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Numbers Of Irish Adults Living With Parents Rising

Ireland has seen a rise in adults who are still living in their family home. While the number of peo...


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Numbers Of Irish Adults Living With Parents Rising


Ireland has seen a rise in adults who are still living in their family home.

While the number of people living with their parents is one of the biggest increases in the EU, it's still below the bloc's average.

22% of adults aged 25 to 34 lived with their parents in 2010 - that rose to 28% in 2019.

It comes from a report by Eurofound, which shows the EU average is just over 30%.

Professor Brendan Kelly from Trinity College says it impacts their development:

"Traditionally, the first few decades of life, the first four decades were spent honing those skills and establishing oneself and not being able to.

"Sort of find your own place to live outside your home of origin does hold back the development of those skills."

Last week, Department of Housing figures showed there are more than 12,000 people registered as homeless and in emergency accommodation.

Those so-called homeless figures do not including the hidden homeless, which are adults living at home with their parents.

Reduced home ownership, limited rental properties and affordability are among the reasons people remain in their family home.

Journalist Brenda Power has some of her children living at home with her:

"Properties are just not available, and they're just not affordable.

"And so if it is practical to live at home and, and you have a parent who is prepared to, to indulge you, then. There is really no other option."

The age at which at least half of people in the EU were living outside their parental home increased from 26 to 28 between 2007 and 2019.



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