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Jolanta Burke, Senior Lecturer, Centre for Positive Health Sciences, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences

Five ways to be a good 'housemate' to your parents

More and more young adults are living at home with their parents. Martin Novak/Shutterstock

According to data from the most recent census, there was an almost 15% rise in the number of non-dependent adult children living at home with their parents in England and Wales between 2011 and 2021.

If we look at young adults aged in their 20s and 30s, on average nearly one in four live at home, though the proportion declines with age.

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