Contextual indicator
Coverage: Great Britain
Source: ODPM, National Assembly for Wales, Scottish Executive
- The number of households in Great Britain was estimated to be 24.1 million in 2001, up from 22.4 million in 1991, and is projected to rise to 26.2 million by 2011.
- Household numbers are driven by population growth, changes in the age structure of the population, and changes in family structures and lifestyles. Single person households have increased substantially in recent decades.