At what age young people leave home in the EU

Name: At what age young people leave home in the EU, 2025
Creator: Civitascope
Published: 2026-10-28T15:00:20+00:00
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Topic: Housing

Young people in Croatia leave home 10.2 years later than in Finland.

In 2025, by Eurostat's estimate, half of young people in the EU no longer lived in their parents' household by the age of 26.3 years.

Figures for:: 2025.
Covers:: the whole year.
New data:: once a year.
Dataset updated:: 16 April 2026.

Published 28 October 2026, updated 6 November 2026

27 / 27 EU countries ranked

The ranking

In 2025, the estimated average age at which young people leave the parental home was lowest in Finland, at 21.3 years, and highest in Croatia, at 31.5 years.

Estimated average age at which young people leave the parental home, years

2025

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EU, 26.3 years

Rank 1: Croatia, 31.5 years

Rank 2: Greece, 30.9 years

Rank 2: Slovakia, 30.9 years

Rank 4: Spain, 30.2 years

Rank 4: Italy, 30.2 years

Rank 6: Portugal, 28.8 years

Rank 6: Slovenia, 28.8 years

Rank 8: Bulgaria, 27.9 years

Rank 9: Malta, 27.5 years

Rank 10: Romania, 27.4 years

Rank 11: Hungary, 27.3 years

Rank 12: Cyprus, 27.0 years

Rank 13: Ireland, 26.9 years

Rank 14: Poland, 26.8 years

Rank 15: Luxembourg, 26.6 years

Rank 16: Belgium, 26.2 years

Rank 17: Czechia, 25.8 years

Rank 18: Latvia, 25.7 years

Rank 19: Austria, 25.2 years

Rank 20: Germany, 24.1 years

Rank 21: France, 23.8 years

Rank 22: Netherlands, 23.4 years

Rank 23: Sweden, 23.1 years

Rank 24: Estonia, 22.7 years

Rank 24: Lithuania, 22.7 years

Rank 26: Denmark, 21.8 years

Rank 27: Finland, 21.3 years

How to read: bars start at zero. Every country with a value is shown, ranked from highest to lowest.Source: Eurostat, Estimated average age of young persons leaving the parental household (yth_demo_030).Chart: Civitascope (civitascope.eu) · CC BY 4.0 · Download image · Download data ·

Men and women

Among women, the spread across countries was slightly narrower. Croatia was again the highest, at 30.0 years, and Finland again the lowest, at 20.7 years. The gap was 9.3 years.

Among men, the spread across countries was wider than among women. Finland was again the lowest, at 21.8 years, and Croatia again the highest, at 32.8 years. The gap between Croatia and Finland was 11.0 years.

Estimated average age at which young people leave the parental home: women and men, years

