Young Portuguese were the ones who, in the European Union (EU), later he left his parents’ house in 2021, with an average age of 33.6 years, well above the EU average of 26.5 years, Eurostat announced Thursday.
Data from the EU Statistical Office reveal that, in the last year, the EU Member States in which the young people then left their home and went to Portugal (33.6 years), followed by Croatia (33.3 years), Slovakia (30.9 years), Greece (30.7 years) and Bulgaria (30.3 years).
In contrast, Sweden (19 years), Finland (21.2 years), Denmark (21.3 years) and Estonia (22.7 years) have the lowest average ages, all below 23 years, adds Eurostat.
In the EU as a whole, in 2021, young people on average left their parents’ home at the age of 26.5.
Eurostat notes that “in most northern and western countries, young people left their parents’ home on average early to mid 20’swhile in the southern and eastern countries, the average age was in the late 20s or early 30s.”
By gender, on average in the EU, men left their parents’ house at 27.4 years and women at 25.5 years in 2021, a trend that, according to the statistical office, was observed in all countries, so young people left home on average earlier than young people.
Eurostat specifies that men left the parental home, on average, after the age of 30 in 11 EU countries (Croatia, Portugal, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Greece, Slovenia, Italy, Malta, Spain, Romania and Poland), this occurring in women in two countries (Portugal and Croatia).
Source: Observadora
