Statec's figures on young people has revealed an ageing demographic, given the drop in those aged 0-24 in the latest census. In 2001, the demographic aged up to 25 made up 30.4% of the population, but has been on a steady decline as of 2011, where the population group made up 29.4% of the population. By 2019, that portion has dropped to 27.7%.
Luxembourg's population of under-25s lays at the 169,851 mark. The split between Luxembourg citizenship and foreign citizenship somewhat echoes the global split amongst the population, as 55.8% of under-25s are Luxembourgers. Amongst both the Luxembourgish and non-Luxembourgish demographics, men outnumber women ever so slightly.
Incidentally, the under-25 group makes up a third of those who emigrated to Luxembourg in 2018. Of the 24,644 new immigrants, 32.9% were under the age of 25, although that number mainly split between the very young, namely infants and children up to the age of four emigrating with their parents, and the working young, aged between 17 and 25.
Marriage has become a less popular aim among the adolescents under 25. Of the 1,896 people that got married, only 247 were aged 25 or below.
People are having children later in life too, with just 505 babies born to mothers under 25, out of 6,000 births. In 2000, 17% of new mothers were aged under 25 - today, they number just 8%.
In the employment market, some 4.7% of young people aged between 15 and 24 struggle to find work in the Grand Duchy, and are officially unemployed. This figure is slightly higher than those aged between 25 and 54, of which 4.5% are in unemployment. 28.4% of young people are in work, while a third are currently in education or apprenticeships.
Whilst the report explored employment in detail, there was no information on home-ownership among the under 25 age group.
Young graduates are well integrated into the Luxembourgish labour market. Of those aged 20 to 34 that finished their secondary education, 78.5% have a job.
15% of the registered secondary students frequent international programmes, while primary students in international programmes only make up 12% of the registered students.
As for their internet habits, the most popular online activities for this age group are emails and social networks (89%), music (82%) and looking up information and services online (73%). 59% use the internet to make phone calls and 53% play or download games.
Unfortunately, 23.7% of all smokers are below 25, of which 20.3% smoke regularly. 31% of those that died in traffic were below the age of 25. Hidden in the report is the statistics that globally, young people represent 24% of those injured or killed in traffic accidents.
On a more positive note, 9 out of 10 under 25s said they were happy with their lives, family and friends, making them the happiest age group.
You can find the full report (FR) here.
