The horizontal bar chart illustrates the proportions of English men and women living alone in seven different age groups in 2011, while the pie chart gives information about the quantities of bedrooms in these one-person accommodations.
Overall, women were more likely to live alone than men, except for the three youngest age groups. As age increased, the percentage of males living alone fell gradually, whereas that of females counterparts increased. Notably, two-bedroom houses were the most preferred type of dwellings for single-person households.
Looking first at the bar chart, in the 16-24 age group, approximately 53% of people living alone were males, while females accounted for a smaller rate at 47%. Thereafter, the proportion of single males then increased steadily and peaked at 65% in the 35-49 range, while that of females declined consistently to roughly 35% in the same age group. Between the ages of 50 and 64, the gender disparity was almost evenly split. However, this trend then rapidly reversed in the older age brackets, as the percentage of women residing single grew significantly, reaching a peak of 77% in the 85-and-above age cohorts. In contrast, men in these categories witnessed a pronunced fall, ultimately dropped to just 23% in the same age group. On average, females made up a higher proportion of one-person households with around 56% overall, compared to 44% for males.
Moving on to the pie chart, the two-bedroom selection stood out as the most prevalent type of single households with 35.4% of the total, outperforming the figures for other types. Conversely, the percentages of homes with one and three bedrooms were relatively similar, with each contributing nearly 30% to the total. Finally, there was just under 5.3% single-occupant homes with four bedrooms, while the 5-or-more bedrooms exhibited merely 1.4%.