Statistics Norway

Families and households

1 Population, by sex, age and type of household. 1 January 2008
  Total Males Females
  Total 0-15 years 16-29 years 30-66 years 67 years and more Total 0-15 years 16-29 years 30-66 years 67 years and more
Total 4 737 171   2 359 690   497 286   424 708   1 179 876   257 820   2 377 481  473 300  408 584   1 139 689  355 908
                       
Private households, total 4 700 226 2 346 998  496 848  423 807 1 175 743  250 601 2 353 228  472 993  408 005 1 138 027  334 201
One-family households, total 4 462 111 2 225 961  474 024  394 730 1 117 554  239 654 2 236 150  451 596  379 804 1 086 607  318 141
Living alone  827 904  411 640 . 92 648  255 559 63 433  416 264 . 68 796  171 565  175 903
Couple1 without resident children  896 339  448 512 . 34 784  253 216  160 512  447 827 . 48 849  273 286  125 691
Couple1 with small children (youngest child 0-5 years)  886 520  448 886  221 808 36 925  190 099 54  437 634  211 132 61 852  164 650 -
Couple1 with older children (youngest child 6-17 years) 1 021 142  521 808  177 210 99 964  243 921  712  499 334  169 455 86 703  243 172 5
Lone parent with small children (youngest child 0-5 years) 82 553 28 996 25 301 1 480 2 213 3 53 557 24 323 12 414 16 820 -
Lone parent with older children (youngest child 6-17 years)  228 324 92 104 49 705 23 411 18 927 61  136 220 46 686 23 287 66 245 1
One-family households with adult children (youngest child 18 years and over)  519 329  274 015 .  105 518  153 619 14 879  245 314 . 77 903  150 869 16 541
Two or more-familiy households, total  238 115  121 037 22 824 29 077 58 189 10 947  117 078 21 397 28 201 51 420 16 060
Two or more-familiy households without resident children 0-17 years  111 743 60 905 2 045 17 275 33 783 7 802 50 838 1 803 12 817 24 457 11 760
Two or more-familiy households with small children (youngest child 0-5 years) 74 511 35 362 13 211 6 184 14 390 1 577 39 149 12 479 10 189 14 696 1 785
Two or more-familiy households with older children (youngest child 6-17 years) 51 861 24 770 7 568 5 618 10 016 1 568 27 091 7 115 5 195 12 267 2 515
Other households 36 945 12 692  438  902 4 132 7 220 24 253  306  579 1 661 21 707
1  Married couples, cohabiting couples and registered partners.

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