ATHENS –
Young people in Greece did not leave their parents’ home until their early 30s in 2023, exceeding the European Union average by more than four years, according to data released by Eurostat on September 30.
In 2023, the average age at which young people left home throughout the EU was 26.3 years old, down from 26.4 years in 2022.
Latest to leave were those in Croatia (31.8), Slovakia (31) and Greece (30.6), followed closely by Spain (30.4), Bulgaria and Italy (30). The youngest ages for leaving home, by contrast, were in Finland (21.4), Sweden and Denmark (21.8) and Estonia (22.8), followed by Netherlands (23.3), France (23.7) and Germany (23.9).
In 2023, the percentage of young people aged 15-29 who were living in overcrowded households was 26%, or 9.2 percentage points higher than the percentage of the total population living in overcrowded households in the EU (16.8%).
For young people, the percentage living in overcrowded households was highest in Romania (59.4%), Bulgaria (55.3%) and Latvia (54.8%) and lowest in Malta (3.9%), Cyprus (4%) and Ireland (4.4%). The percentage in Greece was 46%, against 27.5% for the population as a whole. This difference was the third highest in the EU, after Bulgaria and Romania.
Overcrowded households are considered those that do not have at least one room for each adult household member.
[ANA-MPA]
