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3.33 Private households, by number of persons in the household

Year	Private households, total	Number of persons in the household
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7-
	Absolute figures
1.12. 19201, 2	574 463	54 182	84 616	93 349	88 746	75 803	60 619	117 148
1.12. 19301, 2	653 071	66 148	104 388	116 415	108 813	91 889	60 162	105 256
3.12. 19463	911 472	161 073	190 150	210 015	164 210	92 028	48 575	45 421
1.12. 19501	963 552	143 342	213 576	226 884	184 566	101 950	50 590	42 644
1.11. 1960	1 077 169	153 145	250 503	227 902	217 752	124 686	59 136	44 045
1.11. 1970	1 296 734	274 080	328 899	243 485	231 481	132 265	55 192	31 332
1.11. 1980	1 523 508	425 725	393 796	248 601	272 774	125 790	39 516	17 306
3.11. 1990	1 751 363	601 097	459 790	265 885	280 066	111 609	24 694	8 222
3.11. 2001	1 961 548	739 563	535 247	269 170	266 401	117 074	25 854	8 239
1.1. 2005	2 011 000	766 930	554 332	266 783	268 930	119 555	26 200	8 270
1.1. 2006	2 036 890	784 230	562 960	265 970	269 680	119 546	26 265	8 239
1.1. 2007	2 064 841	802 282	571 655	266 254	270 622	119 235	26 463	8 330
1.1. 2008	2 104 531	827 904	584 025	267 090	272 054	118 942	26 111	8 405
1.1. 2009	2 142 638	852 474	592 028	269 390	274 496	119 242	26 350	8 658
	Per cent
1.12. 19201	100.0	9.4	14.7	16.3	15.4	13.2	10.6	20.4
1.12. 19301	100.0	10.1	16.0	17.8	16.7	14.1	9.2	16.1
3.12. 19463	100.0	17.7	20.9	23.0	18.0	10.1	5.3	5.0
1.12. 19501	100.0	14.9	22.2	23.5	19.2	10.6	5.3	4.4
1.11. 1960	100.0	14.2	23.3	21.2	20.2	11.6	5.5	4.1
1.11. 1970	100.0	21.1	25.3	18.8	17.9	10.2	4.3	2.4
1.11. 1980	100.0	27.9	25.9	16.3	17.9	8.3	2.6	1.1
3.11. 1990	100.0	34.3	26.3	15.2	16.0	6.4	1.4	0.5
3.11. 2001	100.0	37.7	27.3	13.7	13.6	6.0	1.3	0.4
1.1. 2005	100.0	38.1	27.6	13.3	13.4	5.9	1.3	0.4
1.1. 2006	100.0	38.5	27.6	13.1	13.2	5.9	1.3	0.4
1.1. 2007	100.0	38.9	27.7	12.9	13.1	5.8	1.3	0.4
1.1. 2008	100.0	39.3	27.8	12.7	12.9	5.7	1.2	0.4
1.1. 2009	100.0	39.8	27.6	12.6	12.8	5.6	1.2	0.4

1	Refer to meal households, elsewhere to dwelling households.
2	Figures are somewhat too low, as data for cities refer to dwellings (flats) instead of households. In 1920 the total number of meal households was 603 004 and an estimate for 1930 is 690 000.
3	Excluding county of Finnmark. Including Finnmark the total number of meal households is estimated to 890 000.
Source: Population censuses 1920-1990, Population and Housing Census 2001.
More information:  http://www.ssb.no/fob_en/ and Family and Household statistics 2005-:  http://www.ssb.no/english/subjects/02/01/20/familie_en/

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