Economics

Exodus of Young Germans From Family Nest Is Getting Ever Bigger

  • Age of leaving home is three years earlier than EU average
  • Move has defied pandemic impact on growth and rising rents
Lock
This article is for subscribers only.

Almost a third of young Germans were no longer living with their parents last year -- the most in at least a quarter century.

In 2021, the average age to move out of the family nest was 23.6, nearly three years earlier than in the rest of the European Union, according to a report by the country’s statistics agency published this week.