As the proportion of married households declined from 37.9 per cent in 2016 to 37.2 per cent in 2021 –– de facto households rose from 7.8 per cent of homes to 9.2 per cent.
More young people living alone could also be down to personal choice, said Katie Greenaway, a psychology lecturer at the University of Melbourne who lives happily single and alone. Katie Greenaway, a University of Melbourne psychology lecturer, lives solo and says more women are making the choice to get their careers up and running before moving to the next life stage.“It’s also an act of choice for many people, women wanting to set up careers and things before moving to that stage, and it’s becoming more normative.”
“If you look at the long-term trend in non-dependent children living with their parents, between 2011 and 2016 the proportion was also increasing.