Loneliness
Age differences
Young people aged 15 to 24 were more likely to report some level of loneliness than all other age groups.
Twenty-five percent of young people aged 15 to 24 reported feeling lonely sometimes or most of the time, compared to 14 percent of those aged 50 to 64.
Proportion of people experiencing loneliness in the last 12 months, by age, 2006
Source: Quality of Life Survey, 2006
