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The number of employed one-person households in Korea showed a steep increase last year amid an economic recovery, according to government data, Tuesday.
As of October 2021, the number of working one-person households jumped by 440,000 year-on-year to 4.14 million, the data compiled by Statistics Korea showed.
The tally marks the largest jump since the statistics agency began compiling such data in 2015.
Those households with one person aged 50 to 64 took up the largest share with 26.1 percent of the total, followed by those in their 30s at 23.3 percent, and those aged 15 to 29 at 21 percent.
By monthly wage, 65.3 percent of the one-person households on payroll earned less than 3 million won ($2,326).
Of them, 36.8 percent earned between 2 million won and 3 million won, and 16.7 percent were paid between 1 million won and 2 million won. Those who earned less than 1 million won took up 11.8 percent.
According to the same Statistics Korea data, the portion of married dual-income couples sharply increased, particularly those in their 40s.
As of October 2021, the number of married dual-income households stood at 5.82 million, up 230,000 from a year ago. The number accounts for 46.3 percent of the total 12.58 million two-person households. (Yonhap)
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