Statistics Norway

Families and households

3 Private households, by type of household. 1980, 1990, 2001 and 2011. Number and per cent
Type of household Number Per cent
1980 1990 2001 2011 1980 1990 2001 2011
Total 1 523 508 1 751 363 1 961 548 2 201 787  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0
                 
One-famlily households 1 430 415 1 671 829 1 903 367 2 123 278 93.9 95.5 97.0 96.4
Living alone  425 725  601 095  739 563  874 932 27.9 34.3 37.7 39.7
Living alone, person under 30 years 75 271  125 498  132 120  176 955 4.9 7.2 6.7 8.0
Living alone, person 30-44 years 55 532  118 529  162 909  191 666 3.6 6.8 8.3 8.7
Living alone, person 45-66 years  117 118  134 581  195 315  263 903 7.7 7.7 10.0 12.0
Living alone, person 67 years and over  177 804  222 487  249 219  242 408 11.7 12.7 12.7 11.0
Couple1 without resident children  306 924  340 634  412 611  466 360 20.1 19.4 21.0 21.2
Couple1 without resident children, oldest person under 30 years 30 382 31 449 30 800 34 636 2.0 1.8 1.6 1.6
Couple1 without resident children, oldest person 30-44 years 23 762 32 312 44 215 47 570 1.6 1.8 2.3 2.2
Couple1 without resident children, oldest person 45-66 years  126 746  123 939  179 489  205 610 8.3 7.1 9.2 9.3
Couple1 without resident children, oldest person 67 years and over  126 034  152 934  158 107  178 544 8.3 8.7 8.1 8.1
Couple1 with small children (youngest child 0-5 years)  209 310  202 039  224 086  226 583 13.7 11.5 11.4 10.3
Married couple2 with small children (youngest child 0-5 years)  203 624  170 034  148 922  137 834 13.4 9.7 7.6 6.3
Cohabiting couple with small children (youngest child 0-5 years) 5 686 32 005 75 164 88 749 0.4 1.8 3.8 4.0
Couple1 with older children (youngest child 6-17 years)  276 076  240 310  228 864  246 438 18.1 13.7 11.7 11.2
Married couple2 with older children (youngest child 6-17 years)  270 846  228 225  190 556  191 230 17.8 13.0 9.7 8.7
Cohabiting couple with older children (youngest child 6-17 years) 5 230 12 085 38 308 55 208 0.3 0.7 2.0 2.5
Lone parent with small children (youngest child 0-5 years) 16 477 36 178 33 802 33 541 1.1 2.1 1.7 1.5
Lone mother with small children (youngest child 0-5 years) 15 867 34 657 31 636 30 108 1.0 2.0 1.6 1.4
Lone father with small children (youngest child 0-5 years)  610 1 521 2 166 3 433 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2
Lone parent with older children (youngest child 6-17 years) 37 795 52 775 73 185 90 784 2.5 3.0 3.7 4.1
Lone mother with older children (youngest child 6-17 years) 32 393 44 330 60 122 70 055 2.1 2.5 3.1 3.2
Lone father with older children (youngest child 6-17 years) 5 402 8 445 13 063 20 729 0.4 0.5 0.7 0.9
One-family households with adult children (youngest child 18 years and over)  158 108  198 797  191 256  184 640 10.4 11.4 9.8 8.4
Married couple2 with adult children (youngest child 18 years and over)  113 902  141 520  127 233  109 446 7.5 8.1 6.5 5.0
Cohabiting couple with adult children (youngest child 18 years and over)  908 2 880 8 779 14 642 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.7
Lone mother with adult children (youngest child 18 years and over) 34 523 42 125 41 251 43 568 2.3 2.4 2.1 2.0
Lone father with adult children (youngest child 18 years and over) 8 775 12 272 13 993 16 984 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.8
                 
Two or more-family households 93 093 79 534 58 181 78 511 6.1 4.5 3.0 3.6
Two or more-family households without resident children 0-17 years 53 850 47 537 37 882 48 843 3.5 2.7 1.9 2.2
Households with two or more one-person families 29 036 27 874 20 350 28 854 1.9 1.6 1.0 1.3
Other two or more-family households without children 0-17 år 24 814 19 663 17 532 19 989 1.6 1.1 0.9 0.9
Two or more-familiy households with small children (youngest child 0-5 years) 21 369 16 624 10 556 17 073 1.4 0.9 0.5 0.8
Two or more-familiy households with older children (youngest child 6-17 years) 17 874 15 374 9 743 12 595 1.2 0.9 0.5 0.6
1  Married couples, cohabiting couples and registered partners.
2  Registered partners included.

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