Library users in England 2022

'Libraries allow for social mobility; they are places of possibility, opening doors in later life for many people for whom school didn’t work.'

Darren Henley, Arts Council England

32%

of adults visit a library at least three or four times a year

33%

of adults use online library services at least three or four times a year

15%

of the most deprived adults have visited a public library at least once in the past 12 months

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