In 2023, the overcrowding rate for households with dependent children in Austria decreased by 1.9 percentage points (-7.76 percent) since 2022. A person is considered as living in an overcrowded household if the household does not have at its disposal a minimum number of rooms equal to one room for the household, one room per couple in the household, one room for each single person aged 18 or more, one room per pair of single people of the same gender between 12 and 17 years of age, one room for each single person between 12 and 17 years of age and not included in the previous category, or one room per pair of children under 12 years of age. All persons aged less then 18 are considered as dependent children, plus those economically inactive aged 18-24 living with at least one of their parents.
The overcrowding rate is defined as the percentage of the population living in an overcrowded household. A person is considered as living in an overcrowded household if the household does not have at its disposal a minimum number of rooms equal to: - one room for the household - one room per couple in the household - one room for each single person aged 18 or more - one room per pair of single people of the same gender between 12 and 17 years of age - one room for each single person between 12 and 17 years of age and not included in the previous category - one room per pair of children under 12 years of age. The source adds the following information: 'Dependent children were in the past defined as all persons aged less than 16, plus those economically inactive persons aged 16-24 living with at least one of their parents. Now a slightly different definition is used: All persons aged less then 18 are considered as dependent children, plus those economically inactive aged 18-24 living with at least one of their parents.'
Data coverage corresponds to code HH_DCH of the EU-SILC survey.
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Eurostat. (April 12, 2024). Overcrowding rate for households with dependent children in Austria from 2014 to 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/675035/overcrowding-rate-for-households-with-dependent-children-in-austria/
Eurostat. "Overcrowding rate for households with dependent children in Austria from 2014 to 2023." Chart. April 12, 2024. Statista. Accessed November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/675035/overcrowding-rate-for-households-with-dependent-children-in-austria/
Eurostat. (2024). Overcrowding rate for households with dependent children in Austria from 2014 to 2023. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/675035/overcrowding-rate-for-households-with-dependent-children-in-austria/
Eurostat. "Overcrowding Rate for Households with Dependent Children in Austria from 2014 to 2023." Statista, Statista Inc., 12 Apr 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/675035/overcrowding-rate-for-households-with-dependent-children-in-austria/
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Overcrowding rate for households with dependent children in Austria from 2014 to 2023 [Graph], Eurostat, April 12, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/675035/overcrowding-rate-for-households-with-dependent-children-in-austria/