Household means all the people who live together in one home. Your household might include your parents, siblings, grandparents, or anyone else sharing your house or apartment. A household can be large or small: a college student living alone is a one-person household, while a family of eight sharing a farmhouse is a much bigger one.

The word also refers to things related to running a home. Household chores are jobs like washing dishes, vacuuming, or taking out the trash. Household items are everyday things you need at home: soap, light bulbs, paper towels. When someone is a household name, it means they're so famous that practically every family knows who they are, like a president or a beloved author.

Understanding households matters when we think about how societies work. Governments count households in the census. Economists study household income to understand how families manage money.

Your household is the people you share daily life with, the place where you eat meals together, and the team that keeps everything running smoothly. It mainly refers to the people, not the building, that make a place a home.