In 2021, there were about 25.8 million households with senior members aged 65 years and older, accounting for almost 50 percent of the total households in Japan. That year, around 32 percent of those households with elderly members were composed of a married couple without any children.
Number of households with elderly members in Japan from 2011 to 2021, by household type
(in 1,000s)
Characteristic
Single-person households
Households with a married couple without children
Households with parents and unmarried children
Three generation households
Other households
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Cabinet Office Japan. (June 20, 2023). Number of households with elderly members in Japan from 2011 to 2021, by household type (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1257745/japan-number-households-senior-by-household-type/
Cabinet Office Japan. "Number of households with elderly members in Japan from 2011 to 2021, by household type (in 1,000s)." Chart. June 20, 2023. Statista. Accessed August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1257745/japan-number-households-senior-by-household-type/
Cabinet Office Japan. (2023). Number of households with elderly members in Japan from 2011 to 2021, by household type (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1257745/japan-number-households-senior-by-household-type/
Cabinet Office Japan. "Number of Households with Elderly Members in Japan from 2011 to 2021, by Household Type (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 20 Jun 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1257745/japan-number-households-senior-by-household-type/
Cabinet Office Japan, Number of households with elderly members in Japan from 2011 to 2021, by household type (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1257745/japan-number-households-senior-by-household-type/ (last visited August 24, 2024)
Number of households with elderly members in Japan from 2011 to 2021, by household type (in 1,000s) [Graph], Cabinet Office Japan, June 20, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1257745/japan-number-households-senior-by-household-type/