At what age do young Europeans leave their parental home?
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A while back, we looked at the share of young adults that live at their parents’ home. We saw that in Southern Europe and the Balkans, more than half of people aged 20-25 stil live with their parents. Where as in Northern Europe, this percentage is below 20% and even below 10%.
On this map, we’re going to look at the average age that young people leave their parental home. It gives a slightly different view on the topic, but overall, there are quite some similarities.
The Scandinavian young adults are the youngest to leave their parental home. With an average age of 21.4, young Finns are the ones to leave their parents’ home the earliest. Denmark and Sweden (21.8) are right behind them. Norway (22.5) and Estonia (22.8) also have a very low average age.
The Balkans again are at the top of this list. Young people in Montenegro (33.3), North Macedonia (32.1), Croatia (31.8), Serbia (31.5) and Slovakia (31.0) all have an average of over 30.
The data for this map comes from Eurostat. The data also includes people that live with only one parent. The data comes from a survey and is collected through interviews. So, the data is not based on where people are officially registered. In some countries, young people sometimes stay registered at their parent’s place. While in reality, they live elsewhere to study. This could skew the data for some countries. Fortunately, this dataset is based on where people actually live, instead of where they’re registered.
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