To ask if it’s common these day to live at home

Rainbowheart1 · 13/11/2021 15:45

A little bit, some are some are not. As the years go by I think it will become a lot more common though

thevassal · 13/11/2021 16:10

Depends where you live. I know lots of people who do though, some older than that.

In my experience it's fairly rare to have never moved out at all - Those I know went to uni, moved back for a bit, went travelling, moved back for a bit, got a job really close to parents so lived there to save money for a while, moved in with a partner, relationship ended so moved back for a bit...etc.

UndertonesOfCake · 13/11/2021 16:16

Unless it's as a short term stopgap (eg after returning from traveling while jobhunting, or after a relationship breakdown) then it's unusual and frankly just a bit odd.

I once had a lodger who was leaving home for the first time in his late 20s. It was exhausting. I had to explain everything from how to do laundry to the vacuum cleaner, and his parents visited every week to check he was still alive for tea.

And then there was the time he got his first girlfriend and asked me how to find the clitoris

Lockheart · 13/11/2021 16:18

It's increasingly common, given the extremely high cost of accommodation nowadays.

Riverlee · 13/11/2021 16:21

I think it’s more comm9n than it used to be, due to the high cost of renting etc. people would prefer to stay at home and save for a deposit.

I don’t see any problem with this if they are contributing, ie cleaning, washing, and even paying a nominal rent/contribution to household bills. However, if they still lived their lives with their parents doing everything, then that’s not so good.

PreparationPreparationPrep · 13/11/2021 16:25

I Think because of high rents these days it really depends on affordability vs how comfortable home is.

maddiemookins16mum · 13/11/2021 16:25

There’ll be people piling on here saying that because of house/rent costs young people have no choice etc, frankly I think it’s odd and can’t imagine wanting to be living with parents at that age. I can understand a few years after Uni etc, but at 27? Nope.

Ihaveroyallyscrewedup · 13/11/2021 16:26

I have teenagers who plan to stay fairly local for university and stay at home, by the time they have finished education then settled in to jobs and save for a few years, I expect they will be 28/30 before they think about leaving home.
I’m happy for them to stay as long as they are fairly contributing to the household when they have full time jobs, it will still leave them plenty of money to save towards a deposit.

RedskyThisNight · 13/11/2021 16:28

Doesn't everyone live in their home?

lanbro · 13/11/2021 16:29

I think it totally depends where you live, in the south east presumably it's much harder for a single person on a low wage to rent or buy than someone in a similar situation in the North East.

I bought at 24, in the NE, so had a few years home after uni. I then moved back for about a year in my late 20s after a breakup where I'd moved in with the guy and rented my house out.

It will definitely become more common unless House prices and rents come more in line with wages

Lockheart · 13/11/2021 16:29

@maddiemookins16mum

There’ll be people piling on here saying that because of house/rent costs young people have no choice etc, frankly I think it’s odd and can’t imagine wanting to be living with parents at that age. I can understand a few years after Uni etc, but at 27? Nope.

Sometimes it's not about what you want, it's about what is possible.

StoneofDestiny · 13/11/2021 16:30

I think it's odd and lacking in independence, but each to their own.

girlmom21 · 13/11/2021 16:30

It's more common than it's ever been before.

I don't know why people are telling you it's weird when that clearly wasn't your question.

Tee20x · 13/11/2021 16:32

@thevassal

Depends where you live. I know lots of people who do though, some older than that.

In my experience it's fairly rare to have never moved out at all - Those I know went to uni, moved back for a bit, went travelling, moved back for a bit, got a job really close to parents so lived there to save money for a while, moved in with a partner, relationship ended so moved back for a bit...etc.

Exactly this.

Common to be at home for these reasons but uncommon to just be living at home at 27 having never left and experienced living independently.

LittleMG · 13/11/2021 16:34

I think I don’t come under ‘these days’ as this was ten years ago, but I still lived with my parents til 28 ish I think. I’d never met anyone and didn’t want to be alone, get on great with my mum and was happy at home. If I’d not met my husband I’d still happily be there.

Saltyquiche · 13/11/2021 16:36

More a d more common particularly as its more affordable now to do a degree based from home

Badbadbunny · 13/11/2021 16:41

It used to be common, then we went through a couple of decades when it wasn't, and now it is again.

choli · 13/11/2021 16:42

It's more common than it's ever been before.
Bullshit. Until fairly recently it was the norm,and is returning to the norm. Try to think past the last 20 years.

Ponoka7 · 13/11/2021 16:47

Everyone is mentioning Uni, but there's more people who don't go to Uni and it wouldn't make financial sense for them to move out.
It depends on how independent they were within the home, as well as in the outside world.

FourTeaFallOut · 13/11/2021 16:47

www.statista.com/statistics/285330/young-adults-living-with-parents-uk-by-age-and-gender/

You can see the percent of young adults living with their parents here. As the mother of three boys I'm a little concerned about the sex disparity at 27 😬

WakeUpLockie · 13/11/2021 16:50

Not common. Well, none of my friends do. Regular middle class (as in, not private school and ponies ‘middle class’ which to me is rich!)

Xenia · 13/11/2021 16:51

Everyone used to do this until they married or went away to work (such as teenage girls who left at 13 to live in in service which also saved their parents the food bills too). Looking at my ancestors for my family tree work almost all lived with parents until marriage and then often had parents back to live with them when the parents were older. If they never married they sometimes lived with their parents for life. it is the same today for all my neighbours from cultures where men live with parents for life and wife has to live with mother in law unto death.

Like my parents my children moved away from home for university. In our case my children did move back after their degree. 4 of them then did 2 years of post graduate law courses (2 are nearly finished that) so studying for degree plus 2 years so 5 years and lived at home most of them for those 2 years - to age 23 years. Then when they moved out after that depends. My older son used to collect much younger brothers from school etc so stayed a bit longer which was mutually helpful but when the twins left for university moved into his own house in his late 20s. I probably would not want my twins staying that long. The girls both did their 2 year law training after the 2 years post grad (law is a very long haul a bit similar to medicine) on lived here until that was done and then bought her own flat - about age 26.
I was quite young at university, graduated at 20, then did 1 year law post grad so was a trainee lawyer at 21 and married and bought a house at 22 and had a baby so quite an early starter really. The last summer I lived at home was the one just before I started my first law training job. I was 21.

sjxoxo · 13/11/2021 16:52

Yes in the south east I know lots of people still at home beyond 27! My brother is one. No point renting as parents have empty bedrooms and no mortgage. Problem is you need a big big deposit to stay in the area. He couldn’t buy there for less than 350-400k for a flat. I think my parents quite like him around still as we other two have gone. Xo

RussianSpy101 · 13/11/2021 16:55

I think it’s really odd and also unattractive. Can you imagine going on a date with a 27yo man who lived with his parents? No thanks.

KT727 · 13/11/2021 16:58

I think it's quite common for lower middle class people. It's not common for working class people.