LONDON—In March, China’s 15th Five-Year Plan identified two demographic challenges: an aging population and declining birth rates. Both trends are already reshaping Chinese households. Projections suggest that by 2036, 29% of households will include a child, while 18% will be headed by individuals aged 65 or older. Two decades earlier, roughly half of households had a child at home.
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