This graph shows the share of the Swiss population that lived in a single-person household from 2007 to 2016. Despite some fluctuation during this ten year period there has been an overall increase of four percent. The peak was in 2016 at 17.6 percent.
Share of Switzerland's population living in a single-person household from 2007 to 2016
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 Switzerland's population living in a single-person household from 2007 to 2016 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/546275/percentage-of-swiss-population-living-alone/
Eurostat. "Share of Switzerland's population living in a single-person household from 2007 to 2016." Chart. October 20, 2017. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/546275/percentage-of-swiss-population-living-alone/
Eurostat. (2017). Share of Switzerland's population living in a single-person household from 2007 to 2016. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/546275/percentage-of-swiss-population-living-alone/
Eurostat. "Share of Switzerland's Population Living in a Single-person Household from 2007 to 2016." Statista, Statista Inc., 20 Oct 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/546275/percentage-of-swiss-population-living-alone/
Eurostat, Share of Switzerland's population living in a single-person household from 2007 to 2016 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/546275/percentage-of-swiss-population-living-alone/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
Share of Switzerland's population living in a single-person household from 2007 to 2016 [Graph], Eurostat, October 20, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/546275/percentage-of-swiss-population-living-alone/
