Though media coverage suggested a mass return to the nest, the proportion of ‘boomerangers’ has fallen slightly
The idea that the pandemic sent a vast new wave of UK young adult “boomerangers” moving back to live in the parental home is a myth, a study has found.
A spate of media articles in the last few months have suggested that the arrival of Covid-19, followed by lockdowns, persuaded many twentysomethings to return to the supposed comfort and space of the family home to regroup.
