Children statistics

3   Children 0-17 years of age, by relationship. Siblings regardless of age. 1 January 2002
Age Persons aged 0-17, total Children living at home, total1 Children with no siblings2 Children with siblings, total3 Relationship to siblings
Biological
siblings		 Half siblings Stepsiblings Biological/
half siblings		 Biological/
stepsiblings		 Half siblings and
stepsiblings		 Biological/half/
stepsiblings
Total   1 067 489   1 058 707    185 609    873 098    746 895   70 842  835 51 177  971 1 547  831
                       
 0 56 707 56 635 22 681 33 954 26 817 4 962 4 2 166 - 3 2
 1 59 588 59 463 22 550 36 913 29 745 4 714 6 2 442 1 5 -
 2 59 953 59 793 17 503 42 290 35 298 4 059 - 2 928 2 1 2
 3 59 256 59 060 12 425 46 635 39 752 3 681 7 3 179 4 9 3
 4 60 857 60 607 9 667 50 940 43 606 3 802 8 3 491 10 14 9
 5 62 202 61 938 8 596 53 342 46 079 3 797 18 3 383 10 39 16
 6 61 578 61 277 7 585 53 692 46 378 3 839 24 3 353 35 40 23
 7 61 330 61 029 6 972 54 057 46 787 3 830 25 3 307 25 46 37
 8 61 096 60 733 6 818 53 915 46 437 3 964 24 3 330 46 75 39
 9 61 883 61 470 6 928 54 542 46 811 4 162 53 3 303 59 94 60
10 62 730 62 304 7 161 55 143 47 236 4 336 57 3 252 61  137 64
11 62 740 62 229 7 152 55 077 47 101 4 412 65 3 193 98  139 69
12 61 048 60 549 7 296 53 253 45 746 4 200 69 2 919 95  145 79
13 59 272 58 692 7 469 51 223 44 015 4 010 78 2 784  101  154 81
14 56 060 55 394 7 642 47 752 41 227 3 681 76 2 405  110  151  102
15 54 796 54 005 8 001 46 004 39 965 3 357  102 2 208 96  185 91
16 53 453 52 339 9 097 43 242 37 807 3 094  101 1 888  117  156 79
17 52 940 51 190 10 066 41 124 36 088 2 942  118 1 646  101  154 75
1  Children 0-17 years of age include only children 0-17 years of age who live at home. Children 0-17 years of age who are registered as having left the family home, who have married, or who have their own children, are excluded.
2  Children being the only child living at home.
3  Siblings living at home, at the same address as the child.

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