Average household size in Europe 2021

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In 2021, Slovakia had the highest average household size among EU member states, at 2.9 people per household. By contrast, Finland had the lowest average household size, at 1.9 people per household.

Average number of persons per household in selected European countries in 2021

Characteristic	Average number of persons per household
Slovakia	2.9
Poland	2.8
Croatia	2.7
Ireland	2.6
Cyprus	2.6
Greece	2.6
Portugal	2.5
Romania	2.5
Slovenia	2.5
Spain	2.5
Malta	2.4
Bulgaria	2.4
Latvia	2.3
Czechia	2.3
Hungary	2.3
Italy	2.3
Belgium	2.3
France	2.2
Luxembourg	2.2
Austria	2.2
Netherlands	2.1
Estonia	2.1
Lithuania	2.1
Germany	2
Denmark	2
Sweden	2
Finland	1.9

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Release date

September 2022

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Europe

Survey time period

2021

Supplementary notes

The data collection 'LFS - specific topics, household statistics' covers a range of statistics on number, characteristics and typologies of households, based on the European Union Labour Force Survey (EU-LFS). The data collection also encompasses some labour market indicators broken down by household composition. Only annual data are available.

Data coverage corresponds to code "lfst_hhnhtych" of the EU-LFS series.

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