Claim: We have more households because of social change and people living longer for any given level of population than we had a generation ago.
Fact-check: What's driving our increasing population and household numbers? - Full Fact
Verdict: immigration has been the largest driver of the increasing population, according to the office for national statistics. life expectancy has also been steadily increasing over the last few decades.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Will Moy
Date published: 2018-05-04T00:00:00