Children of families
| Age | Total (in thousands) | Children from couples (%) | Children from single-parent families (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 - 2 | 2 078,9 | 87,9 | 12,1 |
| 3 - 5 | 2 249,0 | 83,3 | 16,7 |
| 6 - 17 | 9 331,6 | 76,8 | 23,2 |
| 18-24 | 2 747,2 | 69,5 | 30,5 |
| 25 - 39 | 1 073,0 | 63,2 | 36,8 |
| 40 and more | 494,3 | 31,5 | 68,5 |
| Total | 17 973,9 | 75,7 | 24,3 |
| 0 - 17 | 13 659,5 | 79,5 | 20,5 |
| 0 - 24 | 16 406,7 | 77,9 | 22,1 |
Metropolitan France Source : Insee - Population Census Definition of child of family ( In the census of the population) : is counted as child of a family any person living within the same household (in the census’s meaning) that its parents which whom the person constitutes a family or the person constitutes a family with, whatever its age, if it is unmarried and does not have spouse or alive child living in the household (with which it would constitute a family as an adult then). The family’s child can be the two parents’ child, the one of one parent or the other, an adoptive child, or a child in supervision of one or the other relative. No age limit is fixed to be child of a family. A grandson or a granddaughter is not considered as "child of a family". When all the children left the parental household, the couple is considered as a no child couple.
Update: January 2023