The high cost of housing is leading more adult children to live with their parents, but care, companionship and combating loneliness are also keeping families together.
Growing numbers of adult children in Australia are living with their parents well into their mid-30s, with men aged 30 to 34 twice as likely as women to remain in the family home.
The data presented to a conference organised by the Urban Development Institute of Australia, a property developers lobby group, also shows 22 per cent of men and 15 per cent of women aged 25-29 remain in the family home. Ten per cent of men aged 30-34 live with their parents – double the number of women in the same age group.
He said he felt comfortable inviting his friends home and he said, “My girlfriend loves being here. She loves my parents. Fairfield had the highest number of non-dependent children aged 25-29 living in the family home, followed by The Hills Shire , Ku-ring-gai , Hunters Hill and Hornsby .Renton said intergenerational living was the norm in some cultures and provided a “beautiful sense of community and care”.
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