Average household size in Euro area - 18 countries (2014)
Euro area - 18 countries (2014): Average household size was 2.3 in 2020. ▼ Falling
Latest (2020)
2.3
Change on year
up 4.5%
Rank
1st
of 6 regions
All-time high
2.4
in 2005
All-time low
2.2
in 2019
Years of data
16
2005–2020
Average household size in Euro area - 18 countries (2014), 2005–2020
Source: Eurostat.
Analysis
Euro area - 18 countries (2014) recorded 2.3 for average household size in 2020.
That represents a change of up 4.5% on the previous year and unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, average household size in Euro area - 18 countries (2014) peaked at 2.4 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 2.2, in 2019.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 16 years of available data.
Average household size in Euro area - 18 countries (2014), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 2.4 | — |
| 2006 | 2.4 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 2.4 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 2.4 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 2.3 | -4.2% |
| 2010 | 2.3 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 2.3 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 2.3 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 2.3 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 2.3 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 2.3 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 2.3 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 2.3 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 2.3 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 2.2 | -4.3% |
| 2020 | 2.3 | +4.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.38 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 5 |
| 2010s | 2.29 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Euro area - 18 countries (2014)
More population data for Euro area - 18 countries (2014)
- Live births (total) by month 2.93 million (2022)
- Live births by mother's year of birth (age reached) and legal marital 2.93 million (2022)
- Live births by mother's year of birth (age reached) and birth order 2.93 million (2022)
- Child and youth population on 1 January by sex and age 339.76 million (2021)
- Overcrowding rate by age, sex and poverty status - total population 13.2 (2020)
- Share of people living in under-occupied dwellings by age, sex and 37 (2020)
- At-risk-of-poverty rate of persons living in single-person households 26.6 (2020)
- In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by household type 13.7 (2020)
- At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions included in) 43.7 (2020)
- At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) 25.2 (2020)
Frequently asked questions
- What is average household size in Euro area - 18 countries (2014)?
- Average household size in Euro area - 18 countries (2014) was 2.3 in 2020, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest average household size recorded in Euro area - 18 countries (2014)?
- The highest recorded value was 2.4 in 2005.
- What is the lowest average household size recorded in Euro area - 18 countries (2014)?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.2 in 2019.
- How does Euro area - 18 countries (2014) rank for average household size?
- Euro area - 18 countries (2014) ranks 1st out of 6 regions with data for 2020.
- Is average household size rising or falling in Euro area - 18 countries (2014)?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Euro area - 18 countries (2014) data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of Average household size. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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