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Statistics about
Families and households
The statistics describe the size and composition of families and households in Norway. In addition, the statistics describe family relations from the child's point of view; whether the child lives with siblings and married parents, cohabiting parents or single parents.
Selected figures from this statistics
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2023 2024 Private households 2 581 721 2 617 268 Living alone 1 047 741 1 067 725 Couples without children 628 822 636 291 Married couples with children 0-17 years 302 437 300 651 Cohabiting couples with children 0-17 years 185 632 187 170 Mother/father with children 0-17 years 107 184 108 371 One-family households with adult children 185 299 186 716 Two or more-family households without children 0-17 years 93 225 97 755 Two or more-family households with children 0-17 years 31 381 32 589 Persons in private households 5 452 264 5 508 712 Number of persons per private household 2.11 2.10 Population by type of households 5 479 350 5 539 416 Private households 5 452 264 5 508 712 One-family household 5 058 533 5 097 789 Two or more-family households 393 731 410 923 Other households 27 086 30 704 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Children 0-17 years.Download table as ...Children 0-17 years.
2023 2024 Children 0-17 years, total 1 096 857 1 096 788 Sibling Without siblings living at home 213 958 214 764 With siblings living at home 882 899 882 024 Age Children 0-5 years 334 299 331 478 Children 6-17 years 762 558 765 310 Children live with Married parents 570 673 565 564 Cohabiting parents 277 636 282 094 Mother or father, single 174 134 176 472 Mother/father and step-parent 74 411 72 656 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Children 0-17 years, by number of siblings living at home and the parents' cohabitation arrangementsDownload table as ...Children 0-17 years, by number of siblings living at home and the parents' cohabitation arrangements
2023 2024 Children, total 1 096 857 1 096 788 Living with both parents, total 848 309 847 658 Children with no siblings 130 251 131 266 Children with siblings, total 718 058 716 392 Children with 1 sibling 428 256 430 404 Children with 2 siblings 221 561 218 840 Children with 3 siblings 48 817 47 950 Children with 4 siblings 12 305 12 288 Children with 5 siblings or more 7 119 6 910 Living with both parents, married 570 673 565 564 Children with no siblings 69 983 70 198 Children with siblings, total 500 690 495 366 Children with 1 sibling 275 585 274 911 Children with 2 siblings 167 361 163 992 Children with 3 siblings 40 450 39 514 Children with 4 siblings 10 874 10 801 Children with 5 siblings or more 6 420 6 148 Living with both parents, cohabiting 277 636 282 094 Children with no siblings 60 268 61 068 Children with siblings, total 217 368 221 026 Children with 1 sibling 152 671 155 493 Children with 2 siblings 54 200 54 848 Children with 3 siblings 8 367 8 436 Children with 4 siblings 1 431 1 487 Children with 5 siblings or more 699 762 Living with one of the parents, total 248 545 249 128 Children with no siblings 83 705 83 497 Children with siblings, total 164 840 165 631 Children with 1 sibling 99 318 100 367 Children with 2 siblings 45 979 45 772 Children with 3 siblings 13 712 13 825 Children with 4 siblings 4 059 3 963 Children with 5 siblings or more 1 772 1 704 Living with only mother 138 830 140 229 Children with no siblings 50 429 50 717 Children with siblings, total 88 401 89 512 Children with 1 sibling 56 969 57 908 Children with 2 siblings 21 821 21 953 Children with 3 siblings 6 357 6 535 Children with 4 siblings 2 151 2 099 Children with 5 siblings or more 1 103 1 017 Living with mother/step-parent 59 187 57 402 Children with no siblings 13 418 12 872 Children with siblings, total 45 769 44 530 Children with 1 sibling 23 765 23 143 Children with 2 siblings 15 499 15 041 Children with 3 siblings 4 956 4 780 Children with 4 siblings 1 183 1 181 Children with 5 siblings or more 366 385 Living with only father 35 304 36 243 Children with no siblings 16 498 16 575 Children with siblings, total 18 806 19 668 Children with 1 sibling 13 561 14 184 Children with 2 siblings 4 361 4 556 Children with 3 siblings 636 726 Children with 4 siblings 165 134 Children with 5 siblings or more 83 68 Living with father/step-parent 15 224 15 254 Children with no siblings 3 360 3 333 Children with siblings, total 11 864 11 921 Children with 1 sibling 5 023 5 132 Children with 2 siblings 4 298 4 222 Children with 3 siblings 1 763 1 784 Children with 4 siblings 560 549 Children with 5 siblings or more 220 234 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ...
