Statistics Norway

Families and households

3 Private households, by type of household. 1980, 1990, 2001, 2011 and 2012. Number and per cent
Type of household Number Per cent
1980 1990 2001 2011 2012 1980 1990 2001 2011 2012
Total 1 523 508 1 751 363 1 961 548 2 201 787 2 226 046  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0
                     
One-famlily households 1 430 415 1 671 829 1 903 367 2 123 278 2 147 150 93.9 95.5 97.0 96.4 96.5
Living alone  425 725  601 095  739 563  874 932  880 426 27.9 34.3 37.7 39.7 39.6
Living alone, person under 30 years 75 271  125 498  132 120  176 955  179 330 4.9 7.2 6.7 8.0 8.1
Living alone, person 30-44 years 55 532  118 529  162 909  191 666  188 375 3.6 6.8 8.3 8.7 8.5
Living alone, person 45-66 years  117 118  134 581  195 315  263 903  267 153 7.7 7.7 10.0 12.0 12.0
Living alone, person 67 years and over  177 804  222 487  249 219  242 408  245 568 11.7 12.7 12.7 11.0 11.0
Couple1 without resident children  306 924  340 634  412 611  466 360  476 315 20.1 19.4 21.0 21.2 21.4
Couple1 without resident children, oldest person under 30 years 30 382 31 449 30 800 34 636 36 871 2.0 1.8 1.6 1.6 1.7
Couple1 without resident children, oldest person 30-44 years 23 762 32 312 44 215 47 570 49 220 1.6 1.8 2.3 2.2 2.2
Couple1 without resident children, oldest person 45-66 years  126 746  123 939  179 489  205 610  203 625 8.3 7.1 9.2 9.3 9.1
Couple1 without resident children, oldest person 67 years and over  126 034  152 934  158 107  178 544  186 599 8.3 8.7 8.1 8.1 8.4
Couple1 with small children (youngest child 0-5 years)  209 310  202 039  224 086  226 583  229 785 13.7 11.5 11.4 10.3 10.3
Married couple2 with small children (youngest child 0-5 years)  203 624  170 034  148 922  137 834  137 946 13.4 9.7 7.6 6.3 6.2
Cohabiting couple with small children (youngest child 0-5 years) 5 686 32 005 75 164 88 749 91 839 0.4 1.8 3.8 4.0 4.1
Couple1 with older children (youngest child 6-17 years)  276 076  240 310  228 864  246 438  247 556 18.1 13.7 11.7 11.2 11.1
Married couple2 with older children (youngest child 6-17 years)  270 846  228 225  190 556  191 230  190 731 17.8 13.0 9.7 8.7 8.6
Cohabiting couple with older children (youngest child 6-17 years) 5 230 12 085 38 308 55 208 56 825 0.3 0.7 2.0 2.5 2.6
Lone parent with small children (youngest child 0-5 years) 16 477 36 178 33 802 33 541 33 554 1.1 2.1 1.7 1.5 1.5
Lone mother with small children (youngest child 0-5 years) 15 867 34 657 31 636 30 108 29 905 1.0 2.0 1.6 1.4 1.3
Lone father with small children (youngest child 0-5 years)  610 1 521 2 166 3 433 3 649 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2
Lone parent with older children (youngest child 6-17 years) 37 795 52 775 73 185 90 784 90 930 2.5 3.0 3.7 4.1 4.1
Lone mother with older children (youngest child 6-17 years) 32 393 44 330 60 122 70 055 69 799 2.1 2.5 3.1 3.2 3.1
Lone father with older children (youngest child 6-17 years) 5 402 8 445 13 063 20 729 21 131 0.4 0.5 0.7 0.9 0.9
One-family households with adult children (youngest child 18 years and over)  158 108  198 797  191 256  184 640  188 584 10.4 11.4 9.8 8.4 8.5
Married couple2 with adult children (youngest child 18 years and over)  113 902  141 520  127 233  109 446  110 148 7.5 8.1 6.5 5.0 4.9
Cohabiting couple with adult children (youngest child 18 years and over)  908 2 880 8 779 14 642 16 012 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.7 0.7
Lone mother with adult children (youngest child 18 years and over) 34 523 42 125 41 251 43 568 44 869 2.3 2.4 2.1 2.0 2.0
Lone father with adult children (youngest child 18 years and over) 8 775 12 272 13 993 16 984 17 555 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8
                     
Two or more-family households 93 093 79 534 58 181 78 511 78 896 6.1 4.5 3.0 3.6 3.5
Two or more-family households without resident children 0-17 years 53 850 47 537 37 882 48 843 49 536 3.5 2.7 1.9 2.2 2.2
Households with two or more one-person families 29 036 27 874 20 350 28 854 29 491 1.9 1.6 1.0 1.3 1.3
Other two or more-family households without children 0-17 år 24 814 19 663 17 532 19 989 20 045 1.6 1.1 0.9 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 16 731 1.4 0.9 0.5 0.8 0.8
Two or more-familiy households with older children (youngest child 6-17 years) 17 874 15 374 9 743 12 595 12 629 1.2 0.9 0.5 0.6 0.6
1  Married couples, cohabiting couples and registered partners.
2  Registered partners included.

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