Housing in Europe
In 2015, more than 4 out of every 10 persons (42.0%) in the EU-28 lived in flats, close to one quarter (24.1%) in semi-detached houses and one third (33.3%) in detached houses The proportion of people living in flats was highest, among the EU Member States, in Spain (65.9%), Latvia (65.0%) and Estonia (62.6%), while the highest proportions of people living in semi-detached houses were reported in the Netherlands, the United Kingdom (both 59.9%) and Ireland (51.6%); these were the only Member States where more than half of the population lived in a semi-detached house. The share of people living in detached houses peaked in Croatia (73.4%), Slovenia (65.1%), Hungary (62.1%) and Romania (60.1%); Serbia (66.1%) and Norway (61.2%) also reported that more than 6 out of every 10 persons in of their population were living in detached houses.
All data as of 2007, only Switzerland data is from 2009 and EU-28 data is from 2015.
| country | detached houses | semi-detached or terraced houses | flats | owning | renting | free accommodation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EU-28 (2015) average | 33.3% | 24.1% | 42% | 69.4% | 19.7% | 10.9% |
| Belgium | 34% | 39% | 25% | 67% | 31% | 2% |
| Czech Republic | 34% | 10% | 56% | 72% | 24% | 4% |
| Denmark | 48% | 15% | 38% | 58% | 42% | - |
| Germany | 23% | 13% | 62% | 46% | 52% | 3% |
| Estonia | 27% | 4% | 69% | 83% | 8% | 10% |
| Ireland | 41% | 55% | 4% | 77% | 21% | 1% |
| Greece | 35% | 10% | 55% | 73% | 21% | 6% |
| Spain | 16% | 19% | 66% | 83% | 11% | 7% |
| France | 39% | 20% | 41% | 58% | 38% | 4% |
| Italy | 22% | 19% | 53% | 72% | 19% | 10% |
| Cyprus | 44% | 29% | 25% | 66% | 13% | 20% |
| Latvia | 23% | 5% | 72% | 84% | 13% | 4% |
| Lithuania | 32% | 9% | 59% | 89% | 3% | 7% |
| Luxembourg | 35% | 30% | 33% | 71% | 26% | 3% |
| Hungary | 57% | 8% | 35% | 87% | 7% | 6% |
| Malta | 4% | 49% | 46% | 77% | 21% | 3% |
| Netherlands | 14% | 55% | 26% | 56% | 43% | - |
| Austria | 39% | 12% | 48% | 52% | 41% | 7% |
| Poland | 40% | 5% | 55% | 58% | 38% | 4% |
| Portugal | 39% | 23% | 38% | 73% | 19% | 9% |
| Romania | 56% | 3% | 41% | 96% | 2% | 2% |
| Slovenia | 65% | 4% | 31% | 80% | 8% | 12% |
| Slovakia | 45% | 2% | 53% | 89% | 10% | 2% |
| Finland | 38% | 19% | 43% | 67% | 32% | 1% |
| Sweden | 42% | 7% | 51% | 62% | 38% | - |
| United Kingdom | 24% | 59% | 18% | 71% | 27% | 1% |
| Iceland | 32% | 15% | 51% | 83% | 16% | 2% |
| Norway | 58% | 19% | 11% | 78% | 20% | 3% |
| Switzerland (2009) | 25% | 14% | 58% | 37% [1] | 60% | - |
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References
- ^ "TENLAW: Tenancy Law and Housing Policy in Multi-level Europe. National Report Switzerland" (PDF). Retrieved 12 February 2015.
External links
- http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=STAT/09/95&format=HTML&aged=1&language=EN&guiLanguage=en
- http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITY_OFFPUB/KS-SF-11-004/EN/KS-SF-11-004-EN.PDF
- http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITY_PUBLIC/3-23022011-BP/EN/3-23022011-BP-EN.PDF
- http://www.stat.fi/tk/el/echp_national_characteristics_remain_in_housing.pdf
- http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/images/d/da/Distribution_of_population_by_dwelling_type%2C_2018_%28%25%29_SILC20.png
