The bar graph below illustrates the proportion of people in Great Britain who lived alone in 2004/05, divided by age and gender.
The first age category was 16-24, in which the percentages were lowest for both males and females, at 5% and 3%, respectively. After this was 25-44, in which the proportion of men living alone was higher than women, with approximately 15%. The next age group was 45-64, in this category, percentage of males was around 17%, whereas females had 15%, which was similar to 25-44 males age group.
In the older age group, a reverse pattern can be seen, in which percentage of females was higher than males. In the 65-74 age group, the proportion of females living alone was around 33%, whereas the males had only half of the females percentage. The last age category was 75 and over, in which percentage of women was almost 60%, while the proportion of men was approximately 27%.
Overall, it is clear that in the first three categories males percentage was higher than females. However, in the older age groups females were dominant.