A million more young adults in the UK are living with their parents than were two decades ago, research suggests. A quarter of 20 to 34-year-olds do so, the study, by think tank Civitas, says.
Since 1998, this has risen by 41% in London, where housing is most expensive, but by much less in cheaper areas like north-east England (14%) and Yorkshire and the Humber (17%). And for 23-year-olds across the UK, the proportion living with parents has risen from 37% in 1998 to 49% in 2017.
Commentators have observed that as owner-occupation and social housing have each become more difficult to enter, hundreds of thousands of young adults have taken one look at the high rents in the private rented sector and decided to stay with their parents a bit longer instead. As such it is becoming more important that the government take this into account when forecasting future housing need.
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