1 out of 5 households lives alone... Increasing number of unmarried and elderly people living alone = South Korea

In South Korea, as the number of single people and elderly people living alone is increasing day by day, the percentage of ``one-person households'' among all registered households has exceeded 40%.
According to the current status of resident registration population of the Ministry of Administration and Security, the number of residents registered as of December last year is
The total number of households was 23,914,851 households. This is an increase of 209,037 households (0.9%) from the 23,705,814 households in December 2022.
In particular, the number of "one-person households" was 9,935,600, an increase of 211,344 households from 9,724,256 households in December 2022, and "single-person households" led the increase in all households.
This is the situation. Furthermore, the proportion of "one-person households" reached 42% of the total, meaning that two or more out of five households are "single-person households."
An official from the Ministry of Public Administration and Safety said, ``As the number of unmarried people and single elderly people continues to increase, the proportion of one-person households has decreased.
"The number is thought to have exceeded 40%," he said, adding, "The government is having a hard time creating policy responses to the increase in the number of one-person households."