Half of 2030 Single-Person Households Live in 'One-Room Villages' or Similar Housing... Average Residential Area per Person is 9 Pyeong

[Sejong=Asia Economy Reporter Son Seonhee] Last year, more than half (55.2%) of young single-person households lived in detached houses or row/multi-family houses.

According to the Population and Housing Census by Statistics Korea and the National Statistical Portal (KOSIS) on the 1st, among single-person households in their 20s and 30s, detached houses accounted for the largest share at 43%, followed by row/multi-family houses at 12.2%. Additionally, 25% of young people lived in apartments, and 17.5% lived in non-residential accommodations such as officetels or dormitories. This appears to be influenced by many young single-person households living in multi-family detached houses near schools, such as one-room rental areas.

Last year, the number of single-person households in their 20s and 30s was 2,383,000, an increase of 229,000 from the previous year. The 20s and 30s single-person households accounted for 35.9% of all single-person households (6,643,000 households).

Looking at all households in Korea, the largest share was apartments, with 10.78 million households, accounting for 51.5%. This was followed by detached houses (30.4%) and row/multi-family houses (11.4%).

The average living area per person was 9 pyeong (29.7㎡). In particular, the living area per person in multi-family houses in Seoul was only 6 pyeong.

Compared to one year ago (29.2㎡), it has slightly increased, but it still lags significantly behind advanced countries. The living area per person in the United States was 65.0㎡ (as of 2019), which is 2.2 times that of Korea, and Japan (40.2㎡, as of 2018) and the United Kingdom (40.5㎡, as of 2018) also have larger living areas per person than Korea.

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