Brussels: Europe and Arabs

In 2021, across the European Union, young people left their parents' home on average at the age of 26.5 years. However, this average varies between different EU member states. Median oldest ages, all 30 years or more, were recorded in Portugal (33.6 years), Croatia (33.3 years), Slovakia (30.9 years), Greece (30.7 years), and Bulgaria (30.3 years). By contrast, Sweden (19.0 years), Finland (21.2 years), Denmark (21.3 years) and Estonia (22.7 years) had the lowest median ages, all under 23 years. In most northern and western countries, young people left the parental home on average in their early to mid twenties, while in southern and eastern countries, the average age was in the late twenties or early thirties. Men leave their parents' home later than women In the European Union, on average, males left the parental household at the age of 27.4 years and females at 25.5 years in 2021. This trend was observed in all countries, i.e. young women moved out of the parental home on average before young men. Men left the parental home, on average, after the age of 30 in 11 EU countries (Croatia, Portugal, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Greece, Slovenia, Italy, Malta, Spain, Romania and Poland) while this is the case only for women. Two countries (Portugal and Croatia). The widest gender gap was found in Romania, with young males leaving at 30.3 years and females at 25.6 years (4.7 years gender gap), followed by Bulgaria (3.5 years gap), with males leaving at 32.0 years and females at 28.5 years. By contrast, Sweden, Denmark and Ireland recorded the narrowest gaps between males and females leaving the parental home: 0.4, 0.5, and 0.9 years, respectively.