Number of families decreased in 2021
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release | Families 2021Correction
Release of the statistics on families was corrected.
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The main points of the release on the statistics on families for 2021 were corrected
Read more about the correctionAccording to Statistics Finland, there were 1,465,978 families in Finland at the end of 2021. The number of families fell by 1,675, while in the previous year it grew by 285 families. While in 1990 the commonest family type was married couple with children, in 2021 the commonest family type was married couple without children. The number of families with a married couple and children has been falling steadily. Correspondingly, the number of married and cohabiting couples living without children has grown.
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- The total number of families in Finland was 1,465,978 at the end of 2021.
- At the end of 2021, the commonest family type was married couple without children.
- The number of families with children was 553,613 at the end of 2021.
- In 2021, nine per cent of families with children were reconstituted families.
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Families [online publication].
Reference period: 2021. ISSN=1798-3231. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [Referenced: 1.6.2025].
Access method: https://stat.fi/en/publication/cku2jk59k8sbo0c58x6z45mhx
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