Boomerang generation is a term applied to the current generation of young adults in Western culture.[1][2][3] They are so named for the frequency with which they choose to share a home with their parents after previously living on their own – thus boomeranging back to their place of origin. This arrangement can take many forms, ranging from situations that mirror the high dependency of pre-adulthood to highly independent, separate-household arrangements.
The term can be used to indicate only those members of this age-set that actually do return home, not the whole generation. In as much as home-leaving practices differ by economic class, the term is most meaningfully applied to members of the middle class.