Families and Households, 2015

5 Nov 2015 02:44 PM

Main points

• In 2015 there were 18.7 million families in the UK.
• The most common family type in 2015 was the married or civil partner couple family with or without dependent children at 12.5 million.
• The cohabiting couple family continues to be the fastest growing family type in the UK in 2015, reaching 3.2 million cohabiting couple families.
• In 2015 around 40% of young adults aged 15 to 34 in the UK were living with their parents.
• There were 27.0 million households in the UK in 2015, 35% of all households were two person households.
• In 2015 there were 7.7 million people in UK households who were living alone.

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