Official Statistics

Community Life Survey: October to December 2024 quarterly release

The results of the October to December 2024 quarter of the Community Life Survey.

Applies to England

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The Community Life Survey is a nationally representative annual survey of adults (16+) in England that tracks the latest trends and developments across areas related to social action and empowering communities. Data collection on the Community Life Survey commenced in 2012/13 using a face-to-face format.  During the survey years from 2013/14 to 2015/16 a push-to-web format was tested, which included collecting online/paper data alongside the face-to-face data, before moving fully to a push-to-web format in 2016/17. The results included in this release are based on online/paper completes only. 

  • Released: 17 July 2025

  • Period covered: October to December 2024

  • Geographic coverage: National level data for England

  • Next release date: Autumn 2025

For the 2023/24 and 2024/25 survey years, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community Life Survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local Authority level. This has enabled us to have the most granular data we have ever had. The questionnaire for 2024/25 has been developed collaboratively to adapt to the needs and interests of both DCMS and MHCLG, including some new questions and changes to existing questions, response options and definitions in the 23/24 and 24/25 surveys.

Fieldwork for 2024/25 was delivered over two quarters (October – December 2024 and January – March 2025) in line with the 2023/24 survey. As such there are two quarterly publications in 2024/25, in addition to the annual publication. The quarterly releases contain headline findings only and do not contain geographical or demographic breakdowns – this detail will be published through the 2024/25 annual publication, due in Autumn 2025.

The pre-release access list above contains the ministers and officials who have received privileged early access to this release of Community Life Survey data. In line with best-practice, the list has been kept to a minimum and those given access for briefing purposes had a maximum of 24 hours. Details on the pre-release access arrangements for this dataset are available in the accompanying material.

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The responsible analyst for this release is Lydia Warden. For enquiries on this release, please contact communitylifesurvey@dcms.gov.uk.

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Published 17 July 2025

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