One in five middle-aged Seoul residents unmarried: city report

“One in five middle-aged residents of Seoul is unmarried, according to a new city report, with the proportion rising steadily over the past three years. The Seoul Metropolitan Government released a report titled "Life of Middle-Aged Single Residents in Seoul," Thursday, drawing on data from the Seoul Survey and the National Data Agency. Of Seoul's approximately 2.74 million residents between the ages of 40 and 59, some 560,000 — or 20.5 percent — are unmarried, up from 18.3 percent in 2022 and 19.4 percent in 2023. The unmarried rate was higher among men (24.1 percent) than women (16.9 percent). The household structure of this demographic has shifted dramatically. Middle-aged residents living in single-person households rose from 61.3 percent in 2015 to 80.5 percent in 2025, while multi-generational households — those living with parents or other family members — fell by roughly half, from 33.5 percent to 17.7 percent over the same period. The trend toward independent living was especially pronounced among higher-income groups, as the share of managerial and professional white-co

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