The chart below compares the number of people per household* by percentage in the UK in 1981 and 2001.
The bar chart illustrates the distribution of
people
living together in one family in the United Kingdom in the years
1981 and 2001.
It is clear that
during the observed years
, households with 2 people
took up the largest percentage while
the opposite was true for those with 6 people
. Besides
, there was a decrease in the sum of members living in households with more than 3 people
, whereas
families having no more than 2 people
saw an increase.
As can be seen, in the 2 researched years
, families having 2 people
were recorded to be at the top of the list. They made up 31% in 1981, compared to 34% of the UK population in 2001. Meanwhile, the proportion of people
who lived alone stood at 17% in 1981 and then
rose significantly to 26% within 20 years
.
By contrast
, the total of families which had over 3 members was fewer. Approximately 20% was taken up by houses with 3-4 people
in 1981, over the next 2 decades, the figure for those witnessed a drop of 3%. Likewise
, households with 5 and 6 members also
declined from about 8% in the year 1981 to 6% and 2% in 2001 respectively.Submitted by danphamngocha on
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