Slightly fewer adults are living at home with their parents in Carlisle than a decade before, new census figures show.
Intergenerational Foundation, a charity which campaigns for fairness across the different generations, said equality between older and younger people is at risk if younger generations are unable to get onto the housing ladder and reach the same milestones their parents and grandparents did.
New census figures from the Office for National Statistics show 7,720 non-dependent children lived in the family home in 2021 – marginally down from 8,060 in 2011, when the last census was undertaken.
Of the 4,773 households where non-dependent children stayed with their parents, 2,682 of the parents were married or in a civil partnership, 311 were co-habiting, while a further 1,780 were single parents.
The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities said it is providing "significant support" to help people through the cost-of-living crisis.
A spokesperson said: "Our Renters Reform Bill will also deliver a fairer deal for renters, abolishing no-fault evictions so that all tenants have greater security in their homes and are empowered to challenge unreasonable rent rises."
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