More adults are still living with parents

MORE than 200,000 people in our region aged between 20 and 34 are still living with their parents, up by 30% since 1996.

Across the East Midlands, 215,000 people in this age group were still living at home in 2017 - a quarter of young people (24%).

This is a huge increase compared to the 166,000 young adults who were living at home in 1996, when a fifth (19%) of people aged 20 to 34 lived with their parents.

The rise in the numbers of young people living with their parents is being driven by more young women living at home in their 20s and early 30s.

The number of young women in the region living with their parents has jumped by a third (36.1%) from 61,000 in 1996 to 83,000 in 2017.

In comparison, the number of men living at home has risen by a quarter (25.7%) over the same period, from 105,000 to 132,000.

However, men are still more likely to live with their parents in their 20s and early 30s.

In 1996, 25% of men in this age group lived at home compared to 13.4% of women. By 2017, this had grown to 28.7% of men and 19.1% of women.

Across the UK, 3.4m people aged 20 to 34 were still living at home in 2017, or more than a quarter of young people (25.9%).

That is compared to the 2.7m people who were living at home in 1996, when a fifth (21.0%) of people aged 20 to 34 lived with their parents.

Young women are increas- ingly living with their parents in their 20s and early 30s - the number doing so was up 36.0% from 952,000 in 1996 to 1.3m in 2017.

The number of men living at home has risen more slowly over the same period, up 21.5% from 1.7m to 2.1m.

However, across the UK, men are still more likely to live with their parents in their 20s and early 30s.

In 1996, 27.3% of men in this age group lived at home compared to 14.8% of women. By 2017, this had grown to 31.8% of men and 19.9% of women.