The one-person household is not the exception in Frankfurt, but the most common case.

According to the city administration, in June of this year there was only one person in 221,000 of the 415,000 households.

That was 53 percent of households and 29 percent of the population.

At 102,000, the number of two-person households is not even half as high, while the number of three-person households at 44,000 is considerably lower.

Four or more people live in 49,000 households.

Manfred Koehler

Head of department of the Rhein-Main editorial team of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.

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According to the office, which bears the name "Citizens' Office, Statistics and Elections", the proportion of one-person households has not changed significantly in recent years.

The group of those who live alone is quite heterogeneous.

As of June 30, 32 percent were up to 34 years old, 45 percent between 34 and 64 years, and finally 24 percent older than 64 years.

If you break down those living alone by gender, the result is roughly the same: 50.3 percent were male, 49.7 percent female.

However, there was a larger proportion of men among the younger people living alone, and a larger proportion of women among the older people – a consequence of the fact that women are getting older on average.

But where are the one-person households?

The city administration has also broken this down in more detail.

The highest density is found in the station district, the lowest on the outskirts, where the lowest value can be found in Kalbach / Riedberg.

On average, the age of those living alone increases with the distance from the city center.

The city administration does not provide an analysis of where the high number of one-person households comes from.

However, the statistical report points out that increasing life expectancy, coupled with an increase in healthy life years, means that older people can live independently longer than before.

Conversely, the low birth rate means that the number of households with many people has been low for years, as the city's publication goes on to say.