3 HOUSEHOLDS, FAMILIES AND PEOPLE
Household size and composition - Trends over time
In this first year of the new millennium the average household in Britain contained 2.30 people.
Over the last three decades, average household size has declined from 2.91 in 1971 to 2.70 in 1981 and 2.48 in 1991.
Just under one in three households contained one person only (32%), and just over one in three households contained either two people (34%) or three or more people (35%).
74% of households comprised adults only and 26% included children aged less than 16.
Tables and Figures
Figure 3A
Mean household size: Great Britain, 1971-2000
Figure 3B
Households by type of household: Great Britain, 2000
Table 3.1
Household size: 1971 to 2000
Table 3.2
Household type: 1971 to 2000
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