Rise in generations of families living in the same house
Katy Morton
Friday, February 24, 2012
The number of households with three or more generations living under the same roof has reached levels not seen since Victorian times, new research shows.
According to family history website Ancestry.co.uk, there are 517,000 ‘multi-generational households’, homes shared by grandparents, parents and children, a rise of seven per cent in the past five years.
One in ten adults have grown up children living with them, the equivalent of more than 4.7 million adults housing adult children.
The analysis of censuses from 1841-1911 and recent Government data, also reveals that households with three generations or more living under the same roof will reach 550,000 by 2018 and surpass the peak of 608,000 in the mid 1850s.
A lack of affordable housing is blamed for the trend.
As well as this, the research shows an increase in the number of families taking in lodgers - 970,000 compared to 933,000 in Victorian times.
Miriam Silverman of Ancestry.co.uk, said, ‘Proportionally, this issue isn’t as severe as experienced by our ancestors, but it’s interesting to see how a property boom driven by economic growth can quickly price millions out of the market – whether in industrial Manchester in the 1800s, or the suburbs of London today.’
One in ten adults have grown up children living with them, the equivalent of more than 4.7 million adults housing adult children.
The analysis of censuses from 1841-1911 and recent Government data, also reveals that households with three generations or more living under the same roof will reach 550,000 by 2018 and surpass the peak of 608,000 in the mid 1850s.
A lack of affordable housing is blamed for the trend.
As well as this, the research shows an increase in the number of families taking in lodgers - 970,000 compared to 933,000 in Victorian times.
Miriam Silverman of Ancestry.co.uk, said, ‘Proportionally, this issue isn’t as severe as experienced by our ancestors, but it’s interesting to see how a property boom driven by economic growth can quickly price millions out of the market – whether in industrial Manchester in the 1800s, or the suburbs of London today.’
