Specifically, young people in Greece leave their parental home at an average age of 30.7 years, while in the EU young people leave their parental home at an average age of 26.4 years.
Young people in Greece are slow to leave their parental home, compared to young people in other EU countries, new Eurostat figures for 2022 released today confirm.
Specifically, young people in Greece leave their parental home at an average age of 30.7 years, while in the EU young people leave their parental home at an average age of 26.4 years.
According to Eurostat data, the average number of young people who leave their parents’ home differs between EU countries.
The highest average ages, 30 years and over, were recorded in Croatia (33.4 years), Slovakia (30.8), Greece (30.7), Bulgaria and Spain (both 30.3) , Malta (30.1) and Italy (30.0). In contrast, the lowest average ages, all under 23, were recorded in Finland (21.3 years), Sweden (21.4), Denmark (21.7) and Estonia (22.7).
Over 10 years, the average age of young people leaving their parents’ home increased in 14 EU countries, most notably in Croatia (+1.8 years), Greece (+1.7) and Spain (+1, 6). In 2012, the lowest average in the EU was in Sweden, where young people left their parental home at the age of 19.9, however, in 10 years the average increased by 1.5 years.
At EU level, between 2012 and 2022, the average age varied slightly, with the lowest being 26.2 years (2019) and the highest being 26.5 (2012, 2014, 2020 and 2021).
In the EU, on average, men leave the parental home later than women (men at age 27.3 and women at age 25.4 in 2022). This difference was observed in all countries, ie young women left the parental home earlier on average than young men.
Men left their parental home, on average, after the age of 30 in 9 EU countries (Croatia, Bulgaria, Greece, Slovakia, Spain, Italy, Malta, Slovenia and Portugal), while this is the case for women in only one country: Croatia.
The largest gender gap was found in Romania, where young men left at 29.9 years and women at 25.4 years (4.5 year gender gap), followed by Bulgaria (4.1 year gap) , with men leaving the parental home at 32.3 years and women at 28.2 years. In contrast, Luxembourg (0.5 years difference), Sweden (0.6), Denmark and Malta (both 0.7) recorded the smallest differences between young men and women leaving the parental home.
Source: Skai
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