Population in the National Accounts: distributions by household type

This dataset accompanies the tables ‘Household income and saving in the National Accounts: distributions by household type’ and ‘Household consumption in the National Accounts: distributions by household type’ and presents the number of households, individuals, and consumption units for each type of household, which is based on household composition.



Eight types of household are shown: a) single person (adult) less than 65 years old, b) single adult aged 65 and older, c) single adult with children living at home, d) a couple (two adults) where both are less than 65 years old without children living at home, e) two adults where at least one is aged 65 or older without children living at home, f) two adults with fewer than 3 children living at home, g) two adults with at least 3 children living at home, and h) others. In this classification, an adult is defined as anyone who is 18 years old or older.



The default view of this table is for a single country (‘Reference area’ filter) and single year (‘Time period’ filter). In cases where countries appear to be greyed-out, data may be available for earlier years, and these can be selected by selecting a different start and end year in the ‘Time period’ filter.




For more information on the (compilation of) these results, please see the webpage on household distributional results .