One person household by age and sex

Source: UNECE Statistical Database, compiled from national official sources.

Definition: A one person household consists of a person living alone in a separate housing unit or who occupies, as a lodger, a separate room (or rooms) of a housing unit but does not join with any of the other occupants of the housing unit to form part of a multi-person household.

General note: Data is limited to persons living in private households. Data come from population censuses, micro-censuses and household sample surveys, unless otherwise specified.

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Country: Albania

1990: data refer to 1989.

Country: Austria

Break in methodology (2004): Change in data collection procedure.

Country: Azerbaijan

Reference period (2000): Data refer to 1999.

Country: Belarus

Reference period (2000): Data refer to 1999.

Measurement: Households , Country: Belgium

- Change in definition (2003 - 2013): Data for married couples include married same sex couples.
- Reference period (1990): Data refer to 1991.
- Reference period (1980): Data refer to 1981.

Measurement: Percent of corresponding total for all ages , Country: Belgium

- Change in definition (2003 - 2013): Data for married couples include married same sex couples.
- Reference period (1990): Data refer to 1991.
- Reference period (1980): Data refer to 1981.

Country: Bulgaria

- Reference period (2010): Data refer to 2011.
- Reference period (1990): Data refer to 1992.
- Reference period (1980): Data refer to 1985.

Measurement: Percent of corresponding total for both sexes , Country: Bulgaria

Reference period (1980): Data refer to 1985

Measurement: Percent of corresponding total for all ages , Country: Bulgaria

Reference period (1980): Data refer to 1985

Measurement: Percent of corresponding total for both sexes , Country: Bulgaria

Reference period (1990): Data refer to 1992

Measurement: Percent of corresponding total for all ages , Country: Bulgaria

Reference period (1990): Data refer to 1992

Measurement: Households , Country: Canada

- Reference period (1995): Data refer to 1996.
- Reference period (1990): Data refer to 1991.
- Reference period (1980): Data refer to 1981.

Measurement: Percent of corresponding total for all ages , Country: Canada

- Reference period (1995): Data refer to 1996.
- Reference period (1990): Data refer to 1991.
- Reference period (1980): Data refer to 1981.

Country: Croatia

Change in definition (1980 - 1990): Data refer to population with permanent residence irrespective of actual residence and duration.

Country: Croatia

Change in definition (2001 - 2011): Data refer to usual resident population.

Country: Croatia

Reference period (1980): Data refer to 1981

Country: Croatia

Reference period (1990): Data refer to 1991

Country: Cyprus

Change in definition (1980 - 2011): Age group 0-29 refers to 15-24; age group 30-64 refers to 25-64.

Country: Cyprus

Reference period (1990): Data refer to 1992

Country: Cyprus

Territorial change (1980 - 2011): Data cover only government controlled area.

Country: Czechia

Change in definition (1995 - 2013): Age group 0-29 refers to 15-29.

Country: Estonia

Break in methodology (2008): Change from Household Budget Survey to EU-SILC.

Country: France

Additional information (1990 - 2010): Data cover Metropolitan France and overseas departments (Guadeloupe, Martinique, Reunion, French Guiana)

Country: France

Break in methodology (2006 - 2010): The census is based on annual data collection, successively surveying all the municipal territories over a five-year period.

Country: France

Reference period (2000): Data refer to 1999.

Country: Georgia

Territorial change (2000 onward): Data do not cover Abkhaz AR and Ossetia.

Country: Georgia

Break in series (2014): data for 2014 are from the Population Census, for other years are from the Integrated Household Survey

Country: Germany

Break in methodology (1980): From 1980 to 2004, data refer to one reporting week.

Country: Germany

Break in methodology (2005): From 2005, annual average figures.

Country: Germany

Territorial change (1980 - 1990): Data refer to the former territory of the Federal Republic of Germany.

Country: Israel

- Data refer to all households except those in kibbutzim, institutions, students’ dormitories and persons living outside localities (Bedouins in the South).
- Data refer to persons aged 15+ living in one person households.
- As of 2012, estimates from the monthly labour force survey.
- As of 2001 data is based on revised weighting groups.

Country: Kyrgyzstan

Reference period (2000): Data refer to 1999

Country: Latvia

Change in definition (2021):
- In 2021 Census in Latvia the household-dwelling concept of household was used instead of the housekeeping concept used in the previous 2011 Census.
- Child (son/daughter) refers to a blood, step- or adopted son or daughter (regardless of age or marital status) who has usual residence in the household of at least one of the parents, and who has no partner or own children in the same household.Recalculations of the population data are currently being carried out, therefore the data for 2020 could be revised.

Change in definition (2011):
- In 2011 Census in Latvia the housekeeping concept of household was used instead of the household-dwelling concept used in the previous 2000 Census.

Measurement: Households , Country: Lithuania

Statistical disclosure control was applied to 2021 data. Minor value adjustments may cause row sums to differ slightly from totals.

Country: Luxembourg

Reference period (1980): Data refer to 1981

Country: Luxembourg

Reference period (1990): Data refer to 1991

Country: Norway

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Country: Poland

1980, 1990: data refer to 1978, 1988.

Country: Portugal

Reference period (1990): Data refer to 1991

Country: Romania

Reference period (1990): Data refer to 1992

Country: Serbia

Reference period (1980): Data refer to 1981

Country: Serbia

Reference period (1990): Data refer to 1991. With provisional data for Bujanovac and Presevo.

Country: Serbia

Territorial change (1980): Data refer to the whole territory of the Republic of Serbia

Country: Serbia

Territorial change (1990 - 2011): Data do not cover Kosovo and Metohija.

Country: Slovakia

Additional information (1980): Detailed data about one person-households from the 1980 census are not available.

Country: Slovenia

Change in definition (1990): Data refer to de jure population.

Country: Slovenia

Change in definition (2002): Data refer to de facto population.

Country: Slovenia

Reference period (1990): Data refer to 1991

Country: Spain

Additional information: For 2011 all data are rounded to the closest integer multiple of 5. From 2013 all data are rounded to the closest integer multiple of 100.

Country: Switzerland

Additional information (1980 - 2000): Data are based on traditional census (full field enumeration)

Country: Switzerland

Break in methodology (2010 - 2011): Data are based on sample survey of the resident permanent population 15 + .

Country: Turkiye

Additional information (2002 - 2007): The variable of "type of household" was asked directly to the respondants.

Country: Turkiye

Additional information (2008 - 2012): The variable of "type of household" was calculated at the offiice by using the variable named "relationship to the household head".

Country: Ukraine

Territorial change (2000 - 2013): Territorial sample excluded localities (and the population living in them) which were radioactively contaminated by the Chernobyl disaster.

Country: United Kingdom

- Reference period (1980): Data refer to 1981 census.
- Reference period (1990): Data refer to 1991 census.
- Territorial change (1980 - 1990): Data cover only Great Britain.
- Territorial change (2000 - onwards): Data cover Great Britain and Northern Ireland.