2025

WomenMenMen − womenDifference

20.022.525.027.530.032.5years

EU, Women: 25.5 years, Men: 27.2 years, Men − women: +1.7

Rank 1: Croatia, Women: 30.0 years, Men: 32.8 years, Men − women: +2.8

Rank 2: Greece, Women: 29.4 years, Men: 32.2 years, Men − women: +2.8

Rank 2: Slovakia, Women: 29.5 years, Men: 32.2 years, Men − women: +2.7

Rank 4: Italy, Women: 29.3 years, Men: 30.9 years, Men − women: +1.6

Rank 5: Spain, Women: 29.6 years, Men: 30.8 years, Men − women: +1.2

Rank 6: Slovenia, Women: 27.5 years, Men: 30.0 years, Men − women: +2.5

Rank 7: Bulgaria, Women: 26.0 years, Men: 29.7 years, Men − women: +3.7

Rank 8: Portugal, Women: 28.1 years, Men: 29.6 years, Men − women: +1.5

Rank 9: Romania, Women: 25.3 years, Men: 29.4 years, Men − women: +4.1

Rank 10: Hungary, Women: 26.2 years, Men: 28.5 years, Men − women: +2.3

Rank 11: Poland, Women: 25.7 years, Men: 27.9 years, Men − women: +2.2

Rank 12: Cyprus, Women: 26.1 years, Men: 27.8 years, Men − women: +1.7

Rank 13: Ireland, Women: 26.4 years, Men: 27.5 years, Men − women: +1.1

Rank 14: Malta, Men: 27.3 years, Women: 27.8 years, Men − women: −0.5

Rank 15: Czechia, Women: 24.4 years, Men: 27.2 years, Men − women: +2.8

Rank 16: Latvia, Women: 24.2 years, Men: 27.0 years, Men − women: +2.8

Rank 17: Belgium, Women: 25.6 years, Men: 26.9 years, Men − women: +1.3

Rank 17: Luxembourg, Women: 26.3 years, Men: 26.9 years, Men − women: +0.6

Rank 19: Austria, Women: 24.3 years, Men: 26.0 years, Men − women: +1.7

Rank 20: Germany, Women: 23.3 years, Men: 24.8 years, Men − women: +1.5

Rank 21: France, Women: 22.9 years, Men: 24.6 years, Men − women: +1.7

Rank 22: Netherlands, Women: 22.9 years, Men: 23.9 years, Men − women: +1.0

Rank 23: Sweden, Women: 22.6 years, Men: 23.5 years, Men − women: +0.9

Rank 24: Lithuania, Women: 22.0 years, Men: 23.3 years, Men − women: +1.3

Rank 25: Estonia, Women: 22.1 years, Men: 23.2 years, Men − women: +1.1

Rank 26: Denmark, Women: 21.6 years, Men: 22.1 years, Men − women: +0.5

Rank 27: Finland, Women: 20.7 years, Men: 21.8 years, Men − women: +1.1

How to read: the filled dot is men, the outlined dot women, each with its value beside it. The column on the right is their difference, men − women. Countries are ranked by men.Source: Eurostat, Estimated average age of young persons leaving the parental household (yth_demo_030).Chart: Civitascope (civitascope.eu) · CC BY 4.0 · Download image · Download data ·

	Everyone	Women	Men
Lowest	21.3 yearsFinland	20.7 yearsFinland	21.8 yearsFinland
Highest	31.5 yearsCroatia	30.0 yearsCroatia	32.8 yearsCroatia
Highest − lowest	10.2 years	9.3 years	11.0 years

Everyone

Lowest: 21.3 years (Finland)Highest: 31.5 years (Croatia)Highest − lowest: 10.2 years

Women

Lowest: 20.7 years (Finland)Highest: 30.0 years (Croatia)Highest − lowest: 9.3 years

Men

Lowest: 21.8 years (Finland)Highest: 32.8 years (Croatia)Highest − lowest: 11.0 years

About the data

The age at which half of young people no longer live in their parents' household. Eurostat estimates it from the share of young people not living with their parents at each age from 15 to 34, from the EU Labour Force Survey (EU-LFS). It is not the observed age of each person who moves out.

Eurostat: “The indicator shows the age at which 50% of the population no longer live in a household with their parent(s).” (source)

EU Labour Force Survey (EU-LFS)

How to read these numbers

How it is measured

Swedish household data over-estimate the number of one-person households.

Estonian household data should be interpreted with caution.

The survey covers people living in private households. People living in collective or institutional households are not included.

Sources and data

Eurostat, Estimated average age of young persons leaving the parental household (yth_demo_030). Data updated 16 April 2026, retrieved 3 November 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.

Eurostat metadata · Eurostat methodology

The exact Eurostat API query

https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/yth_demo_030?format=JSON&lang=en&freq=A&geo=AT&geo=BE&geo=BG&geo=CY&geo=CZ&geo=DE&geo=DK&geo=EE&geo=EL&geo=ES&geo=EU27_2020&geo=FI&geo=FR&geo=HR&geo=HU&geo=IE&geo=IT&geo=LT&geo=LU&geo=LV&geo=MT&geo=NL&geo=PL&geo=PT&geo=RO&geo=SE&geo=SI&geo=SK&sex=T&unit=AVG

How every number in this story was computed