1.8 out of 10 People in Sejong Are Youth... 65% Single-Person Household Rate

[Asia Economy (Sejong) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] Among the total population of Sejong, 1.8 out of 10 are young people, and the proportion of single-person households among the youth accounts for 65% of the total.

Sejong City announced the "2021 Youth Statistics" containing this information on the 27th. According to the statistical data, as of the end of last year, the youth population aged 19 to under 34 residing in the region was a total of 66,807, accounting for 18.8% of the total regional population. By gender, males numbered 33,459, slightly more than females at 33,348.

Youth households were composed of ▲single-person households 20,312 ▲two-person households 5,226 ▲three-person households 3,561, with single-person households overwhelmingly predominant.

The housing occupancy type of local youth showed monthly rent with a deposit at 33.9% as the most common, followed by Jeonse (key money deposit lease) at 33.7%, and owner-occupied housing at 24.2%.

The number of local youth included in the National Basic Livelihood Security recipients list was 1,190 (1.8%), and registered persons with disabilities numbered 872 (1.3%).

Public pension subscribers were 31,128 (46.6%) for the National Pension, 8,797 (13.2%) for the Government Employees Pension, and 328 (0.5%) for the Private School Teachers Pension, in that order.

Among local youth, 6,993 (10.5%) applied for job seeking, and the desired monthly average wages of job-seeking youth were 2 million to 2.5 million KRW for 2,330 people, over 2.5 million KRW for 2,066 people, and 1.5 million to 2 million KRW for 1,553 people, respectively.

Youth cited "lack of regular full-time jobs" as the biggest difficulty in the job-seeking process.

The monthly average household income of youth with income was highest at 33.7% for 2 million to 3 million KRW, followed by 21.0% for 3 million to 4 million KRW, and 13.6% for 4 million to 5 million KRW, while household expenditures were highest at 34.0% for 1 million to 2 million KRW.

Regarding the monthly average household savings rate of youth with income, the response "not saving" accounted for the highest proportion at 23.1%.

Meanwhile, the city compiles youth statistics to understand the socio-economic living standards of local youth and to utilize them as basic data for research and youth policy formulation based on statistics.

This year's youth statistics surveyed youth registered as residents in Sejong as of December 31 of last year, and the results can be checked on the city hall website.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.