In 2020, the number of private households in Japan amounted to around 123.2 million, with the majority, more than 54 percent, being nuclear-family households. Over the last decades, the number of members per household in Japan has gradually declined, raising the number of one-person households to a record high in 2020.
Breakdown of private households in Japan from 2000 to 2020, by type
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Finances and housing
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Leisure activities
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Marriage
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Loneliness
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Statistics Bureau of Japan. (September 20, 2023). Breakdown of private households in Japan from 2000 to 2020, by type [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/606282/japan-private-household-breakdown-by-type/
Statistics Bureau of Japan. "Breakdown of private households in Japan from 2000 to 2020, by type." Chart. September 20, 2023. Statista. Accessed April 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/606282/japan-private-household-breakdown-by-type/
Statistics Bureau of Japan. (2023). Breakdown of private households in Japan from 2000 to 2020, by type. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/606282/japan-private-household-breakdown-by-type/
Statistics Bureau of Japan. "Breakdown of Private Households in Japan from 2000 to 2020, by Type." Statista, Statista Inc., 20 Sep 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/606282/japan-private-household-breakdown-by-type/
Statistics Bureau of Japan, Breakdown of private households in Japan from 2000 to 2020, by type Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/606282/japan-private-household-breakdown-by-type/ (last visited April 25, 2024)
Breakdown of private households in Japan from 2000 to 2020, by type [Graph], Statistics Bureau of Japan, September 20, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/606282/japan-private-household-breakdown-by-type/