The UK has recorded an increasing trend of 'boomerang' young adults who are moving back with their parents amid increasing unemployment owing to coronavirus pandemic.
According to reports, nearly two-thirds of childless single adults aged 20-34 in the UK have either never left home or had to move back in because of unemployment or reduced salaries, increasing rents, low wages and shift in the work culture allowing work from home. An estimated 3.5million single young adults, an increase of nearly 10 per cent from a decade ago, have reportedly adapted to this trend.
Senaka Rupasinha, a Chemistry teacher from 26, from Maidstone, Kent moved back with his parents after six months working as a teacher in London. He had to move back home because of health issues and is presently teaching online, and thus, been able to save a lot of money because he no longer has to pay rent in London.
Speaking to MailOnline, he said, “The main thing is that you're back into the parent-child dynamic. You're no longer your own boss. You have to do what your mum or dad says because they're there.'
“That's been one of the benefits. My parents don't charge me on rent so I get to save the majority of the money that I have coming in.”
The author of the study, Katherine Hill, from Loughborough University's Centre for Research in Social Policy, believes that the trend is “here to stay” with the study claiming that low-income families are hit hardest by the trend of children moving back home because it can mean they are entitled to fewer benefits than when they are supporting a child under 18.
