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One-child families dominate Hesse: new statistics are shocking!
In 2024, Hesse recorded the most common family type as one-child families, with 49.2 percent of all households. Find out more about the family structure and demographic developments in the region.
One-child families dominate Hesse: new statistics are shocking!
In Hesse, family structures have changed significantly in recent years, as current statistics show. According to a report by hessenschau.de, one-child families are now the most common family type in the state. In 2024, an impressive 49.2 percent of families in Hesse were parents with only one child.
Especially at a time when many young couples are choosing to have fewer children, the current figures show that 37.4 percent of families have two children. This is an interesting picture when you consider that there are a total of around 908,000 families with at least one child in Hesse. This includes not only biological children, but also stepchildren, foster children and adopted children - a more than diverse family landscape.
The face of the Hessian families
The average family in Hesse consists of 3.5 people, with 1.7 children being part of this number. It is noteworthy that larger families are less common; There are only three children in every tenth family, while only around three percent of families have more than four children. This sheds light on the changing values and lifestyles in our society.
Overall, it is clear that Hessian families are diverse. An analysis by Statista provides additional contextualizations that look at the development of family structures in Hesse since 1980 and shed light on the reasons why family forms are changing.
Family types in a Germany-wide comparison
A look beyond the state's borders reveals that these tendencies do not only affect Hesse. Nationwide, the proportion of married couples with children among all families fell between 1996 and 2019. In 2019, there were a total of 8.2 million families in Germany with at least one minor child, 69.9 percent of which were married couples. Single parents made up 18.6 percent, while cohabiting families with children made up 11.5 percent. The development has taken on more pronounced features in eastern Germany, where, for example, the proportion of married couples with children fell to 53.4 percent by 2019.
These statistics make it clear that the trend of families raising fewer children is a Germany-wide phenomenon. Numerous factors, from economic considerations to social changes to individual life decisions, play a role here.
In summary, it can be said that family traditions in Hesse and all of Germany are in transition. It remains to be seen what impact these developments will have in the coming years.