About the statistics
The information under «About the statistics» was last updated 3 June 2021.
Person
The statistics covers all persons considered resident in Norway, according to the Central Population Register, on 1 January. The Population Registration Act of 16 January 1970 (with later amendments) and its provisions from 1994, define persons that are considered resident in Norway and how their address is determined. The total number of persons resident in an area is known as the total population. As from 1 January 2014 students that are registered in the CPR as living in their parents home are no longer part of the population of the family and household statistics.
Couple
Two persons are considered a couple when they are residents in the same household and are married to each other, registered partners or cohabitants, i.e. living together without being married or having a registered partnership. In addition to be living in the same household and be of opposite sex, two persons must fulfil at least one of the following requirements to be considered a cohabiting couple:
- have a child in common
- have checked out for being cohabitants in the Census 2001 questionnaire
- have been classified as a cohabitant couple in the system for data processing, control and revision
The data quality is not good enough to identify same sex cohabitants, and statistics for this group is accordingly not published.
Separated couples registered as resident in the same dwelling are considered a couple when they fulfil at least one of the 3 requirements above. Because a separated couple legally still is considered to be married, they are classified as married couples in the family and household statistics. Divorced couples still living in the same household fulfilling the same requirements are classified as cohabiting couples.
Child
A child is defined as any person with no partner and no own children, who has de jure place of usual residence in the household of at least one of their parents. A child is either biological or adopted. A foster child is not considered a child in this statistics.
Family
A family consists of persons resident in the same dwelling and related to each other as spouse, registered partner, cohabitant, and/or parent and child (regardless of the child's age). At most, a family may consist of two subsequent generations and one couple only. This means that persons that are married or cohabiting and/or living with their own children, do not belong to their parents' family. When persons that have previously been married are living with their parents, this is regarded as two families. Single persons are also considered a family, whereby all persons are part of a family, either together with others or on their own.
Household
A household consists of persons that are permanently resident in the same private dwelling or institution.
A private household comprises persons resident in the same dwelling, where this dwelling is not an institution. An institutional household comprises persons who have board, lodging, care or nursing at an institution. Employees that are resident in an institution are always considered resident in a private household. The statistics does not provide any figures for institutional households; however the number of persons not living in private households is given. This group is referred to as resident in Other households and comprises persons resident in institutional households as well as persons of no fixed abode.
The composition of households is based on information from the registers mentioned under the headline Production; Data sources and sampling and Collection of data, revision, and estimation. Households may consist of one or more families. Persons belonging to the same family also belong to the same household.
Standard classification of family type 2006
Single persons are also considered a family, whereby all persons are part of a family, either together with others or on their own. A family that consists of two or more persons is known as a family nucleus. The Norwegian standard classification of families deviates somewhat from international recommendations. Internationally it is not recommended to include persons living alone in family statistics.
Families with children are families where at least one child is registered as resident together with the parent(s). Families without children are either de facto childless, or families where the children have moved out of the family home. migration).
The number of couples with/without children will vary depending on whether an age limit is set for children living at home. Based on an age limit of 18 years for children, couples with children over the age of 18 years will be classified as couples without children 0 - 17 years.
Standard classification of households 2006
The standard classification classifies the households by types of families in the household. Since the definition of a family deviates a little from the international recommendations the classification of households will also differ a little from what is recommended internationally. If required it is possible to produce figures in accordance with international standards.