The average household size in Germany is very low, the average size of a family living in a house is 2. Not all germans have small family arrangments. Lots of germans rent apartments or house, germany has one of the lowest house ownership levels in europe. Housing is much more expensive, A majority of Germans and Europeansrent apartments. Unlike the apartments in America, the apartments are completely unfurnished.
In europe the cost of living is high and most people live in apartments, in germany the cites are very compact and everything is relatively close to together so apartments work out very well for people so they do not have to travel very far which can be expensive. Bigger families in germany and austria tend to live out in the country so they have more room to grow. Switzerland has a similar living situation as the U.S. everything is more spread out and there are tremendous physical barriers between cities. Germans and Europeans in general live smaller then U.S. Citizens, smaller houses smaller cars, that is the main difference between the U.S. and Euro countrys
http://german.about.com/library/anfang/blanfang18.htm
http://www.airo.ie/news/eurostat-study-eu27-households-living-arrangements
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