Statistics Norway

Families and households

1 Population by, sex, age and type of household. 1 January 2011
  Total Males Females
  Total 0-15 years 16-29 years 30-66 years 67 years and more Total 0-15 years 16-29 years 30-66 years 67 years and more
Total 4 920 305 2 460 849  505 309  454 977 1 227 130  273 433 2 459 456  480 744  436 429 1 178 679  363 604
                       
Private households, total 4 882 712 2 445 604  504 722  453 541 1 220 723  266 617 2 437 108  480 382  435 809 1 176 266  344 652
One-family households, total 4 605 558 2 304 297  478 046  418 676 1 153 187  254 387 2 301 261  455 322  401 747 1 116 825  327 369
Living alone  874 931  443 390 .  101 717  275 288 66 385  431 541 . 75 238  180 280  176 023
Couple1 without resident children  932 719  466 775 . 37 774  257 340  171 661  465 944 . 52 085  278 983  134 876
Couple1 with small children (youngest child 0-5 years)  907 682  460 070  226 428 39 393  194 166 84  447 612  214 428 64 733  168 451 -
Couple1 with older children (youngest child 6-17 years) 1 019 424  520 439  175 127  100 137  244 323  851  498 985  168 245 86 901  243 832 7
Lone parent with small children (youngest child 0-5 years) 88 462 31 607 27 090 1 661 2 850 5 56 855 25 807 13 263 17 785 -
Lone parent with older children (youngest child 6-17 years)  233 035 94 709 49 401 24 603 20 652 53  138 326 46 842 23 886 67 599 -
One-family households with adult children (youngest child 18 years and over)  549 305  287 307 .  113 391  158 568 15 348  261 998 . 85 641  159 895 16 463
Two or more-familiy households, total  277 154  141 307 26 676 34 865 67 536 12 230  135 847 25 060 34 062 59 441 17 283
Two or more-familiy households without resident children 0-17 years  129 491 70 949 2 378 21 210 38 947 8 414 58 542 2 049 16 248 27 933 12 311
Two or more-familiy households with small children (youngest child 0-5 years) 88 913 42 187 15 842 7 203 17 213 1 929 46 726 14 973 11 881 17 722 2 150
Two or more-familiy households with older children (youngest child 6-17 years) 58 750 28 171 8 456 6 452 11 376 1 887 30 579 8 038 5 933 13 786 2 822
Other households 37 591 15 244  587 1 435 6 406 6 816 22 347  362  620 2 413 18 952
1  Married couples, cohabiting couples and registered partners.

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