Families

The book “Families” provides the final results of the 2022 Census of Population, Households and Dwellings on the main characteristics of families.

The book contains data on the number of families, by type - by settlements, as well as those on families with children by type and number of children - by municipalities and cities. In addition, one can also find in the dissemination database the table with data on families with children by family type, number and age of children - by municipalities and cities.

A family is the community of persons composed of only a married couple or couple living in a consensual union, or of parents (both parents or only one) and their children. A child is every person who, irrespective of the age and marital status, lives in the household with both or one of the parents, and who does not have in that household her/his marital/consensual partner or her/his own child.

Families by type

The results of the 2022 Census indicate that in the Republic of Serbia there are 1 904 314 families. The most numerous families are those of the type “marital couple with children“ (43.35%), followed by families of the type “marital couple without children“ (28.1%), then families of the type “mother with children” (16.8%), “father with children“ (4.7%),  “consensual couple with children“ (4%) and  „consensual couple without children “ (3%).

Таble 1. Families by type, by regions

	Total	Family type
		Marital couple without children	Consensual couple without children	Marital couple with children	Consensual couple with children	Mother with children	Father with children
REPUBLIC OF SERBIA	1904314	534725	57877	825428	76238	320057	89989
Beograski region	467110	107037	18154	206417	19371	93112	23019
Region Vojvodine	497139	139057	19863	206424	25300	84739	21756
Region Šumadije i Zapadne Srbije	527592	159146	9334	240576	13479	80621	24436
Region Južne i Istočne Srbije	412473	129485	10526	172011	18088	61585	20778
Region Kosovo i Metohija	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
				%
REPUBLIC OF SERBIA	100	28,08	3,04	43,35	4,00	16,81	4,73
Beograski region	100	22,91	3,89	44,19	4,15	19,93	4,93
Region Vojvodine	100	27,97	4,00	41,52	5,09	17,05	4,38
Region Šumadije i Zapadne Srbije	100	30,16	1,77	45,60	2,55	15,28	4,63
Region Južne i Istočne Srbije	100	31,39	2,55	41,70	4,39	14,93	5,04
Region Kosovo i Metohija	...	...	...	...	...	...	...

* The 2022 Census was not conducted on the territory of the AP Kosovo i Metohija. 

Families with children by type and number of children

In the Republic of Serbia, the results of the 2022 Census indicate that there are 1 311 712 families with children (69% оf the total number of 1 904 314 families). 

The largest share of families are those with one child (54.3%), followed by families with two children (36.1%), then families with three children (7.8%), while families with four and more children accounted for less than 2%. 

Таble 2. Families with children by type and number of children

	Total	Families by number of children
		With 1 child	With 2 child	With 2 child	With 4 child	With 5 and more children
REPUBLIC OF SERBIA	1311712	711826	473669	102858	17843	5516
Marital couple with children	825428	375806	353688	79950	12655	3329
Consensual couple with children	76238	38081	26097	8024	2708	1328
Mother with children	320057	233856	72157	11447	1927	670
Father with children	89989	64083	21727	3437	553	189
			%
REPUBLIC OF SERBIA	100	54,27	36,11	7,84	1,36	0,42
Marital couple with children	100	45,53	42,85	9,69	1,53	0,40
Consensual couple with children	100	49,95	34,23	10,52	3,55	1,74
Mother with children	100	73,07	22,55	3,58	0,60	0,21
Father with children	100	71,21	24,14	3,82	0,61	0,21

Observed by family type, the share of families with one child is the largest among families of the type “mother with children” (73.1%) and “father with children“ (71.2%). Among families of the type “marital couple with children” there are no significant differences in the share of families with one child and with two children (45.5% and 42.8%, respectively), while among families of the type “consensual couple with children” there are 50% of families with one child, and slightly more than a third of families have two children (34.2%). 

The share of families with three and more children is the lowest among “mother with children” and “father with children” (about 4.5%), and the largest among families of the type “consensual couple with children” (15.8%).

 

Book 8: Families

Таble 1. Families by type, by settlements

Таble 2. Families with children by type, number and age of children, by municipalities and cities