Spain: Plight Of Young Adults Seeking To Leave Parental Home – Analysis

By William Chislett

The average age at which young people in Spain leave the parental home and live independently is 30.3 years, four more than the EU average and the highest age of emancipation in the past 20 years (see Figure 1). More than 80% of the population aged between 16 and 29 live at home compared with an EU average...