Households; size, position in the household, 1 January 1995-2013
Explanation of symbols
Table explanation
Key figures on the size and composition of households and persons by position in the household in the Netherlands, on 1 January.
Data available from 1995 until 2013.
Status of the figures:
All the figures in this table are final.
Changes as of 24 February 2015:
This table is discontinued.
When will new figures be published?
Not applicable anymore. This table will be replaced by 'Households; size, composition, position in the household, 1 January', see chapter 3.
Description topics
- Persons by household position
- Household
Private or institutional household.
Private household
One or more people sharing the same living space, who provide for their own everyday needs in a private, non-commercial way.
Institutional household
Household consisting of one or more people living in one accommodation whose housing and daily needs are provided professionally, e.g. persons in homes for the elderly, nursing homes and mental hospitals.
Households size
Number of people in a private household.
Household composition
The classification of private households on the basis of the relationships within the household.
Household position
Position someone has in a household in relation to the reference person of that household.
Reference person
Member of the household on whom the household positions of the other household members are based, and whose characteristics may also be characteristic for the household.
The reference person will be chosen as follows:
- The reference person in a heterosexual relationship is always the man.
- In homosexual and lesbian relationships, the reference person is the elder of the two.
- In a single-parent household the reference person is the parent.
- In an 'other household' the reference person is the eldest man. If men are absent in the household, the reference person is the eldest woman.- Men
- Single
- Persons living alone in a private household.
- Single parent
- Person who does not live with a partner with at least one child living at home, who form a private household.
Child:
Someone with a child-parent relationship with one or two of the adults in the household. Includes biological step and adopted children. There are no age limits in this category.
- Women
- Single
- Persons living alone in a private household.
- Single parent
- Person who does not live with a partner with at least one child living at home, who form a private household.
Child:
Someone with a child-parent relationship with one or two of the adults in the household. Includes biological step and adopted children. There are no age limits in this category.
- Private households
- Private household
One or more people sharing the same living space, who provide for their own everyday needs in a private, non-commercial way.- By household composition
- The classification of private households on the basis of the relationships within the household.
- Multi-person households
- A private household consisting of two or more persons.
- Single parent household
- Private household consisting of one parent and at least one child who lives at home.
Child:
Someone with a child-parent relationship with one or two of the adults in the household. Includes biological step and adopted children. There are no age limits in this category.- Total single parent households
- 1 child
- Private household consisting of one parent and one child who lives at home.
Child:
Someone with a child-parent relationship with one or two of the adults in the household. Includes biological step and adopted children. There are no age limits in this category.
- 2 children
- Private household consisting of one parent and two children living at home.
Child:
Someone with a child-parent relationship with one or two of the adults in the household. Includes biological step and adopted children. There are no age limits in this category.
- 3 children or more
- Private household consisting of one parent and three or more children living at home.
Child:
Someone with a child-parent relationship with one or two of the adults in the household. Includes biological step and adopted children. There are no age limits in this category.