'I Live Alone' 6.15 Million Viewers... 4 Out of 10 Households Live in Monthly Rent

One-Person Households According to 2020 Statistics

Over 30% of All Households Are Single-Person Households... Increased by 0.9 Percentage Points in One Year
High Proportion of Single-Person Households in '20s and Seoul'

[Sejong=Asia Economy Reporter Joo Sang-don] As of last year, the number of single-person households approached 6.15 million. Among these, 4 out of 10 households were living in monthly rent housing.

On the 8th, Statistics Korea released the '2020 Single-Person Household Statistics' containing this information.

According to the report, in 2019, single-person households numbered 6,148,000, accounting for 30.2% of all households. This is the largest proportion among all household types. The proportion of single-person households increased by 0.9 percentage points from 29.3% in 2018.

The largest number of single-person households were in their 20s. People in their 20s accounted for 18.2% of all single-person households, followed by those in their 30s (16.8%), 50s (16.3%), and 60s (15.2%).

Among women, the proportion of single-person households was relatively higher than men mainly in the elderly group aged 60 and above, while among men, the proportion was relatively higher than women in their 30s to 50s.

By region, the proportion of single-person households was highest in Seoul (21.1%), Gyeonggi (21.0%), Busan (6.9%), and Gyeongnam (6.4%). In six regions including Sejong, Daejeon, and Seoul, the proportion of single-person households in their 20s was the highest. Conversely, in Busan, Jeonbuk, and Gyeongbuk, the highest proportion was in the 60s age group, and in Jeonnam, it was the 70s age group.

About 4 out of 10 single-person households lived in monthly rent housing with a deposit. For all households, the order of housing occupancy types was owner-occupied (58.0%), monthly rent with deposit (19.7%), and jeonse (15.1%), but for single-person households, the order was monthly rent with deposit (38.0%), owner-occupied (30.6%), and jeonse (15.8%). Statistics Korea explained that while the proportion of owner-occupied housing is increasing and jeonse is decreasing among all households, single-person households show a trend of decreasing owner-occupied housing and increasing jeonse.

42.0% of single-person households responded that they need housing support programs. The most urgently needed housing supports were jeonse loan (29.9%), monthly rent subsidy (21.0%), and long-term public rental housing (16.7%) in order of proportion.

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