Statistics Norway

Families and households

3 Private households, by type of household. 1980, 1990, 2001 and 2010. Number and per cent
Type of household Number Per cent
1980 1990 2001 2010 1980 1990 2001 2010
Total 1 523 508 1 751 363 1 961 548 2 170 893  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0
                 
One-famlily households 1 430 415 1 671 829 1 903 367 2 095 953 93.9 95.5 97.0 96.5
Living alone  425 725  601 095  739 563  862 944 27.9 34.3 37.7 39.8
Living alone, person under 30 years 75 271  125 498  132 120  172 421 4.9 7.2 6.7 7.9
Living alone, person 30-44 years 55 532  118 529  162 909  192 083 3.6 6.8 8.3 8.8
Living alone, person 45-66 years  117 118  134 581  195 315  258 638 7.7 7.7 10.0 11.9
Living alone, person 67 years and over  177 804  222 487  249 219  239 802 11.7 12.7 12.7 11.0
Couple1 without resident children  306 924  340 634  412 611  459 645 20.1 19.4 21.0 21.2
Couple1 without resident children, oldest person under 30 years 30 382 31 449 30 800 33 349 2.0 1.8 1.6 1.5
Couple1 without resident children, oldest person 30-44 years 23 762 32 312 44 215 46 361 1.6 1.8 2.3 2.1
Couple1 without resident children, oldest person 45-66 years  126 746  123 939  179 489  207 300 8.3 7.1 9.2 9.5
Couple1 without resident children, oldest person 67 years and over  126 034  152 934  158 107  172 635 8.3 8.7 8.1 8.0
Couple1 with small children (youngest child 0-5 years)  209 310  202 039  224 086  224 224 13.7 11.5 11.4 10.3
Married couple2 with small children (youngest child 0-5 years)  203 624  170 034  148 922  137 927 13.4 9.7 7.6 6.4
Cohabiting couple with small children (youngest child 0-5 years) 5 686 32 005 75 164 86 297 0.4 1.8 3.8 4.0
Couple1 with older children (youngest child 6-17 years)  276 076  240 310  228 864  246 041 18.1 13.7 11.7 11.3
Married couple2 with older children (youngest child 6-17 years)  270 846  228 225  190 556  192 326 17.8 13.0 9.7 8.9
Cohabiting couple with older children (youngest child 6-17 years) 5 230 12 085 38 308 53 715 0.3 0.7 2.0 2.5
Lone parent with small children (youngest child 0-5 years) 16 477 36 178 33 802 32 651 1.1 2.1 1.7 1.5
Lone mother with small children (youngest child 0-5 years) 15 867 34 657 31 636 29 472 1.0 2.0 1.6 1.4
Lone father with small children (youngest child 0-5 years)  610 1 521 2 166 3 179 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1
Lone parent with older children (youngest child 6-17 years) 37 795 52 775 73 185 90 105 2.5 3.0 3.7 4.2
Lone mother with older children (youngest child 6-17 years) 32 393 44 330 60 122 69 925 2.1 2.5 3.1 3.2
Lone father with older children (youngest child 6-17 years) 5 402 8 445 13 063 20 180 0.4 0.5 0.7 0.9
One-family households with adult children (youngest child 18 years and over)  158 108  198 797  191 256  180 343 10.4 11.4 9.8 8.3
Married couple2 with adult children (youngest child 18 years and over)  113 902  141 520  127 233  108 661 7.5 8.1 6.5 5.0
Cohabiting couple with adult children (youngest child 18 years and over)  908 2 880 8 779 13 278 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.6
Lone mother with adult children (youngest child 18 years and over) 34 523 42 125 41 251 42 215 2.3 2.4 2.1 1.9
Lone father with adult children (youngest child 18 years and over) 8 775 12 272 13 993 16 189 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7
                 
Two or more-family households 93 093 79 534 58 181 74 941 6.1 4.5 3.0 3.5
Two or more-family households without resident children 0-17 years 53 850 47 537 37 882 46 244 3.5 2.7 1.9 2.1
Households with two or more one-person families 29 036 27 874 20 350 27 152 1.9 1.6 1.0 1.3
Other two or more-family households without children 0-17 år 24 814 19 663 17 532 19 092 1.6 1.1 0.9 0.9
Two or more-familiy households with small children (youngest child 0-5 years) 21 369 16 624 10 556 16 477 1.4 0.9 0.5 0.8
Two or more-familiy households with older children (youngest child 6-17 years) 17 874 15 374 9 743 12 220 1.2 0.9 0.5 0.6
1  Married couples, cohabiting couples and registered partners.
2  Registered partners included.

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