Facts and figures Jun 2023
Young people living with parents
This analysis highlights some socio-economic, cultural and health-related factors associated with the patterns of living with parents.
Facts and figures Jun 2023
This analysis highlights some socio-economic, cultural and health-related factors associated with the patterns of living with parents.
Facts and figures Jul 2023
This research snapshot outlines some key changes in the population, households and families of Australia over the last four decades, with some of the trends going back before this time. This research snapshot is mainly based on Australian censuses.
Media release Jun 2023
A new report by the Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS) has found that young people are increasingly living with their parents well into their late teens and early twenties.
Webinar Jul 2023
Journal article Mar 2023
This study identifies the changes in the working, study and social lives of emerging adults who sought support by returning to live with parents due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Journal article Mar 2023
This research highlights potential links between parental alcohol consumption and parenting practices around alcohol and adolescent alcohol use and experience of related harms.
Facts and figures Aug 2023
This Facts and Figures explores changes to the composition of Australian families over time, adding to the information about families presented in Population, Households and Families.
Journal article Oct 2021
This paper examines to what extent informal care provided by couples and single individuals affects their household savings.
Journal article Apr 2021
Findings from this study suggest that gambling problems in adulthood may be related to the earlier development of other addictive behaviours, and that interventions targeting substance use from adolescence to young adulthood may confer additional gains in preventing later gambling behaviours.
Media release Jul 2023
More Australians are living alone than ever before, according to a new report from the Australian Institute of Family Studies, based on the latest Census data.