Table 7 Private households and persons in private households, by type of household. 1 January 2008. Numbers and per cent

7 Private households and persons in private households, by type of household. 1 January 2008. Numbers and per cent
Type of household	Numbers		Per cent

Type of household	Persons	Private households	Persons	Private households

Total	4 700 226	2 104 531	100.0	100.0

One-family households, total	4 462 111	2 036 423	94.9	96.8
Living alone	827 904	827 904	17.6	39.3
Couple¹ without resident children	896 338	448 169	19.1	21.3
Couple¹ with small children (youngest child 0-5 years)	886 520	219 947	18.9	10.5
Couple¹ with older children (youngest child 6-17 years)	1 021 143	246 013	21.7	11.7
Lone parent with small children (youngest child 0-5 years)	82 553	31 027	1.8	1.5
Lone parent with older children (youngest child 6-17 years)	228 324	88 501	4.9	4.2
One-family households with adult children (youngest child 18 years and over)	519 329	174 862	11.0	8.3
Two or more-familiy households, total	238 115	68 107	5.1	3.2
Two or more-familiy households without resident children 0-17 years	111 743	42 536	2.4	2.0
Two or more-familiy households with small children (youngest child 0-5 years)	74 511	14 362	1.6	0.7
Two or more-familiy households with older children (youngest child 6-17 years)	51 861	11 209	1.1	0.5

¹	Married couples, cohabiting couples and registered partners.