This graph shows the percentage of the Irish population that lives in a single-person household from 2006 to 2015. Despite some fluctuation during this ten year period there has been an overall increase of 0.7 percent. The peak was in 2015 at 8.4 percent.
Share of Ireland's population living in a single-person household from 2006 to 2015
The source adds the following information: "A 'private household' means "a person living alone or a group of people who live together in the same private dwelling and share expenditures, including the joint provision of the essentials of living". EU-SILC implementing regulation number 1983/2003 on updated definitions, defines households in terms of sharing household expenses and (for non-permanent members) in terms of duration of stay and (for temporarily absent members) in terms of duration of absence."
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Eurostat. (October 20, 2017). Share of Ireland's population living in a single-person household from 2006 to 2015 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/545971/percentage-of-ireland-population-living-alone/
Eurostat. "Share of Ireland's population living in a single-person household from 2006 to 2015." Chart. October 20, 2017. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/545971/percentage-of-ireland-population-living-alone/
Eurostat. (2017). Share of Ireland's population living in a single-person household from 2006 to 2015. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/545971/percentage-of-ireland-population-living-alone/
Eurostat. "Share of Ireland's Population Living in a Single-person Household from 2006 to 2015." Statista, Statista Inc., 20 Oct 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/545971/percentage-of-ireland-population-living-alone/
Eurostat, Share of Ireland's population living in a single-person household from 2006 to 2015 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/545971/percentage-of-ireland-population-living-alone/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
Share of Ireland's population living in a single-person household from 2006 to 2015 [Graph], Eurostat, October 20, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/545971/percentage-of-ireland-population-living-alone/
