Statistics Norway

Population Statistics. Families and Households, 1 January 2005
3   Private households, by type of household. 1980, 1990, 2001, 2005. Number and per cent [Corrected 3 July 2007]
Type of household Number Per cent
1980 1990 2001 2005 1980 1990 2001 2005
Total 1 523 508 1 751 363 1 961 548 2 011 000  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0
                 
One-famlily households 1 430 415 1 671 829 1 903 367 1 947 731 93.9 95.5 97.0 96.9
Living alone  425 725  601 095  739 563  766 929 27.9 34.3 37.7 38.1
Living alone, person under 30 years 75 271  125 498  132 120  136 384 4.9 7.2 6.7 6.8
Living alone, person 30-44 years 55 532  118 529  162 909  172 508 3.6 6.8 8.3 8.6
Living alone, person 45-66 years  117 118  134 581  195 315  217 368 7.7 7.7 10.0 10.8
Living alone, person 67 years and over  177 804  222 487  249 219  240 669 11.7 12.7 12.7 12.0
Couple1 without resident children  306 924  340 634  412 611  424 271 20.1 19.4 21.0 21.1
Couple1 without resident children, oldest person under 30 years 30 382 31 449 30 800 29 352 2.0 1.8 1.6 1.5
Couple1 without resident children, oldest person 30-44 years 23 762 32 312 44 215 44 831 1.6 1.8 2.3 2.2
Couple1 without resident children, oldest person 45-66 years  126 746  123 939  179 489  192 573 8.3 7.1 9.2 9.6
Couple1 without resident children, oldest person 67 years and over  126 034  152 934  158 107  157 515 8.3 8.7 8.1 7.8
Couple1 with small children (youngest child 0-5 years)  209 310  202 039  224 086  220 507 13.7 11.5 11.4 11.0
Married couple2 with small children (youngest child 0-5 years)  203 624  170 034  148 922  142 430 13.4 9.7 7.6 7.1
Cohabiting couple with small children (youngest child 0-5 years) 5 686 32 005 75 164 78 077 0.4 1.8 3.8 3.9
Couple1 with older children (youngest child 6-17 years)  276 076  240 310  228 864  239 144 18.1 13.7 11.7 11.9
Married couple2 with older children (youngest child 6-17 years)  270 846  228 225  190 556  193 659 17.8 13.0 9.7 9.6
Cohabiting couple with older children (youngest child 6-17 years) 5 230 12 085 38 308 45 485 0.3 0.7 2.0 2.3
Lone parent with small children (youngest child 0-5 years) 16 477 36 178 33 802 32 769 1.1 2.1 1.7 1.6
Lone mother with small children (youngest child 0-5 years) 15 867 34 657 31 636 30 321 1.0 2.0 1.6 1.5
Lone father with small children (youngest child 0-5 years)  610 1 521 2 166 2 448 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1
Lone parent with older children (youngest child 6-17 years) 37 795 52 775 73 185 83 069 2.5 3.0 3.7 4.1
Lone mother with older children (youngest child 6-17 years) 32 393 44 330 60 122 66 223 2.1 2.5 3.1 3.3
Lone father with older children (youngest child 6-17 years) 5 402 8 445 13 063 16 846 0.4 0.5 0.7 0.8
One-family households with adult children (youngest child 18 years and over)  158 108  198 797  191 256  181 042 10.4 11.4 9.8 9.0
Married couple2 with adult children (youngest child 18 years and over)  113 902  141 520  127 233  118 285 7.5 8.1 6.5 5.9
Cohabiting couple with adult children (youngest child 18 years and over)  908 2 880 8 779 8 986 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.4
Lone mother with adult children (youngest child 18 years and over) 34 523 42 125 41 251 39 473 2.3 2.4 2.1 2.0
Lone father with adult children (youngest child 18 years and over) 8 775 12 272 13 993 14 298 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7
                 
Two or more-family households 93 093 79 534 58 181 63 268 6.1 4.5 3.0 3.1
Two or more-family households without resident children 0-17 years 53 850 47 537 37 882 40 481 3.5 2.7 1.9 2.0
Households with two or more one-person families 29 036 27 874 20 350 23 866 1.9 1.6 1.0 1.2
Other two or more-family households without children 0-17 år 24 814 19 663 17 532 16 615 1.6 1.1 0.9 0.8
Two or more-familiy households with small children (youngest child 0-5 years) 21 369 16 624 10 556 12 787 1.4 0.9 0.5 0.6
Two or more-familiy households with older children (youngest child 6-17 years) 17 874 15 374 9 743 10 000 1.2 0.9 0.5 0.5
1  Married couples, cohabiting couples and registered partners.
2  Registered partners included.

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