Data published this week by the Federal Statistical Office (FSO) show the number of single person households continues to rise.
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Eight years ago there were 1.3 million single person households. The latest figures show there are 1.4 million, a rise of around 10%. This type of household makes up 38.4% of the total, up from 37.6%.
The other type of household rising is single parent families. Their number has risen 21%. They now make up 6.3% of all households.
And while the number of households made up of a couple with no children has risen 4% and couples with children by 5%, these household configurations now only make up 27.2% and 27.3% respectively, down from 28% and 28.3% eight years earlier.
There has been a drift towards living alone, with or without children. Single parent families now make up one in six households with children.
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