Summary

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

Publications

• Families and households statistics explained

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

• Families and households in the UK: 2023

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

Data

• People in households by type of household and family, regions of England and Great Britain constituent countries

  Labour Force Survey (LFS) estimates including measures of uncertainty of the number of people in households by types of household and families, for England, Scotland and Wales, as well as the regions of England.

• People in families by family type and presence of children, regions of England and Great Britain constituent countries

  Labour Force Survey (LFS) estimates including measures of uncertainty of the number of people in families by specific family types and presence of children, for England, Wales and Scotland, as well as the regions of England.

• 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.

• Households by type of household and family, regions of England and Great Britain constituent countries

  Labour Force Survey (LFS) estimates including measures of uncertainty of the number of households by types of household and families, for England, Scotland and Wales, as well as the regions of England.

• Households by household size, regions of England and Great Britain constituent countries

  Labour Force Survey (LFS) estimates including measures of uncertainty of the number of households by household size, for England, Scotland and Wales, as well as the regions of England.

• Families by family type, regions of England and Great Britain constituent countries

  Labour Force Survey (LFS) estimates including measures of uncertainty of the number of families by specific family types for England, Scotland and Wales, as well as the regions of England.

• 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. 

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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