Many Britons move here for work and stay for love

Employees (%) | Self-employed (%) | Benefit claimants (%) | In education / attending school (%) | Other without income (%) | |
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Shorter than 5 years | 41.7 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 18.8 | 32.3 |
5 years or longer | 46.9 | 12.3 | 23.4 | 4.6 | 12.8 |
Often sharing a household with Dutch people
The Netherlands had 34,870 households on 1 January 2016 in which at least one member was a British citizen. This included 12,760 one-person households. In 68 percent of the multi-person households there were one or more Dutch housemates.Altogether on 1 January 2016, there were 28,215 Dutch persons and 5,525 people with a different nationality sharing a household with a British citizen. On every 100 long-term British residents (>5 years) there were 93 Dutch household members. The proportion was 29 Dutch on every 100 Britons who had arrived more recently.
Households | British | Dutch | Other EU countries | Non-EU countries | ||
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Shorter than 5 years | Households | 12585 | ||||
Shorter than 5 years | Members | 15570 | 4520 | 1345 | 1280 | |
5 years or longer | Households | 19745 | ||||
5 years or longer | Members | 24330 | 22730 | 1695 | 1055 |
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