Facts and Statistics

• 7% of lone parents in Northern Ireland are lone fathers
  
  
• In Northern Ireland, there are 81,000 one-parent families, one family in four, incorporating over 150,000 children
  
  
• 60% of one parent families are divorced or separated
  
  
• Less than 3% of all lone mothers are aged under 20 years. The average lone parent is between 25 and 40 years old
  
  
• Six out of ten lone parents receive Income Support
  

See Table 1