Table
| Year and type of household | Households | Families1 | Persons | Per cent | Averages | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Households | Families | Persons | Families per household | Persons per household | Persons per family | ||||
| 1A family consists of: a couple (spouses, cohabitants or registered partners) with or without unmarried children living at home, lone mother or father with unmarried children living at home or a single person. | |||||||||
| 2Married couples, cohabiting couples and registered partners. | |||||||||
| 3Changes have resulted in a break in the time series. Figures as from 2014 and later cannot immediately be compared to figures from 2013 and earlier. Among other things some students have been moved from their formal place of residence to their place of study. | |||||||||
| 1980 | |||||||||
| Total | 1 523 508 | 1 626 290 | 4 046 472 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 1.1 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
| One-family households, total | 1 430 415 | 1 430 415 | 3 688 330 | 94 | 88 | 91 | 1.0 | 2.6 | 2.6 |
| Living alone | 425 725 | 425 725 | 425 725 | 28 | 26 | 11 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Couples without resident children2 | 306 924 | 306 924 | 613 848 | 20 | 19 | 15 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Couples with children (youngest child 0-17 years)2 | 485 386 | 485 386 | 2 020 575 | 32 | 30 | 50 | 1.0 | 4.2 | 4.2 |
| Lone parent with children (youngest child 0-17 years) | 54 272 | 54 272 | 149 078 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1.0 | 2.7 | 2.7 |
| One-family households with adult children (youngest child 18 years and over) | 158 108 | 158 108 | 479 104 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Two or more-familiy households | 93 093 | 195 875 | 358 142 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 2.1 | 3.8 | 1.8 |
| 1990 | |||||||||
| Total | 1 751 363 | 1 836 404 | 4 206 414 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 2.3 |
| One-family households, total | 1 671 830 | 1 671 830 | 3 923 241 | 95 | 91 | 93 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
| Living alone | 601 096 | 601 096 | 601 096 | 34 | 33 | 14 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Couples without resident children2 | 340 635 | 340 635 | 681 269 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Couples with children (youngest child 0-17 years)2 | 442 349 | 442 349 | 1 799 977 | 25 | 24 | 43 | 1.0 | 4.1 | 4.1 |
| Lone parent with children (youngest child 0-17 years) | 88 953 | 88 953 | 228 563 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 2.6 | 2.6 |
| One-family households with adult children (youngest child 18 years and over) | 198 797 | 198 797 | 612 336 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 1.0 | 3.1 | 3.1 |
| Two or more-familiy households | 79 535 | 164 577 | 283 173 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 2.1 | 3.6 | 1.7 |
| 2001 | |||||||||
| Total | 1 961 548 | 2 025 306 | 4 485 945 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 2.2 |
| One-family households, total | 1 903 367 | 1 903 367 | 4 278 391 | 97 | 94 | 95 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 2.2 |
| Living alone | 739 563 | 739 563 | 739 563 | 38 | 37 | 16 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Couples without resident children2 | 412 611 | 412 611 | 825 222 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Couples with children (youngest child 0-17 years)2 | 452 950 | 452 950 | 1 860 657 | 23 | 22 | 41 | 1.0 | 4.1 | 4.1 |
| Lone parent with children (youngest child 0-17 years) | 106 987 | 106 987 | 279 631 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1.0 | 2.6 | 2.6 |
| One-family households with adult children (youngest child 18 years and over) | 191 256 | 191 256 | 573 318 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Two or more-familiy households | 58 181 | 121 939 | 207 554 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 2.1 | 3.6 | 1.7 |
| 20163 | |||||||||
| Total | 2 348 797 | 2 494 084 | 5 150 904 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| One-family households, total | 2 228 010 | 2 228 010 | 4 755 828 | 95 | 89 | 92 | 1.0 | 2.1 | 2.1 |
| Living alone | 894 126 | 894 126 | 894 126 | 38 | 36 | 17 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Couples without resident children2 | 558 429 | 558 429 | 1 116 858 | 24 | 22 | 22 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Couples with children (youngest child 0-17 years)2 | 489 628 | 489 628 | 1 957 470 | 21 | 20 | 38 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| Lone parent with children (youngest child 0-17 years) | 112 431 | 112 431 | 288 127 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1.0 | 2.6 | 2.6 |
| One-family households with adult children (youngest child 18 years and over) | 173 396 | 173 396 | 499 247 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 1.0 | 2.9 | 2.9 |
| Two or more-familiy households | 120 787 | 266 074 | 395 076 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 2.2 | 3.3 | 1.5 |