More adults live with their parents now than a decade ago, amid rising rental costs and unemployment.
Office for National Statistics figures just out show 4.9 million were still living at home in 2021, up from 4.2 million in 2011.
It means the number of Timothy Lumsdens – Ronnie Corbett’s character in 80s sitcom Sorry! – has risen 14.7%.
The 2011 census found 44.5% of 20-24s lived with parents. By 2021 the figure was up to 51.2%. Of adults living at home, around 61% were men and 39% women in both sets of data.
Property prices correlated with adults at home. In Brent, North West London, a third of families had adult offspring still there. In Wales the rate was 23.2%.
The ONS said: “Despite Census 2021 being conducted during the pandemic, the rise in numbers of adults living with their parents appears to be a continuing trend.”
