People Living Alone Choose Out-of-Home Parcel Delivery Twice as Often, PostNL Study Finds

• PostNL's Nov. 10, 2026, survey found 28% of Dutch single-person households choose out-of-home parcel delivery, versus 13% of other households.
• Among people living alone, 49% prefer parcels to wait for them rather than waiting for deliveries, compared with 35% in other households.
• Nearly 24% of single-person households rarely have anyone home to accept parcels; 79% value receiving or collecting packages when convenient.
• Flexible collection times were cited by 56% of people living alone as an advantage of out-of-home delivery.

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