"Figure 7: Average household sizes, 1971 to 2017, UK and England","" "","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","Average household size" "","" "Year","Labour Force Survey (UK)","2014-based Household Projections (England)","2008-based Household Projections (England)" "1971",":","2.84","2.84" "1972",":","2.85","2.85" "1973",":","2.83","2.83" "1974",":","2.81","2.81" "1975",":","2.79","2.79" "1976",":","2.78","2.78" "1977",":","2.76","2.76" "1978",":","2.74","2.74" "1979",":","2.72","2.72" "1980",":","2.7","2.7" "1981",":","2.65","2.65" "1982",":","2.63","2.63" "1983",":","2.62","2.62" "1984",":","2.6","2.6" "1985",":","2.58","2.58" "1986",":","2.56","2.56" "1987",":","2.53","2.53" "1988",":","2.51","2.51" "1989",":","2.49","2.49" "1990",":","2.47","2.47" "1991",":","2.45","2.45" "1992",":","2.44","2.44" "1993",":","2.44","2.44" "1994",":","2.43","2.43" "1995",":","2.42","2.42" "1996","2.42","2.41","2.41" "1997","2.41","2.4","2.4" "1998","2.4","2.4","2.4" "1999","2.39","2.39","2.39" "2000","2.38","2.38","2.38" "2001","2.38","2.37","2.37" "2002","2.36","2.36","2.36" "2003","2.36","2.36","2.35" "2004","2.37","2.36","2.35" "2005","2.36","2.36","2.34" "2006","2.36","2.36","2.34" "2007","2.36","2.36","2.33" "2008","2.36","2.36","2.33" "2009","2.36","2.36",":" "2010","2.36","2.36",":" "2011","2.36","2.36",":" "2012","2.36","2.36",":" "2013","2.37","2.35",":" "2014","2.38","2.35",":" "2015","2.38","2.34",":" "2016","2.39","2.34",":" "2017","2.39","2.33",":"