Statistics Norway

Families and households

3 Private households, by type of household. 1980, 1990, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009. Number and per cent
Type of household Number Per cent
1980 1990 2001 2006 2007 2008 2009 1980 1990 2001 2006 2007 2008 2009
Total 1 523 508       1 751 363       1 961 548       2 036 890       2 064 841       2 104 531       2 142 638        100,0        100,0        100,0        100,0        100,0        100,0        100,0
                             
One-famlily households 1 430 415 1 671 829 1 903 367 1 973 967 1 998 821 2 036 425 2 071 747 93.9 95.5 97.0 96.9 96.8 96.8 96.7
Living alone  425 725  601 095  739 563  784 231  802 283  827 905  852 473 27.9 34.3 37.7 38.5 38.9 39.3 39.8
Living alone, person under 30 years 75 271  125 498  132 120  142 272  149 504  161 444  170 253 4.9 7.2 6.7 7.0 7.2 7.7 7.9
Living alone, person 30-44 years 55 532  118 529  162 909  176 320  179 861  184 950  191 759 3.6 6.8 8.3 8.7 8.7 8.8 8.9
Living alone, person 45-66 years  117 118  134 581  195 315  224 610  233 021  242 175  251 526 7.7 7.7 10.0 11.0 11.3 11.5 11.7
Living alone, person 67 years and over  177 804  222 487  249 219  241 029  239 897  239 336  238 935 11.7 12.7 12.7 11.8 11.6 11.4 11.2
Couple1 without resident children  306 924  340 634  412 611  431 405  438 235  448 170  452 868 20.1 19.4 21.0 21.2 21.2 21.3 21.1
Couple1 without resident children, oldest person under 30 years 30 382 31 449 30 800 29 689 30 063 31 971 32 267 2.0 1.8 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5
Couple1 without resident children, oldest person 30-44 years 23 762 32 312 44 215 44 598 44 193 45 096 45 218 1.6 1.8 2.3 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.1
Couple1 without resident children, oldest person 45-66 years  126 746  123 939  179 489  197 333  201 276  205 445  207 483 8.3 7.1 9.2 9.7 9.7 9.8 9.7
Couple1 without resident children, oldest person 67 years and over  126 034  152 934  158 107  159 785  162 703  165 658  167 900 8.3 8.7 8.1 7.8 7.9 7.9 7.8
Couple1 with small children (youngest child 0-5 years)  209 310  202 039  224 086  218 554  218 408  219 947  222 117 13.7 11.5 11.4 10.7 10.6 10.5 10.4
Married couple2 with small children (youngest child 0-5 years)  203 624  170 034  148 922  139 794  137 320  136 933  137 940 13.4 9.7 7.6 6.9 6.7 6.5 6.4
Cohabiting couple with small children (youngest child 0-5 years) 5 686 32 005 75 164 78 760 81 088 83 014 84 177 0.4 1.8 3.8 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.9
Couple1 with older children (youngest child 6-17 years)  276 076  240 310  228 864  242 862  244 358  246 013  245 657 18.1 13.7 11.7 11.9 11.8 11.7 11.5
Married couple2 with older children (youngest child 6-17 years)  270 846  228 225  190 556  194 818  194 236  194 127  193 345 17.8 13.0 9.7 9.6 9.4 9.2 9.0
Cohabiting couple with older children (youngest child 6-17 years) 5 230 12 085 38 308 48 044 50 122 51 886 52 312 0.3 0.7 2.0 2.4 2.4 2.5 2.4
Lone parent with small children (youngest child 0-5 years) 16 477 36 178 33 802 32 497 31 623 31 027 31 764 1.1 2.1 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.5
Lone mother with small children (youngest child 0-5 years) 15 867 34 657 31 636 30 038 29 145 28 386 28 851 1.0 2.0 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.3
Lone father with small children (youngest child 0-5 years)  610 1 521 2 166 2 459 2 478 2 641 2 913 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Lone parent with older children (youngest child 6-17 years) 37 795 52 775 73 185 85 799 87 655 88 501 89 653 2.5 3.0 3.7 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.2
Lone mother with older children (youngest child 6-17 years) 32 393 44 330 60 122 67 916 69 089 69 414 69 915 2.1 2.5 3.1 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3
Lone father with older children (youngest child 6-17 years) 5 402 8 445 13 063 17 883 18 566 19 087 19 738 0.4 0.5 0.7 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9
One-family households with adult children (youngest child 18 years and over)  158 108  198 797  191 256  178 619  176 259  174 862  177 215 10.4 11.4 9.8 8.8 8.5 8.3 8.3
Married couple2 with adult children (youngest child 18 years and over)  113 902  141 520  127 233  115 016  111 428  108 535  108 296 7.5 8.1 6.5 5.6 5.4 5.2 5.1
Cohabiting couple with adult children (youngest child 18 years and over)  908 2 880 8 779 9 524 10 346 11 087 12 114 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6
Lone mother with adult children (youngest child 18 years and over) 34 523 42 125 41 251 39 556 39 661 40 069 41 163 2.3 2.4 2.1 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9
Lone father with adult children (youngest child 18 years and over) 8 775 12 272 13 993 14 523 14 824 15 171 15 642 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7
                             
Two or more-family households 93 093 79 534 58 181 62 923 66 018 68 107 70 890 6.1 4.5 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.3
Two or more-family households without resident children 0-17 years 53 850 47 537 37 882 39 842 41 081 42 536 43 817 3.5 2.7 1.9 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0
Households with two or more one-person families 29 036 27 874 20 350 23 466 24 294 25 679 26 113 1.9 1.6 1.0 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2
Other two or more-family households without children 0-17 år 24 814 19 663 17 532 16 376 16 787 16 857 17 704 1.6 1.1 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8
Two or more-familiy households with small children (youngest child 0-5 years) 21 369 16 624 10 556 13 045 13 934 14 362 15 429 1.4 0.9 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7
Two or more-familiy households with older children (youngest child 6-17 years) 17 874 15 374 9 743 10 036 11 003 11 209 11 644 1.2 0.9 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
1  Married couples, cohabiting couples and registered partners.
2  Registered partners included.

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