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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Robert Booth and Michael Goodier

Number of adults living with parents in England and Wales rises by 700,000 in a decade

Adult man with parents in kitchen
Factors playing a part in the shift could include soaring rents, the cost of living crisis, and the Covid pandemic. Photograph: DGLimages/Alamy

It is enough to make parents wonder: whatever happened to the bachelor pad?

At least 620,000 more grown-up children are now living with their parents than a decade ago – and most of those doing so are young men, census figures reveal.

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