Overview
- Spain’s average age for leaving the parental home is now around 30, and many who move out later return because of high living costs or to save for housing.
- Psychologists say consultations over cohabitation tensions have multiplied in the past decade, with some reporting a tripling of such cases and an intensification after the pandemic.
- Research using Banco de España data links living with adult children over 30 to lower parental well-being, especially for mothers who shoulder more domestic work.
- A report from the Centro Reina Sofía–Fad Juventud finds worse mental-health outcomes among young people who cannot emancipate compared with those who have left home.
- Clinicians recommend negotiated agreements on finances, responsibilities and household rules, treating the arrangement as temporary rather than resorting to expulsion.