YOUTH 2020 - The position of young people in Slovenia

Young people, housing, and sustainable environment  211 5.2.3  KEY FEATURES OF YOUTH HOUSING SUPPLY Young people are strongly attached to the living environment from which they come. They maintain a strong level of attachment to their first place of residence even after the transition to the next age group or period of schooling (e.g. transition from high school to college). Statisti- cally, there are no major differences according to age group and place of residence. Older groups of young people aged 19 to 24 and 25 to 29 in- clude a slightly higher proportion of young people now living in a larger city, but the differences are not distinguishable enough. Figure 5.8: Where do you live now? 5% 10% 15% 25% 35% 20% 45% 40% 30% 50% In a larger city (Ljubljana, Maribor) In a medium-sized city (50,000 - 100,000 inhabitants) In a small town (between 10,000 and 50,000 inhabitants) In a small town (between 1,000 and 10,000 inhabitants) In the village / in the countryside 45.8 18.4 14.6 4.2 17.1 46.8 17.0 16.0 5.1 15.2 0% 2010 2020 Source: Mladina 2010, Mladina 2020. Most young people remain in the original living environment where they have spent most of their time, with only minor corrections in the transi- tion to the next period of life, such as the transition from high school to college (a smaller proportion [approx. 4%] moved to a larger city). Data on young people’s strong attachment to the “domestic” living environ- ment are supplemented with data on the low readiness of older groups of young people for domestic and international mobility. The fact that