Young men in UK more likely than women to live with parents

The ONS data also shows the rise in people in the UK living alone had been driven largely by an ageing population. Photograph: Maskot/Getty Images

Young men are more likely to live at home with their parents than women of the same age, with a third of 20- to 34-year-old men in the UK living in their parental home.

Data released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed 33.7% of men aged 20-34 lived with parents in 2024, compared with less than a quarter (22.1%) of women the same age.