Proinsias De Rossa
Question:73 Proinsias De Rossa asked the Taoiseach the changes in household formation between 1970 and 1998 breaking down households by married couples, cohabitation, other multi-person, lone parent and one person. [3801/98]
Written Answers. - Household Formation.
The information requested by The data is taken from the censuses of population carried out in 1971 and 1996. The most recent census was the first to distinguish cohabiting couples. As no corresponding information is available for the 1971 census, cohabiting couples have been included with married couples in the following table.
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Change |
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Composition of Household |
1971 |
1996 |
Actual |
Percentage |
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One person |
103,613 |
241,838 |
138,225 |
133.4 |
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Husband and wife (or couple) |
77,308 |
152,477 |
79,169 |
108.0 |
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Husband and wife (or couple) with children (of any age) |
293,515 |
440,414 |
146,899 |
50.0 |
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Lone parent with children (of any age) |
64,053 |
105,391 |
41,338 |
64.5 |
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Husband and wife (or couple) with other persons |
18,637 |
16,859 |
-1,778 |
-9.5 |
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Husband and wife (or couple) with children (of any age) and other persons |
68,589 |
59,279 |
-9,310 |
-13.6 |
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Lone parent with children (of any age) and other persons |
17,223 |
20,101 |
2,878 |
16.7 |
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Two family units with or without other persons |
24,754 |
6,082 |
-18,672 |
-75.4 |
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Three or more family units without other persons |
477 |
50 |
-427 |
-89.5 |
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Two or more persons but not including a family unit |
66,374 |
80,747 |
14,373 |
21.7 |
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Total private households |
730,543 |
1,123,238 |
392,695 |
53.8 |