Table 12 Couples and persons in couples with and without children in private households, by cohabitation arrangements, number of children in the family and age. 1 January 2011

12 Couples and persons in couples with and without children in private households, by cohabitation arrangements, number of children in the family and age. 1 January 2011
	Total	Married couples¹			Cohabiting couples

	Total	Total	Without children²	with children²	Total	Without children²	with children²

Total	1 108 964	843 790	501 563	342 227	265 174	115 018	150 156

Number of children in the family
0	616 581	501 563	501 563	.	115 018	115 018	.
1	188 648	119 269	.	119 269	69 378	.	69 378
2	211 179	149 131	.	149 131	62 048	.	62 048
3	76 510	60 395	.	60 395	16 115	.	16 115
4 or more	16 046	13 432	.	13 432	2 615	.	2 615

Persons in couples³, total	2 217 866	1 687 546	1 003 099	684 447	530 320	230 018	300 302

Age
29 years and younger	195 382	67 080	22 618	44 462	128 302	70 306	57 996
30-44 years	713 831	469 703	50 272	419 431	244 127	53 883	190 244
45-66 years	969 715	826 653	606 951	219 702	143 062	91 137	51 925
67-79 years	267 109	254 355	253 515	840	12 754	12 617	137
80 years and older	71 829	69 754	69 743	11	2 075	2 075	-

¹	Registered partners included.
²	In this table children (unmarried resident) 18 years and older are not included in the grouping of couples. Couples with children aged at least 18 years, are counted as couples without children.
³	Couples and persons in couples has been calculated by the use of different types of weights. Because of this the number of persons in couples are not exactly twice as many as the number of couples.