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More and more young adults are living at home with their parents. Martin Novak/Shutterstock

June 5, 2023

Five ways to be a good ‘housemate’ to your parents

Jolanta Burke, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences

Living with your folks as an adult takes work.

Millions of college students have been living at home since their campuses closed due to the coronavirus. FG Trade via Getty Images

October 13, 2020

Yes, more and more young adults are living with their parents – but is that necessarily bad?

Jeffrey Arnett, Clark University

The U.S. was an outlier in the 20th century. It’s been typical throughout human history, and even today, it’s common practice in most of the world.

More than 60% of Victorian young adults live with their parents, followed by 56% in New South Wales and about 53% in the other four states. In Queensland, the proportion of young adults living at home rose from 31% in 2001 to 52% in 2017. Shutterstock

July 29, 2019

Over 50% of young Australian adults still live with their parents – and the numbers are climbing faster for women

Roger Wilkins, The University of Melbourne and Esperanza Vera-Toscano, The University of Melbourne

In 2017, 56% of men aged 18 to 29 lived with one or both parents, up from 47% in 2001. And over the same period, the proportion of women aged 18 to 29 living with their parents rose from 36% to 54%.

Millennials dream of home ownership. In expensive cities like Toronto and Vancouver, they’re saving up to buy homes by living with their parents or taking on tenants once they save up enough to buy. (Shutterstock)

June 17, 2018

Canada’s millennials still dream of home ownership – and make it happen

Jane Londerville, University of Guelph

Canada’s millennials want to own homes in the country’s most expensive cities, Toronto and Vancouver. Here’s how they’re managing to do so, but is it sustainable?

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