This graph shows the percentage of the Portuguese population that lives in a single-person household 2007 to 2016. During this ten year period there was an overall increase of 2.4 percent. The peak was in 2015 and 2016 at 8.6 percent.
Share of Portugal's population living in a single-person household from 2007 to 2016
The source adds the following information: "A 'private household' means "a person living alone or a group of people who live together in the same private dwelling and share expenditures, including the joint provision of the essentials of living". EU-SILC implementing regulation number 1983/2003 on updated definitions, defines households in terms of sharing household expenses and (for non-permanent members) in terms of duration of stay and (for temporarily absent members) in terms of duration of absence."
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Eurostat. (October 20, 2017). Share of Portugal's population living in a single-person household from 2007 to 2016 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 23, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/546254/percentage-of-portuguese-population-living-alone/
Eurostat. "Share of Portugal's population living in a single-person household from 2007 to 2016." Chart. October 20, 2017. Statista. Accessed May 23, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/546254/percentage-of-portuguese-population-living-alone/
Eurostat. (2017). Share of Portugal's population living in a single-person household from 2007 to 2016. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 23, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/546254/percentage-of-portuguese-population-living-alone/
Eurostat. "Share of Portugal's Population Living in a Single-person Household from 2007 to 2016." Statista, Statista Inc., 20 Oct 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/546254/percentage-of-portuguese-population-living-alone/
Eurostat, Share of Portugal's population living in a single-person household from 2007 to 2016 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/546254/percentage-of-portuguese-population-living-alone/ (last visited May 23, 2022)
