Iceland: nuclear families 2023

From 2013 to 2023, the total number of nuclear family households in Iceland increased. Over this period, married couples without children made up the most common type of nuclear family households, reaching 35,000 in 2023. Married couples with children made up the second most common type of households, followed by people in a consensual union with children.

Nuclear families in Iceland from 2013 to 2023, by type of family

Characteristic	Married couple without children	Married couple with children	Consensual union without children	Consensual union with children	Father with children	Mother with children
2013	29,636	22,690	3,322	9,784	1,129	11,607
2014	30,235	22,509	3,372	9,918	1,132	11,614
2015	30,712	22,191	3,610	10,215	1,137	11,491
2016	31,277	21,978	3,819	10,331	1,146	11,319
2017	31,884	22,012	3,981	10,397	1,214	11,150
2018	32,688	22,454	4,225	10,419	1,306	11,010
2019	33,440	22,905	4,350	10,415	1,354	10,894
2020	33,969	23,103	4,575	10,595	1,427	10,999
2021	34,393	23,462	4,864	11,076	1,512	10,993
2022	34,943	23,863	5,019	11,475	1,566	10,838
2023	35,472	24,538	5,062	11,372	1,655	11,079

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Release date

March 2023

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Region

Iceland

Survey time period

2013-2023

Special properties

As of January 1 each year

Supplementary notes

The source adds the following information:
"A nuclear family refers to couples (married and in a consensual union) and children below the age of 18, single men and women with children below the age of 18. Persons above the age of 18 who live with their parents are not included in nuclear families. Prior to 1999 a child was defined as a person below the age of 16.

Married couple without children:
Including couples in registered partnership.

Married couple with children:
Including couples in registered partnership.

Consensual union without children:
Including homosexual couples in consensual union.

Consensual union with children:
Including homosexual couples in consensual union."

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