Average Rent Now Eats up 98.7% of Young People's Wages in Spain
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According to the latest Emancipation Observatory of the Spanish Youth Council, in 2025, only 14.5% of young people between 16 and 29 years of age are emancipated. This is the worst data since the study is carried out, which adds, moreover, that those who decide to do it alone must allocate 98.7% of their salary to pay the rent. Both data are sufficient to illustrate the bleak panorama that Spanish young people face to access a housing and would …
More than 6 million young people under the age of 29 remain in the family home, of which only 14 per cent of children under the age of 30 are independent.
Young people are taking more and more time to become independent. Those who are emancipated in the 20's are, in fact, a rare sight and, when they do, they fall completely into vulnerability due to the high prices of an apartment that they cannot even afford if they do not share. Forty-three per cent of young people living on rent are at risk of poverty after facing all housing expenses, according to the latest report of the Emancipation Observat…
98.7% of the payroll if it is rented alone or 33.6% if it is shared. This was the bill of housing for Spanish youth in 2025. The year of the...
“We have lost count of the editions in which we announce the worst data since there are records”, laments the Spanish Youth Council before publishing the last rate of youth emancipation: 14.5% in 2025. This is the percentage of young people between 16 and 29 years of age who reside outside the home of origin, calculated from the results of the INE Survey of Living Conditions (ECV). The Council, which brings together more than 60 youth organizati…
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