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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Vicky Shaw

Nearly a quarter of parents with adult children ‘have had them boomerang home to live’ for years

Nearly a quarter (23 per cent) of parents with adult children have had them move back in after initially leaving home, with the average “boomerang” period lasting around two years, research indicates.

The average age that children are moving back home is 26, although just over a fifth (21 per cent) of those returning to their parents’ house are aged over 30, according to the survey commissioned by NatWest.

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