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One third of EU households composed of only one person: Eurostat

Xinhua, November 28, 2015 Adjust font size:

Single-person households accounted for almost one third (31.8 percent) of all households in the European Union (EU) in 2014 and more than 40 percent of them aged over 65, said Eurostat on Friday.

The statistical office of the European Union said the highest number of single-person households was registered in Denmark (45 percent), Finland (40.8 percent), Sweden (39.9 percent) and Germany (40.5 percent).

By contrast, single-person households accounted for around one in five households in Cyprus, Portugal and Ireland.

Among single-person households in the EU, 41.8 percent were composed of persons aged 65 years or over last year. In addition, such households were predominantly composed of women, who accounted for 56.6 percent. The share of women in single-person households was particularly high in Latvia and Hungary.

Data also showed that in 2014, the median age of the EU population was 42.2 years. The youngest population was found in Ireland with a median age 36.0 years, while the oldest population was recorded in Germany at 45.6 years and Italy at 44.7 years. Endit