Definitions/Comments:
Only people who live in private households (excluded: people living in retirement and nursing homes, prison inmates, monasteries, etc.). Example of how to read the chart: In 2014, 35% of all households are one-person households, but only 16% of all people (of the resident population) live in one-person households.
Sources: SFSO, until 2000: census data, after 2000: STATPOP
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Household size and distribution of people according to household size
People 15+ in private households: distribution by household type
Satisfaction of people living alone and of people not living alone 
