Community Life Survey
This series brings together all the releases of the Community Life Survey.
The Community Life Survey is a key evidence source for understanding more about community engagement, volunteering and social cohesion, sampling adults (aged 16+) throughout England.The Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport took on responsibility for publishing results from the Community Life survey (CLS) for 2016-17 onwards, after it was commissioned by the Cabinet Office in 2012. Previous data and questionnaires for the CLS from 2012 until 2016 are available at Community Life Survey 2012-13 to 2015-16.
The CLS moved to a self-completion online and paper mixed method approach from 2016-17 onwards, with an end to the previous face-to-face method.
The survey is currently run by Kantar on behalf of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport.
If you have received a letter inviting you to take part in the survey please click here for more information.
Ad-hoc statistical releases
A list of CLS ad-hoc statistical releases that have not been included in our standard publications is available here.
Community Life Survey: Statistical Releases
Community Life Survey: Focus Reports
Community Life Survey: Special Statistical Releases
Community Life Survey: Additional Methodology Reports
Community Life Survey: User engagement
Last updated 28 February 2023 + show all updates
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Added Community Life Survey 2021/22.
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Added a link to the most recent Community Life Survey 2020/21 web page.
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10 December 2020 Added the Focus on Loneliness 2019-20 report, the headline findings report from the Community Life COVID-19 Re-contact Survey 2020, and the main findings report from the Community Life COVID-19 Re-contact Survey 2020
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Publication of a focus report on loneliness.
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First published.