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Population aged 20 and older living alone. By sex and age groups

Population aged 20 and older living alone. By sex and age groups Catalonia. 2017
Population aged 20 and older (thousands) Percentage (%)
Men Women Total Men Women Total
Population living alone 343.6 418.8 762.4 12.2 13.9 13.1
From 20 to 34 years 45.9 37.3 83.2 7.7 6.1 6.9
From 35 to 49 years 120.6 65.1 185.7 13.0 7.2 10.1
From 50 to 64 years 92.5 82.8 175.2 13.2 11.3 12.2
From 65 to 79 years 55.5 127.8 183.4 13.0 25.5 19.7
From 80 years and over 29.1 105.8 134.9 18.6 41.3 32.7
Source: Idescat, based on data from the Continuous Household Survey from INE.
Note: Percentage of the total number of people in each age group.

Last update: November 28, 2018.

Methodological note

Methodological aspects

The source of this information for the years 2011 and 2021 is the Population and Housing Census carried out by the INE, which every ten years provides information on the main characteristics of households and dwellings.

The source of the information for the period 2014-2020 is the Continuous Household Survey, an annual sampling operation carried out by the INE that provides information on the basic demographic characteristics of the population, households and dwellings.

You can get more information about these statistics in the methodology.