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- Since 2011, there has been a 6% rise in households and a noticeable change in their composition and size in England and Wales.
- There are now 20% more households where couples are above the retirement age. This change has driven demand for more property variety in the market, particularly purpose-built retirement homes, which are able to command premiums of 32% in popular places such as Cornwall.
- There has been a decline in the proportion of households made up of child-free couples, with only a 1% increase. The number of family households with children has increased by 7%, pointing to a demand for homes with two or more bedrooms. Households with three people have grown the most (+9%).
Source: Dataloft, Census 2011 & 2021![](data:image/png;base64,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)
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