Income and property statistics for households

11   Percentage of households, by type of household and number of economically actives. 1986-1999
  1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
All households 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
                             
No economically actives 30 29 29 33 34 33 36 35 36 35 34 35 35 34
1 economically active 36 35 35 36 35 37 35 34 34 35 36 35 34 35
2 or more economically actives 34 36 36 31 31 30 29 31 29 30 29 30 31 31
                             
Single under 45 years                            
No economically actives 21 18 16 26 25 24 30 29 31 31 26 32 31 29
1 economically active 79 82 84 74 75 76 70 71 69 70 74 68 69 71
                             
Single 45-64 years                            
No economically actives 40 35 37 34 39 43 43 40 42 35 40 38 39 38
1 economically active 60 65 64 67 61 57 57 60 58 65 60 62 61 62
                             
Single 65 years and older                            
No economically actives 93 92 93 94 96 96 97 98 98 98 97 98 98 98
1 economically active 7 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 2 2 3 2 2 2
                             
Couples without children. Eldest person under 45 years                            
No economically actives 3 2 1 5 5 6 10 9 7 7 6 6 6 6
1 economically active 24 15 11 16 27 21 18 23 26 24 28 26 23 23
2 or more economically actives 73 83 88 80 68 74 72 68 67 69 66 68 71 70
                             
Couples without children. Eldest person 45-64 years                            
No economically actives 6 12 9 6 8 5 9 8 8 8 10 8 8 9
1 economically active 39 39 34 36 32 34 30 33 32 33 31 30 30 30
2 or more economically actives 55 49 58 57 61 61 61 59 60 59 59 62 62 61
                             
Couples without children. Eldest person 65 years and over                            
No economically actives 72 71 73 75 76 77 78 81 77 78 81 81 84 83
1 economically active 23 23 18 18 20 18 18 15 19 18 16 16 14 14
2 or more economically actives 5 7 9 7 4 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 2 3
                             
Couples with children 0-6 years                            
No economically actives 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 3 2 3 3 3
1 economically active 45 45 43 43 36 36 35 32 29 28 29 28 28 29
2 or more economically actives 53 53 55 55 62 62 61 65 68 69 68 69 69 69
                             
Couples with children 7-17 years                            
No economically actives 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 2
1 economically active 22 20 23 26 25 22 22 20 22 21 18 18 18 18
2 or more economically actives 77 79 76 73 73 76 75 78 76 77 79 80 80 80
                             
Single parents with children 0-17 years                            
No economically actives 37 33 32 39 41 41 38 41 40 40 33 36 34 34
1 economically active 56 59 62 58 56 56 59 58 58 57 66 63 64 65
2 or more economically actives 7 8 6 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 2 1 2 1
                             
Households with children 18 years or over                            
No economically actives 7 7 5 6 8 9 9 6 9 9 9 9 11 11
1 economically active 26 27 29 31 28 32 32 32 30 29 30 29 28 28
2 or more economically actives 67 66 66 64 64 60 59 62 60 62 61 62 61 61
                             
Multi-family households                            
No economically actives 25 25 23 18 32 28 35 32 28 24 21 20 21 19
1 economically active 29 24 36 27 26 26 26 22 31 32 35 36 32 33
2 or more economically actives 46 51 42 56 43 46 38 46 41 44 44 45 47 48

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