The bar chart illustrates the percentage of English men and women living alone by age and gender, while the accompanying chart looks closely into how many bedrooms were included in one-person households in England, 2011.
Overall, the younger male and female were, the more they tended to live alone, with the leading proportion corresponding to 35-49 year-old people. Moreover, 2 bedrooms standed out to be the highest number, while 5 or more bedrooms experienced the opposite.
Focusing on the bar chart, English people aged 35-49 and 25-34 primarily lived independently, distantly followed by all ages, 50-64-year-olds and 16-24-year-olds ranging from 48% to over 50%. Approximately 38% corresponded to people aged 65-74, which was higher than 75-84-year-olds by 10% and twice that of the oldest age group surveyed, registering as a remarkably low proportion of people living alone.
Turning to the bar chart, 35,4% of both genders equipped their house with 2 bedrooms, making it the preferred number, compared to other categories. second to that was 29.8% of 3 bedrooms and 28.0% of 1 bedroom. Meanwhile, 5,3% of one-person households lived with 4 ones and a negligible proportion belonged to the remaining group.