One data point for Norway: I left home when I was 15 (not *strictly* true, we had moved about a lot, so when my mom wanted to move again I told her *Fine, you go, I will finish school here.,* and that was how it was. Kept the house until I finished school). Moved in with her again for the first almost a year after coming to Oslo to go to Uni (moving out again when 19 or 20), never lived with either of my parents since.
Meanwhile me being kicked out to another country at 18 orz
Live in red, can agree… it’s not about not wanting, but situation is what it is, and it’s really really hard to get own living.
Guys why are you leaving home, it’s cold outside just stay inside please
well, define “leave home”. for example a lot of people in Slovakia (and Czech republic alike) already live away from home when they are like 18 or so but they do still keep their official residency at their parents’ simply out of convenience so are they included in this statistic or not? this might actually skew the average quite a bit.
Living in Italy, out of the under 30’s I work with, I’m the only one living alone (i.e not with family), so it checks out. The salaries in Italy really are shocking (And Lombardia is supposedly the highest paying province, and Como where I live is not that bad either), I’m lucky that I did engineering so it’s sort of okay, but if you work in any field, it’s just near impossible to move out.
Though judging as a foreigner, I do think some of them CAN move out, it’s just there’s no pressure, and they prefer saving the 600-700 of rent they’d be paying otherwise, which to me makes perfect sense.
That said, considering my experience studying in Bologna, does this exclude people leaving for Uni? Coz there’s no way half of Southern Italy had family in Bologna
There was a comment from an Italian that cracked me up “We leave home in our 30s to get married and just a few years later our parents become elderly and they move in with us” 🤣
Numbers Pointet At > Are Smaller.
Numbers On Open Side < Is Bigger.
In Portugal is pretty much impossible for you to leave home before 30, the minimum wage is 740€, a one bedroom apartment is about 900€ a month if you are lucky to find one (only the apartment, no other expenses are included). The Portuguese youth is the second worse payed in all Europe even tho we usually have a high level of education.
It’s ridiculous what’s happening here and I wish more people knew what Portuguese youth is dealing with. We are told that we don’t wanna work but that’s not true, I have friends that have been working for years and still can’t leave home because how expensive everything is compared to how underpaid we are.
I’m from BG but moved out at 25 and most of my friends did too, at roughly the same age.
Ukraine: everybody is leaving, who can. All ages.
Portugal. Real. I’m 40. Got out in 2019 to my new built home. I was 35
Staying into adulthood in your family home isn’t inherently a bad thing, it allows to pool resources, share burdens, share parental duties and save enough money to eventually buy property and build generational wealth… Not to mention the taking care of a ever more elderly population.
I do not se the atomization of families as a good thing.
Why 24 and under. It would be fun to see in detail. I think Sweden has like 18.
Turkey is 40.
Italians live with their MAMMA, who cook for them and wash their clothes. Meanwhile they can’t have sex or invite girls at home, unless it’s their official girlfriend/boyfriend.
I am Italian and I was the only one in my group of friends who moved out before 25. People thought I was a weirdo because of that. But at least I could have sex freely.
In Serbia, a lot of people move out to bigger cities for studying and work to the point of them being overpopulated, so I feel like this number is lower for us? Maybe it’s just me being ignorant as a guy from a large city and having skewed perspective. Personally I moved out to Belgrade when I was 23.
Define “leaving home”:
On Paper I still live with my parents.
In reality I left home 11 years ago dorm/rent/own house.
Also:
Its not about when you want to leave, when you “can”. And by can i mean:
Is it affordable? Is it efficient money wise.
Like, if my parents would live next to my workplace, of course i would live with them.
Rent is expensive asf, Housing market is abbysmal.
Pffff… I left my house at 16. Romania here
Thank you very much for calling 30+ as young people. I really needed that today.
Average age in Finland is apparently 21.8 (2019), but I would guess the mode to be 19 or 20 – the most common scenario seems to be to to move out as soon as you finish high school or as soon as you start studying at university or working.
Reverse colours and with a few exceptions (like IT) you have the poverty map accross EUrope.
In The Netherlands leaving home is Dreaming since it’s impossible to for folks under 40 to rent or buy. So, nice and cozy with the [mammas & papas](https://youtu.be/N-aK6JnyFmk?feature=shared)
If you want to have a laught:
Italian here, left home at 15, just to have father come to live with me for health reason 7 years later …. No escaping from Italian destiny.
