My oldest child is 11 and he is sharing a room with his 7 year old sister we also have a 2 year old daughter who is still in with us and we live in a 2 bedroomed house and have been told by our council that he can share till he is 12 and that despite us having three children in a two bedroomed house we have been told that because we have rent arrears that we cannot have another house till we have cleared them I was wanting to know does anyone know the age by law that a child can share a room with another child of the opposite sex as I am we were also told if we have another child then we would be over crowded we live in middlesbrough and our council is erimus housing would be grateful if anyone can help me thank you

Hi trish77...

I think on average the age for opposite sexes is 12, if it's same sex then I don't think it matters.

I don't think officially there is a legal age limit but it's thought that puberty is a decider.