The chart provides a comparison of the total number of people in UK households in 1981 and 2001.
Overall, it shows that households with two people were the most common in both years. The number of one-person and two-person households saw significant increases, while those with three or more people gradually declined.
In 1981, there were 31 UK households with two people, which then rose to 34 by 2001. The number of three-person households stood at 20 in 1981 but decreased steadily to 17 in 2001. While the count of one-person households was only 17 in 1981, it jumped to 26 by 2001.
Throughout the period, the number of families with 4-6 people declined. The count of households with four people started at 18 and slightly dropped to 15 by 2001. Families with five and six members were under 10 in 1981 and remained stable in 2001, with six-person households recording the lowest count across all periods.