Statistics Norway

Households. Population and Housing Census

3 Private households, by type of household. 1980, 1990, 2001 and 2011. Numbers and per cent
Type of household2 Households Per cent
1980 1990 2001 2011 1980 1990 2001 2011
Total 1 523 508 1 751 363 1 961 548 2 224 151  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0
                 
One-family households 1 430 415 1 671 829 1 903 476 2 145 271 93.9 95.5 97.0 96.5
Living alone  425 725  601 095  739 563  880 340 27.9 34.3 37.7 39.6
Living alone, person under 30 years 75 271  125 498  132 120  179 614 4.9 7.2 6.7 8.1
Living alone, person 30-44 years 55 532  118 529  162 909  188 498 3.6 6.8 8.3 8.5
Living alone, person 45-66 years  117 118  134 581  195 315  267 010 7.7 7.7 10.0 12.0
Living alone, person 67 years and over  177 804  222 487  249 219  245 218 11.7 12.7 12.7 11.0
Couples without resident children  306 924  340 634  412 611  476 248 20.1 19.4 21.0 21.4
Couples without resident children, oldest person under 30 years 30 382 31 449 30 800 36 952 2.0 1.8 1.6 1.7
Couples without resident children, oldest person 30-44 years 23 762 32 312 44 215 49 102 1.6 1.8 2.3 2.2
Couples without resident children, oldest person 45-66 years  126 746  123 939  179 489  204 298 8.3 7.1 9.2 9.2
Couples without resident children, oldest person 67 years and over  126 034  152 934  158 107  185 896 8.3 8.7 8.1 8.4
Married couples1 with children  588 372  539 779  466 711  438 848 38.6 30.8 23.8 19.7
Married couples1 with small children (youngest child 0-5 years)  203 624  170 034  148 922  138 228 13.4 9.7 7.6 6.2
Married couples1 with older children (youngest child 6-17 years)  270 846  228 225  190 556  190 895 17.8 13.0 9.7 8.6
Marries couples1 with adult children (youngest child 18 years and over)  113 902  141 520  127 233  109 725 7.5 8.1 6.5 4.9
Cohabiting couples with children 11 824 46 970  122 251  163 495 0.8 2.7 6.2 7.4
Cohabiting couples with small children (youngest child 0-5 years) 5 686 32 005 75 164 91 106 0.4 1.8 3.8 4.1
Cohabiting couples with older children (youngest child 6-17 years) 5 230 12 085 38 308 56 654 0.3 0.7 2.0 2.5
Cohabitings couple with adult children (youngest child 18 years and over)  908 2 880 8 779 15 735 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.7
Lone mother/father with children 97 570  143 351  162 231  186 340 6.4 8.2 8.3 8.4
Lone mother with small children (youngest child 0-5 years) 15 867 34 657 31 636 29 876 1.0 2.0 1.6 1.3
Lone mother with older children (youngest child 6-17 years) 32 393 44 331 60 122 69 834 2.1 2.5 3.1 3.1
Lone mother with adult children (youngest child 18 years and over) 34 523 42 125 41 251 44 524 2.3 2.4 2.1 2.0
Lone father with small children (youngest child 0-5 years)  610 1 521 2 166 3 639 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2
Lone father with older children (youngest child 6-17 years) 5 402 8 445 13 063 21 081 0.4 0.5 0.7 0.9
Lone father with adult children (youngest child 18 years and over) 8 775 12 272 13 993 17 386 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.8
Two or more-family households 93 093 79 534 58 181 78 880 6.1 4.5 3.0 3.5
Two or more-family households without resident children 0-17 years 53 850 47 537 37 882 49 530 3.5 2.7 1.9 2.2
Households with two or more one-person families 29 036 27 874 20 350 29 456 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 20 074 1.6 1.1 0.9 0.9
Two or more-familiy households with children (youngest child 0-17 years) 39 243 31 997 20 299 29 350 2.6 1.8 1.0 1.3
1  Registered partners included.
2  In the 2011 Population and Housing Census, persons are grouped according to age at census date (19 November). In the 2001 Census, persons were grouped according to age at the end of the year (31 December).

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