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Britons are going solo
Record 8m live
alone as ‘silver
splitter’ divorces
help lift total by
290,000 in a year
IT’S a fast-growing trend in
modern Britain as ‘silver split-
ter’ divorces soar and marriage
rates remain at a historic low.
The number of Britons living alone
rocketed by 292,000 last year to a
record eight million – nearly a third
of all households.
Opposite-sex marriages are around
half the rate of 1940 and more and more
middle-aged people find themselves
alone after a break-up, hence the ‘silver
splitters’ tag.
The new figures from the Office forBy Steve Doughty
Social Affairs Correspondent
Now 3.4m couples cohabit like BorisNational Statistics showed there
were 8,007,000 homes with just one
person in 2018. For the first time,
they outnumber couples who live
together without children –
7.9million households.
The development of ‘solo Britain’
has been pushed by the growing
likelihood that women will live by
themselves in their late 40s, 50s
and early 60s, and a similar jump
in the number of men alone
between the ages of 65 and 74.
It has come alongside a leap over
the past decade in the number of
cohabiting couples – whose rela-
tionships are more likely to end in
a break-up. The figures show there
were 19.1million families, includ-ing couples without children, in
the UK last year – 8 per cent more
than the 17.7million in 2008.
Families headed by married cou-
ples continue to be most common,
but their proportion has shrunk
from 69.1 per cent of all homes to
67.1 per cent since 2008.
Sophie Sanders of the ONS said:
‘The number of families and
households has continued to rise
in line with the growth of the pop-
ulation over the past decade.
‘however, the ways that people
live have been changing. While
married couple families remain
the most common, cohabiting
couples are the fastest-growingfamily type as people increasingly
choose to live together before, or
without, getting married. There
are also more people living alone
than ever before, an increasing
number of same-sex couple fami-tions who are divorced or single
and never married’.
Most people living alone – 4.1mil-
lion – were under the traditional
retirement age of 65. Commenta-
tors linked the increasing likeli-
hood that middle-aged people will
live alone with the rise of cohabi-
tation and the impact of divorce.
There were just over 100,
divorces in england and Wales in- Around a quarter involved
women over the age of 50. Divorce
at older ages has become more
common as women have achieved
greater financial independence.
however ‘silver splitter’ break-
ups also include the end of a high
proportion of cohabiting relation-
ships, which have no legal status,
and which can end instantly when
one partner walks out.
There were 243,000 marriages in
england and Wales in 2016, com-
pared with 471,000 in 1940 when the
UK population was 46million –
much lower than today’s 66million.
n employees over the age of 50
shouldered the burden of pulling
the UK out of recession by working
harder, ONS figures showed yes-
terday. They carried out 30 per cent
of all working hours last year com-
pared to a quarter in 2008 – when
the global financial crisis pushed
Britain into a long-term slump.MOST 16-year-old girls would
rather finish their homework
than take fashion advice from
their mother.
But Kate Moss’s daughter seems
happy to emulate the super-
model as she makes her own
mark on the industry.
Lila Grace Moss has clearly taken
a leaf out of Mum’s book as she
poses for a black and white photo- reminiscent of Kate’s early
headshots from the Eighties.
The rising star showed off the
resemblance, going make-up-
free and wearing her hair slicked
back for the natural-look shot.
Kate, 45, shared the snap of
the teenager on her modelling
agency’s Instagram account.
After years of staying out of the
public eye, Lila Grace is becoming
hot property after signing to her
mother’s agency and being
named the face of Marc Jacobs
Beauty last year. Last November,
she shot her first solo magazine
cover for Dazed – which is owned
by her father, Jefferson Hack.
By Jennifer Ruby Senior
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‘Singletons form a
third of households’THE number of cohabiting couples like
Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds leapt
more than 25 per cent from 2.7million to
3.4million over the past decade, official
figures show.
They are the fastest-growing type of fam-
ily. Twice-wed Mr Johnson, 55, is the first
Prime Minister to live in Downing Street
with his girlfriend. However, statistics show
that cohabiting couples like the Premier
and Miss Symonds, 31, are much more likely
to break up than married partners.
The chances of separation are said tobe three times greater. Harry Benson, of
the Marriage Foundation think-tank, said
cohabitation had failed to deliver stability
in relationships. He stressed: ‘Among
those in their 60s today, just per cent of
men and 6 per cent of women have never
lived with anyone else. So why are more
older people single?
‘Reliable love goes hand in hand with a
public declaration of commitment. Divorce
rates have fallen sharply. Whereas stability
is the norm for couples who marry, it is
the exception for those who do not.’lies and more young adults living
with their parents.’
The ONS said the increase in
singletons was being driven by the
growing numbers of middle-aged
people and a ‘rise in the propor-
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