I wonder what the history of Cyprus would be if it was where it is on this map. A lot more Italian, probably.
Over 30 year old ”young people” 😂😂
My mother was so happy when I started studying abroad, she basically pushed me out. Maybe for the better, I would have stayed till 30, but it wasn’t easy.
When I found my footing and didn’t regularly call, she was pissed too 😀
Mom said it’s my turn to repost this next week
In Russia, you don’t leave home, you just accidentally fall out of window.
In balkan you stay with babushka till babushka die and you Take the house
What’s so bad about living with your parents? Most Italians live together in multi generational houses (most Italians are home owners) which usually have 2 or 3 flats, one for the kids the other for the parents. It’s a better use of resources
Im sorry Italy but, “Young people” ? you are no longer “Young” when past 30.
It checks out. I’m from Denmark. Moved out at 20. My siblings both moved out at 18. Free education at all levels and generous (monthly) state grants for students are sure the main contributors to this trend
Southern italy here, 28 yo, lived alone for 2 years but had to return living with my parents due to inflation and stagnating wages (luckily i work from home)
Who could have guessed that people that can’t afford living alone live with their parents?
Moving out just does not make financial sense. It would easily triple the expenses compared to living at home, and I just do not have that sort of money to throw around…
I think Spain should be in red…
Turkey data here >>> whatever color comes after red.
Real estate market in Poland went psycho. I don’t blame anyone who can’t afford to get house or apartment. Life in Poland is very expensive comparing to real salaries.
Yeah we are poor
I was kicked tfo home at 16 and was living with my own money since 18…
Map is wrong. “Europe” and “EU” are not the same.
WHAT IS SOUTHERN EUROPE DOING???!!!
Cyprus is running away!
Seems housing prices here in Munich have forced many to reject modernity and retvrn to tradition by living as a tribe in a 35 sq meter apartment
It’s always interesting to see how the Italians react when this topic comes up.
If you want to stay at home for whatever reason, good for you, but there is no need to get so defensive
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One data point for Norway: I left home when I was 15 (not *strictly* true, we had moved about a lot, so when my mom wanted to move again I told her *Fine, you go, I will finish school here.,* and that was how it was. Kept the house until I finished school). Moved in with her again for the first almost a year after coming to Oslo to go to Uni (moving out again when 19 or 20), never lived with either of my parents since.
Meanwhile me being kicked out to another country at 18 orz
Live in red, can agree… it’s not about not wanting, but situation is what it is, and it’s really really hard to get own living.
Guys why are you leaving home, it’s cold outside just stay inside please
well, define “leave home”. for example a lot of people in Slovakia (and Czech republic alike) already live away from home when they are like 18 or so but they do still keep their official residency at their parents’ simply out of convenience so are they included in this statistic or not? this might actually skew the average quite a bit.
Living in Italy, out of the under 30’s I work with, I’m the only one living alone (i.e not with family), so it checks out. The salaries in Italy really are shocking (And Lombardia is supposedly the highest paying province, and Como where I live is not that bad either), I’m lucky that I did engineering so it’s sort of okay, but if you work in any field, it’s just near impossible to move out.
Though judging as a foreigner, I do think some of them CAN move out, it’s just there’s no pressure, and they prefer saving the 600-700 of rent they’d be paying otherwise, which to me makes perfect sense.
That said, considering my experience studying in Bologna, does this exclude people leaving for Uni? Coz there’s no way half of Southern Italy had family in Bologna
There was a comment from an Italian that cracked me up “We leave home in our 30s to get married and just a few years later our parents become elderly and they move in with us” 🤣
Numbers Pointet At > Are Smaller.
Numbers On Open Side < Is Bigger.
In Portugal is pretty much impossible for you to leave home before 30, the minimum wage is 740€, a one bedroom apartment is about 900€ a month if you are lucky to find one (only the apartment, no other expenses are included). The Portuguese youth is the second worse payed in all Europe even tho we usually have a high level of education.
It’s ridiculous what’s happening here and I wish more people knew what Portuguese youth is dealing with. We are told that we don’t wanna work but that’s not true, I have friends that have been working for years and still can’t leave home because how expensive everything is compared to how underpaid we are.
