Table 5: Projected percentage of people living alone, by gender and age group, 2012 - 2037^1,2

Age group	2012	2017	2022	2027	2032	2037
Footnotes: These figures are equal to the number of people in the age group projected to live in a 'one adult' household, divided by the projected population of that age and gender (including those living in communal establishments). This table only includes people aged 16 and over.
Males
16-19	3%	3%	3%	4%	4%	5%
20-24	8%	8%	8%	8%	9%	9%
25-29	18%	18%	18%	18%	19%	19%
30-34	21%	22%	22%	23%	24%	24%
35-39	21%	23%	25%	26%	28%	29%
40-44	20%	22%	24%	26%	28%	29%
45-49	20%	23%	24%	26%	28%	29%
50-54	20%	22%	24%	26%	28%	29%
55-59	20%	22%	24%	26%	28%	29%
60-64	20%	21%	23%	25%	27%	28%
65-69	19%	21%	22%	23%	24%	26%
70-74	21%	21%	21%	22%	22%	23%
75-79	24%	24%	24%	23%	23%	24%
80-84	30%	30%	30%	29%	30%	31%
85-89	38%	38%	38%	39%	39%	40%
90+	44%	43%	42%	43%	43%	44%
All ages	19%	20%	21%	23%	24%	25%
Females
16-19	3%	4%	4%	4%	4%	5%
20-24	7%	7%	7%	7%	7%	7%
25-29	13%	13%	13%	13%	13%	13%
30-34	12%	13%	14%	15%	16%	16%
35-39	11%	12%	13%	15%	16%	17%
40-44	11%	12%	13%	14%	15%	16%
45-49	13%	13%	14%	15%	16%	17%
50-54	16%	17%	18%	19%	20%	21%
55-59	20%	20%	21%	21%	22%	23%
60-64	23%	22%	22%	21%	20%	20%
65-69	29%	27%	25%	24%	22%	20%
70-74	37%	35%	32%	29%	27%	24%
75-79	48%	45%	43%	40%	37%	34%
80-84	59%	57%	55%	54%	52%	49%
85-89	63%	63%	63%	63%	63%	62%
90+	57%	61%	64%	66%	68%	71%
All ages	20%	21%	21%	22%	22%	23%
Total
16-19	3%	3%	4%	4%	4%	5%
20-24	8%	8%	8%	8%	8%	8%
25-29	15%	16%	16%	16%	16%	16%
30-34	17%	17%	18%	19%	20%	20%
35-39	16%	17%	19%	21%	22%	24%
40-44	15%	17%	18%	20%	21%	23%
45-49	16%	18%	19%	21%	22%	23%
50-54	18%	19%	21%	22%	24%	25%
55-59	20%	21%	22%	23%	25%	26%
60-64	21%	22%	22%	23%	23%	24%
65-69	24%	24%	24%	23%	23%	23%
70-74	30%	28%	27%	26%	25%	24%
75-79	38%	36%	34%	32%	31%	29%
80-84	47%	46%	45%	43%	42%	41%
85-89	54%	54%	54%	53%	53%	53%
90+	54%	55%	57%	58%	59%	60%
All ages	19%	20%	21%	22%	23%	24%