Living with their parents: More than a quarter of 25

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It can be so nice with your parents that you don't even want to move out - right?

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More than a quarter of 25-year-olds in Germany, namely 28 percent, still lived with their parents in 2020.

That comes from data from the Federal Statistical Office, which were published on Thursday.

Especially sons take their time moving out.

35 percent of them still lived in their parents' household, while for daughters aged 25 it was only a good one in five (21 percent).

The difference between the sexes will therefore persist later.

At the age of 30, 13 percent of men still live as a single child in their parents' household, but only six percent of women.

Between the ages of 30 and 40, these proportions decrease again significantly: At 40, only four percent of men and around two percent of women live with their parents.

Sweden: let's get out!

There was no information on the reasons why so many young adults stay with their parents.

It is also unclear whether the corona pandemic made itself felt when staying at home - for example because of starting studies without face-to-face events or because of short-time working in the training company.

The data came from the microcensus, which was redesigned in 2020.

The results are therefore only comparable to a limited extent with previous years.

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However, a comparison with data from the statistical office of the European Union (Eurostat) is possible. The average age when moving out of the parental home in Germany in 2020 was 23.8 years, slightly lower than the EU average (26.4). Especially in northern European countries, children leave home early: Sweden had the lowest age at 17.5 years - over six years earlier than in Germany. In Denmark (21.2 years) and Finland (22 years), too, children leave the parental home comparatively early.

In contrast, young adults in southern and eastern Europe move out rather late: with an average of 30.2 years in Italy and Malta, with 30.9 years in Slovakia and even only with 32.4 years in Croatia.

Sweden is the only country in Europe where women stay with their parents longer than men.

him / dpa