The charts compare the number of people per household in the UK in 1981 and 2001

The diagram illustrates the

percentage

of members per

households

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household

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in the UK between 1981 and 2001.

Overall

, it is evident that the 1-person and 2-person

households

were the second most and the most common in the UK in the given periods

while

other sized families are less common.

In addition

, the

percentage

of 6-person

households

was the lowest. In 1981, the

percentage

of 2-person

households

accounted for the highest of the total at 31%, and the

figure

for 1-person

households

rank

second,

at 17%.

While

the proportions of 3-person and 4-person

households

were 20% and 18% respectively. The

figure

for 5-person and 6-person

households

made up the lowest at 8% and 6% perspectively. In 2001, the proportion of 1-person and 2-person

households

witnessed a steady rise to 26% and 34% respectively.

By contrast

, there was a decline in the

percentage

of the other sized

households

. The

figure

for 3-person fell to 17%, compared with 14% of 4-person

households

. Meanwhile, the

percentage

of 5-person and 6-person

households

share a similar

figure

, at 6% and 2% respectively, which constituted the lowest of the total.