1980 HUNGARIAN CENSUS OF POPULATION Summary data (1984)

XI. THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE POPULATION/ THE FLATS", AND THE BUILDINGS OF HOUSING ESTATES

The distribution of active earners

1' in towns by occupational groups, staff groups and assignment (percentage) Occupational group, staff group assignment Housing estate Other Manuals: 51. 9 59.4 skilled worker 27.7 27. 5 semi-skilled worker 18. 5 22.4 unskilled worker 5. 7 9. 3 Nonmanuals: 47. 3 38. 1 leading position 10. 9 9. 1 subordinate executive 27.4 22. 1 subordinate clerk 9. 0 6. 9 a) Without selfemployed and family helpers. At housing estates the proportion of those who belong to the working class is lower than other places. (This holds true first of all for country towns.) THE MAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF THE HOUSING ESTATE HOUSEHOLDS AND FAMILIES 561 thousand (15 percent) out of the country's 3 million 719 thousand households live at housing estates. The proportion of housing estate households is highest in county towns, almost 37 percent. The households by types of settlement Housing estate Type of settlement households household members Type of settlement number in 1 000 percentage of all households number in 1 000 percentage of all household members Budapest 193 23.9 545 27.7 County towns 113 35. 7 325 39.7 County seat towns 116 36. 5 346 39. 0 Other towns 122 19.7 378 21.4 Villages 17 1.0 52 1.0 Total 561 15. 1 1 646 15. 9 The majority, 463 thousand, 83 percent of the housing estate households are family households, and only 98 thousand are non-family households. Within this latter there are 82 thousand single person households. The proportion of single person households is much lower at the housing estates than other places: at Budapest 16 and 30 percent, in country towns 14 and 21 percent. However, this proportion should not be considered too low; every sixth housing estate flat is occupied by a single, in most cases by an old person. At housing estates the proportion of households which consist of only old persons is relatively low 7. 4 percent contrary to the 20. 6 percent proportion at other places. The reason for this is, that older persons usually obtained flat earlier and they do not incline to change. If they change the reason for the change is usually the demolition of the earlier flat. The proportion of households which consist of old and younger persons is also lower at the housing estates. The explanation for this may be that old persons do not move to housing estates together with their younger relatives, or the younger generations pursuit for independent life. 152