Germans leave parental home early, but men take longer to move out

Berlin (dpa) – Young people in Germany tend to move out of their parents’ home early compared to other countries in the European Union, although men take longer to leave the nest, new figures released on Tuesday by the German federal statistical office Destatis show.

The average age for Germans to leave their parents’ home in 2024 was 23.9, the statistical agency said, citing calculations made by the EU’s statistical office Eurostat.

That was significantly below the EU-wide average age of 26.2 years of age.

According to the figures, young people move out the earliest in Finland, where they are 21.4 years old on average, followed by Denmark, Sweden, the Netherlands and France.

People tend to live at home the longest in Croatia, where they were 31.3 years old when leaving, according to the figures. This was followed by Slovakia and Greece.

German men take longer to leave their parents’ home than women do. On average, they were 24.6 years old on average when moving out, while women were 23.1 years old.

Among male 25-year-olds, 33.8 percent still lived with their parents in 2025, compared to just 22.4% among 25-year-old women. (10 June)