Eurostat: only 23.4% of EU households had children

Demographic change is visible in household structure

Eurostat reported that in 2025 there were 203.1 million households in the European Union. Of these, 47.4 million included children, representing 23.4% of all households.

Most households in the EU therefore did not include children. Households without children accounted for 76.6% of all households, with single adult households, couples without children and other household types forming the largest groups.

This figure matters because demographic transformation is not visible only in fertility rates or birth numbers. It also appears in everyday living arrangements: how people live, form families and plan their future.

• 203.1 million households in the EU in 2025.
• 47.4 million households with children.
• 23.4% of all households had children.
• 76.6% of households had no children.

Eurostat also reports that between 2016 and 2025 the number of single adult households without children increased by 19.2%, while the number of couples with children fell by 6.3%.

For Slovenia, this is relevant because it shows that demographic future is not only a question of population size, but also of family structures, housing conditions, intergenerational relations and social cohesion.