The bar chart below shows the proportions of English men and women of different ages who were living alone in 2011. The pie chart compares the numbers of bedrooms in these one-person households

On the one hand, the bar chart illustrates the distribution of people living alone in England by

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and gender in 2011. The data show that many people start living alone after the

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of 16, and in the younger

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groups, a higher proportion of men

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alone compared to women, at around 50–65%.

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pattern changes in later life, where more women

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alone than men. The proportion of women living alone increased steadily and reached over 70% in the

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group of 85 years and above.

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, the pie chart compares the number of bedrooms in one-person households. Two-bedroom homes were the most common, accounting for about 35.4% of the total. One-bedroom and three-bedroom houses made up similar proportions, at approximately 28% and 30% respectively.

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, four-bedroom and five-bedroom homes were much less common, representing only 5.4% and 1.4%.