I’m from BG but moved out at 25 and most of my friends did too, at roughly the same age.
Ukraine: everybody is leaving, who can. All ages.
Portugal. Real. I’m 40. Got out in 2019 to my new built home. I was 35
Staying into adulthood in your family home isn’t inherently a bad thing, it allows to pool resources, share burdens, share parental duties and save enough money to eventually buy property and build generational wealth… Not to mention the taking care of a ever more elderly population.
I do not se the atomization of families as a good thing.
Why 24 and under. It would be fun to see in detail. I think Sweden has like 18.
Turkey is 40.
Italians live with their MAMMA, who cook for them and wash their clothes. Meanwhile they can’t have sex or invite girls at home, unless it’s their official girlfriend/boyfriend.
I am Italian and I was the only one in my group of friends who moved out before 25. People thought I was a weirdo because of that. But at least I could have sex freely.
In Serbia, a lot of people move out to bigger cities for studying and work to the point of them being overpopulated, so I feel like this number is lower for us? Maybe it’s just me being ignorant as a guy from a large city and having skewed perspective. Personally I moved out to Belgrade when I was 23.
Define “leaving home”:
On Paper I still live with my parents.
In reality I left home 11 years ago dorm/rent/own house.
Also:
Its not about when you want to leave, when you “can”. And by can i mean:
Is it affordable? Is it efficient money wise.
Like, if my parents would live next to my workplace, of course i would live with them.
Rent is expensive asf, Housing market is abbysmal.
Pffff… I left my house at 16. Romania here
Thank you very much for calling 30+ as young people. I really needed that today.
Average age in Finland is apparently 21.8 (2019), but I would guess the mode to be 19 or 20 – the most common scenario seems to be to to move out as soon as you finish high school or as soon as you start studying at university or working.
Reverse colours and with a few exceptions (like IT) you have the poverty map accross EUrope.
In The Netherlands leaving home is Dreaming since it’s impossible to for folks under 40 to rent or buy. So, nice and cozy with the [mammas & papas](https://youtu.be/N-aK6JnyFmk?feature=shared)
If you want to have a laught:
Italian here, left home at 15, just to have father come to live with me for health reason 7 years later …. No escaping from Italian destiny.
I wonder what the history of Cyprus would be if it was where it is on this map. A lot more Italian, probably.
Over 30 year old ”young people” 😂😂
My mother was so happy when I started studying abroad, she basically pushed me out. Maybe for the better, I would have stayed till 30, but it wasn’t easy.
When I found my footing and didn’t regularly call, she was pissed too 😀
Mom said it’s my turn to repost this next week
In Russia, you don’t leave home, you just accidentally fall out of window.
In balkan you stay with babushka till babushka die and you Take the house
What’s so bad about living with your parents? Most Italians live together in multi generational houses (most Italians are home owners) which usually have 2 or 3 flats, one for the kids the other for the parents. It’s a better use of resources
Im sorry Italy but, “Young people” ? you are no longer “Young” when past 30.
It checks out. I’m from Denmark. Moved out at 20. My siblings both moved out at 18. Free education at all levels and generous (monthly) state grants for students are sure the main contributors to this trend
Southern italy here, 28 yo, lived alone for 2 years but had to return living with my parents due to inflation and stagnating wages (luckily i work from home)
Who could have guessed that people that can’t afford living alone live with their parents?
Moving out just does not make financial sense. It would easily triple the expenses compared to living at home, and I just do not have that sort of money to throw around…
I think Spain should be in red…
Turkey data here >>> whatever color comes after red.
Real estate market in Poland went psycho. I don’t blame anyone who can’t afford to get house or apartment. Life in Poland is very expensive comparing to real salaries.
Yeah we are poor
I was kicked tfo home at 16 and was living with my own money since 18…
Map is wrong. “Europe” and “EU” are not the same.
WHAT IS SOUTHERN EUROPE DOING???!!!
Cyprus is running away!
Seems housing prices here in Munich have forced many to reject modernity and retvrn to tradition by living as a tribe in a 35 sq meter apartment
It’s always interesting to see how the Italians react when this topic comes up.
If you want to stay at home for whatever reason, good for you, but there is no need to get so defensive