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
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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.