Where on the continent do Europeans live with their parents the longest?

Young adults in southern and eastern European countries tend to stick around longer with their parents, OECD and Eurostat data shows.

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00:00How many young Europeans live with their parents?

00:09European adults leave their parents home at 26 on average according to Eurostat estimations.

00:19However, the age varies significantly from nation to nation in Finland, Sweden and Denmark.

00:27They usually move out by the age of 21.

00:33By contrast, in Croatia, Slovakia, Greece, Spain, Bulgaria and Italy that normally doesn't happen before they're at least 30.

00:46In terms of overall number of young adults still living with their parents,

00:51the shares are particularly high in Southern Europe.

00:58Italy's got the highest proportion of people that haven't left, 80%.

01:06Followed by Greece at 78%, Spain at 77% and Portugal at 76%.

01:15Nordic countries Norway, Finland, Sweden and Denmark have the lowest rates, all below 20%.