processes in the last 12 months (England, 9 years to March 2022)

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Data

Percentage of people who took part in democratic processes in the last 12 months (England, 9 years to March 2022)
Year Percentage (%)
2021/22 33.9
2020/21 41.3
2019/20 40.7
2018/19 34.4
2017/18 37.8
2016/17 41.1
2015/16 33.3
2014/15 35.4
2013/14 38.6

About the data

Data source

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Community Life Survey

Time period

April 2014 to March 2022 (9 financial years)

Geographic area

England

What the data measures

The data shows the percentage of adults who took part in civic democratic processes in the 12 months before being surveyed, both in person and online. These include signing a petition or attending a public rally, but not voting.

Data is shown for 9 financial years. Financial years run from April to March – for example, the 2021 to 2022 financial year ran from April 2021 to March 2022.

Things you need to know

95% confidence intervals are only available for the 3 financial years to March 2022.

Type of data

Survey data

Full report

Read more in State of the Nation 2024 on GOV.UK.


Download the data

Download full dataset (CSV, 1KB)

This file contains the following variables:

  • Indicator code
  • Indicator name
  • Area type
  • Area code
  • Area name
  • Time period
  • Age
  • Sex
  • Value
  • Lower confidence interval
  • Upper confidence interval
  • Unit

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11 September 2024

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