Her parents and their seven children all lived together in a single household.
However, it may also refer to a family unit in which several generations live together within a single household.
And an increasing number of people, the single households, aren't in families at all.
In 1841, a population of 8 was recorded as living on the island (a single household), but it is now uninhabited.
C3(c) allows for groups of people (up to six) living together as a single household.
The number of single adult households has doubled in the past 30 years.
"Every single household here is touched by alcohol or drugs," he said.
The settlement was very tiny at the time, perhaps only a single household, and one day the fire in the hearth went out.
The single household consisted of a married couple living together with children under the age of 18.
How much better to be outstanding in a single household!