Over a fourth of people aged 25 continue to reside with their parents.
By 2023, the average age at which individuals left their parents' house was 23.9 years old. Interestingly, males stayed slightly longer, departing at age 24.7, in comparison to females at 23.1. This trend of an earlier departure was observed across the European Union. The average age for European youth to leave their parents' household was 26.3 years. Among the Nordic nations of Finland, Denmark, and Sweden, youngsters left home even earlier, at 21.4, 21.8, and 21.8 years respectively.
At the other end of the spectrum, young adults in several Southern and Eastern European countries left home later. In Croatia, the average age for this transition was 31.8 years, followed by Slovakia with 31.0 years and Greece at 30.6 years.
Furthermore, it was observed that across most EU countries, excluding Malta, women generally left home earlier than men. For instance, in Germany, one out of every five women under the age of 25 still resided with their parents, while approximately one-third of men within the same age bracket still lived at home.
