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Number of persons in households:
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Statistics Finland, income distribution statistics
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Number and share of households and persons by Decile, Household's stage in life, Information and Year

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Number and share of households and persons by Information, Decile, Household's stage in life and Year
 2024
Number of persons in households 
Total 
All households5,546,674
1 One-person households1,434,633
1.1 One-person households, under the age of 35396,136
I (Lowest-income 10 %) 
All households554,712
1 One-person households332,584
1.1 One-person households, under the age of 35178,375
II 
All households555,748
1 One-person households252,288
1.1 One-person households, under the age of 3548,437
Documentation of statistics Decile groups have been formed among persons according to disposable income per consumption unit.
Due to rounding the shares do not always sum up to 100.
Statistical unit: household and person (household population).
Income concept: Household's disposable cash income (excl. capital gains).
Consumption units : Eurostat's equivalence scale (1.0 - 0.5 - 0.3).

Household's stage in life

The classification of stages in life is used to distinguish between the stages of a household, which usually differ in terms of income and consumption. The classification is based on type of household, age of reference person and age of children.
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