Living Conditions Survey (LCS)

Module on difficulties in accessing housing

67.1% of people aged 18 to 34 lived with one of their parents in 2025. This percentage was 93.4% in young people aged 18 to 25 and 44.3% in those aged 26 to 34. In this last group, living with parents amounted to 50.8% among men, compared to 37.5% among women.

Among people aged 26 to 34, the main reasons for living with their parents were linked to economic limitations and the lack of access to housing. Thus, 34.6% indicated that they could not afford to rent a home and 12.7% that they could not afford to buy one. 13.0% reported they were saving up to buy or rent.

Meanwhile, 23.6% of young people aged 26 to 34 stated that they had not considered moving away from home.

1.9% stated that, even though they could afford to rent or own a home, they preferred to continue living with their parents.

According to the income level of the young person, 29.4% of people aged 26 to 34 who lived with their parents had annual net incomes above 24,000 euros, compared to 55.5% of those with annual incomes below 6,000 euros.

Among young people aged 26 to 34 who lived with their parents, 48.7% of those with lower incomes cited they could not afford to rent or buy a home as their main reason, compared to 30.0% among those with higher incomes.

Meanwhile, the percentage of people who indicated they were saving to buy or rent was 25.6% in the higher income group and 2.9% among the lower income group.

By level of education attained, the percentage of young people aged 26 to 34 who lived with their parents was slightly higher among those without university studies (45.2%) than among those who did (43.6%).

However, more marked differences were observed in the distribution of the main reasons for living together. Thus, among young people with university studies, saving was more frequently cited as the main reason, while among young people without university degrees, economic difficulties in accessing housing was more prominent.

7.6% of people aged 16 and over had actively sought housing in the last 12 months without changing residence in 2025.

Among these people, 67.2% cited the excessive price of housing as the main reason why they did not move. Meanwhile, 6.6% indicated that they did not meet the required conditions for renting or buying, and another 6.6% said that the property did not meet the requirements they were looking for.

By age, unsuccessful housing searches were more frequent among the younger population. The percentage was 14.9% among people aged 30 to 44 and 9.6% among those aged 16 to 29, compared to 6.0% in the 45 to 64 age group and 1.5% among people aged 65 or over.

In all age groups, the main reason given for not finding housing was the excessive price.

The reasons for not being able to move varied according to age. Among young people, it was more common to point out that they did not meet the requirements for renting or buying a home. This reason was indicated by 9.3% of people aged 16 to 29, compared to 1.8% of those aged 65 or over.

By country of birth, the percentage of people who unsuccessfully sought housing in the last year was 13.7% among those born outside the European Union, 9.5% among those born in another EU country, and 6.3% among those born in Spain.

In the autonomous communities, the highest percentages of people who unsuccessfully searched for housing were found in the Illes Balears (10.6%), Comunidad de Madrid (10.2%) and Canarias (8.9%).

The lowest percentages were in Extremadura (3.9%), Castilla-La Mancha (5.3%) and Aragón (5.4%).

In all autonomous communities, the main reason given was the excessive price.

The data published today are final. All results of this operation are available on INEBase.