More than four in 10 workers aged between 25 and 29 are still living at home with their parents, a shocking new EU study has found.
The survey is seen as more proof that young people simply cannot afford to rent a place of their own or get the deposit to buy one.
The latest report by Eurofound showed 20% of people in the EU aged from 30 to 34 still lived with their parents in 2022. Whereas, 42% of people aged from 25 to 29 also lived in their parental homes.
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But as rents have doubled here since 2013, there has also been a 13% rise in working young people living with their parents, from 27% to 40%. Other EU countries also saw these numbers on the rise, such as Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, and Croatia.
The analysis found 75% of those aged 15 to 29 live with their parents across the EU. The survey also found it is less common for people in their 20s and 30s to live with their parents in Nordic countries than in the south of Europe.
It comes as the number of people accessing emergency accommodation here has surpassed 14,000 for the first time. The Department of Housing figures released on Friday show in April there were 9,803 adults and 4,206 children in emergency accommodation.
Some 14,009 people were recorded as being homeless that month, a rise of 143 from 13,866 in March. The figures mean there has been a 14% rise in homelessness over the past 12 months.
The number of children recorded homeless also rose – 59 more children became homeless in April compared with the previous month.
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