For the first time in England and Wales, more women remained childless by 30 than those who became mothers, official figures show. According to a new analysis released on Thursday by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), 50.1 percent of women who turned 30 in 2020 (born in 1990) did not have any children by their 30th birthday. This is the first year group among which half remain childless by 30 years of age since the record began in 1920, the ONS said in the annual report, which analyzed data from 2020. An ONS statistician said the trend is likely to continue given the low levels of fertility in those currently in their 20s. Of women who turned 45 in 2020 (born in 1975) and presumably completed their childbearing years, 18 percent remained childless, 13 percent up from the percentages among their mothers’ generation (assumed to be 26 years their senior based on …