Rise in people living alone in UK driven entirely by over-65s

The rise in people living alone in the UK has been driven entirely by an increase in people 65 and over in this situation, the ONS said (Alamy/PA) -

A rise in the number of people living alone in the UK in the past decade has been entirely driven by an increase in older people residing on their own.

In 2024, there were an estimated 4.3 million people aged over 65 living alone, up from 3.5 million in 2014, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said.