90,000 over-30s live with their parents

The recession has created a new boomerang generation with more than 90,000 adult children in their 30s and 40s living with their parents.

Record unemployment, rising prices and difficulty getting on the property ladder may be factors behind the high numbers returning to the family home.

The figures, contained in Census 2011 results, reveal the changing face of families and households and show almost 440,000 people aged 18 or over now live with their parents. Six out of 10 are men.