Germany’s share of people living alone has climbed far above the EU average. Single-person households are rising fastest among the young and elderly, with loneliness a growing concern.
17 million people in Germany — or 20.6% of the population — now live alone in their own homes, according to new figures from the country’s Federal Statistics Office.
The number of people living solo has increased significantly over the past two decades. Twenty years ago, that share was just 17.1% (14 million people).
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I wish I could afford to live alone.
A 3% increase is not all that significant in a country with a increasingly aging population.
20.6% of the population is living in isolated conditions. 20.8% of the popular vote went to the far-right AFD party.
This is why we need resources put into the “loneliness epidemic”. Angry and sad people are really easy to make into extremists, and this is evident Globally.
I am now curious if single households and vote percentages stay similar in other countries as well. If anyone has data on this I would like to see it.
Edit:
Found some data if anyone else is interested. I likely won’t be digging too much further but if anyone can find a Low single household percentage to a high far right percentage of vote that would be most helpful. What I found is High single households and high far right votes so far.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_number_of_households
https://www.politico.eu/article/far-right-also-won-sunday-election-europe-romania-portugal-poland/
Lol you equating 20=20 out of your ass doesnt make anything else you write true
Lol. Living alone does not make you lonely.
Honestly, I’m gappy for my fellow Germans that so many are able to live by themselves! It’s a good sign that fewer people need to share rent.
I’ve seen way too many couples (married or otherwise) that influence each other to vote Trump and other populists to believe that you can single out loneliness as a main cause of the rise of the far right. Lonely single males are on the rise, sure, and it’s a problem that needs dealing, but i’d wager most of those 3 million new single people are mostly old folk, since Germany’s populatin has been aging rapidly in the past decades.
