the bar chart below shows the percentage of people in Great Britain living alone by age and sex in 2004 2005

The chart gives information about how many people in several age groups living alone in Great Britain in 2004/2005.

Overall, as can be seen, there were considerable differences in the age groups of 75 and over, 65-74 and 25-44 with 75 and over the biggest one. Moreover, similarities could be seen in 45-64 and 16-25 age groups.

Females aged 75 and over were twice as many as males in this group, females at around 58% and males at 28%. This was true of the age group of 65-74 in which there were nearly twice as many females (approximately 33%) as males (approximately 17%). However, people living alone in the age group of 25-44 were more males, at 16%, than females, at 8%.

16-24 and 45-64 age groups were more equally represented which were male-dominated. In 16-24 age group which was the smallest percentage had 5% of males living alone compared to only 4% of females. Moreover, the number of males aged 45-64 were much more different from that of females in which males outnumbered females (roughly males 16% vs females 8%)