Statistics Norway

Population Statistics. Families and Households, 1 January 2005
7   Private households and persons in private households, by type of household. 1 January 2005. Numbers and per cent [Corrected 3 July 2007]
Type of household Numbers Per cent
Persons Private households Persons Private households
Total 4 569 064 2 011 000  100.0  100.0
         
One-family households, total 4 349 331 1 947 732 95.2 96.9
Living alone  766 930  766 930 16.8 38.1
Couple1 without resident children  848 542  424 271 18.6 21.1
Couple1 with small children (youngest child 0-5 years)  894 291  220 507 19.6 11.0
Couple1 with older children (youngest child 6-17 years)  995 672  239 144 21.8 11.9
Lone parent with small children (youngest child 0-5 years) 87 321 32 768 1.9 1.6
Lone parent with older children (youngest child 6-17 years)  215 034 83 069 4.7 4.1
One-family households with adult children (youngest child 18 years and over)  541 541  181 043 11.9 9.0
Two or more-familiy households, total  219 733 63 267 4.8 3.1
Two or more-familiy households without resident children 0-17 years  107 784 40 480 2.4 2.0
Two or more-familiy households with small children (youngest child 0-5 years) 65 592 12 787 1.4 0.6
Two or more-familiy households with older children (youngest child 6-17 years) 46 357 10 000 1.0 0.5
1  Married couples, cohabiting couples and registered partners.

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