Summary

Trends in living arrangements in the UK including families (with and without dependent children), people living alone and people in shared accommodation, broken down by size and type of household.

Publications

• Families and households in the UK: 2018

  Trends in living arrangements including families (with and without dependent children), people living alone and people in shared accommodation, broken down by size and type of household.

• Families and households statistics explained

  This explainer outlines families and households definitions, classifications, uses and users of the data, common queries, and other sources of household estimates.

Data

• Families and households

  Families and children in the UK by family type including married couples, cohabiting couples and lone parents. Also shows household size and people living alone.

• Young adults living with their parents

  Total number of young adults aged 15 to 34 years and total number of young adults aged 20 to 34 years in the UK living with their parents. 

• Impact of reweighting on the families and households estimates

  Revisions have been made to previously published estimates of families and households. This describes these changes and their impact on the estimates.

Methodology

• Families and households QMI

  Quality and methodology information for families and households estimates, detailing strengths and limitations of the data, methods, and data uses and users.

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