Households by the family composition and characteristics of the reference person

The Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia publishes the final results of 2022 Census of Population, Households and Dwellings on households by family composition and number of members, as well as data on households by age and sex of the household head and family composition, up to the regional level.

Out of a total of 2 589 344 households in the Republic of Serbia, 1 757 507 (67.9%) are family households, i.e. households with at least one family, while 831 837 (32.1%) are non-family households, i.e. 773 945 one-person and 57 892 multi-person non-family households.

 

Table 1. Households by family composition

	Number of households
REPUBLIC OF SERBIA	2 589 344
Family households	1 757 507
Without other members	1 532 131
With other members	225 376
Single-family households	1 619 945
Married couple without children	429 364
Consensual couple without children	50 692
Married couple with children	719 140
Consensual couple with children	65 165
Mother with children	278 663
Father with children	76 921
Two-family households	128 836
Three or more - family households	8 726
Non-family households	831 837
One-person households	773 945
Multi-person households	57 892

Chart 1. Households by family composition

The majority of family households (87.2%) have only family members in their composition, while 12.8% of family households have, in addition to family members, other household members who do not belong to any family.

Among family households, the most represented are single - family households (92.2%), while the share of households with two or more families is 7.8% (there are 128 836 households with two families - a share of 7.3% and the number of three or more - family households is 8 726, a share of 0.5%).

In single – family households (1 619 945), the most represented family type is "married couple with children" (44.4%), followed by "married couple without children" (26.5%), "mother with children" (17 .2%), "father with children" (4.75%), "consensual couple with children" (4%) and "consensual couple without children" (3.1%).

Chart 2. One-family households by family type

The share of non-family households in the total number of households increased in the period between the two censuses, from 24% (2011 Census) to 32% (2022 Census), which is a direct consequence of the increase in the number of one-person households from 555 467 (2011 Census) to 773 945 (2022 Census). Also, significant change was recorded in the share of families "married/consensual couple with children", which decreased from 36.4% (Census 2011) to 30.3% (Census 2022) and in the share of two-family households - a decrease from 8.4% (Census 2011) to around 5% (Census 2022).

Table 2. Households by family composition, according to 2011 and 2022 censuses

	Census 2022		Census 2011
Total number of households	2 589 344	100%	2 487 886	100%
Family households	Single family households	Married/consensual couple without children	480 056	18.54	459 125	18.45
		Married/ consensual couple with children	784 305	30.29	904 877	36.37
		Mother with children	278 663	10.76	238 280	9.58
		Father with children	76 921	2.97	61 447	2.47
	Two-family households		128 836	4.98	209 026	8.40
	Three or more-family households		8 726	0.34	14 424	0.58
Non-family households	One-person households		773 945	29.89	555 467	22.33
	Multi-member households		57 892	2.24	45 240	1.82

Age and sex of the household head

The results of 2022 Census show that in 63% of households, the head of the household is male. The difference in favour of men is even more pronounced if only family households are considered. Namely, in 72% of family households, the head of the household is a man, and in 28% of households, a woman.

In non-family households, more household heads are females (in 55.6% of households, the head of the household is a woman, and in 44.4% of households, a man), primarily due to the greater number of women aged 65 and over who live alone.

The person who heads the household is 56.7 years old on average, with the average age of the head of the household in urban settlements being 55.3 years, and in other settlements the head of the household is 59.4 years old on average.

More detailed data is available in the tables in the dissemination database:

Table 1: Households by the family composition and by the number of members

Table 2: Households by the age and sex of the reference person and by the family composition

Also, the Census 2022 website, in the "Tables 2022" section, in addition to all data published so far in excel format, also available are the data on the population by ethnicity, age (including average age) and sex, by regions.