Households' housing 2013:
One-or two-dwelling building most common housing
Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2014-12-17 9.30
The most common type of housing in Sweden is to live in a one-or two-dwelling building with ownership rights. 43 percent of households did so in 2013. The next most common type of housing is a rented dwelling in a multi-dwelling building at 29 percent. 20 percent of households lived in owner-occupied apartments in multi-dwelling buildings.
An owner-occupied one- or two-dwelling building is the most common form of housing in 93 percent of the municipalities. The largest percentage is in Gagnef with 86 percent, and in another 7 municipalities the percentage is over 80 percent. The percentage is 30 percent or lower in ten municipalities. The lowest percentages are in Solna (1 percent) and Sundbyberg (6 percent).
A rented dwelling in a multi-dwelling building is the most common housing form in 5 percent of the municipalities. The largest percentage is in Sundbyberg at 52 percent. Other municipalities with a large share of households in rented dwellings are Södertälje, Göteborg and Örebro. An owner-occupied apartment in a multi-dwelling building is the most common in five municipalities, and the largest percentage is in Solna at 61 percent. Stockholm, Nacka, Järfälla and Uppsala are also municipalities where an owner-occupied apartment in a multi-dwelling building is the most common type of housing form.
Lund is the municipality in Sweden that has the largest share of households in special needs housing, a housing form that among other things includes student housing. Uppsala and Umeå also have a relatively large proportion of households who live in special needs housing.
| Municipality | Single dwelling house | Multi- dwelling building | Other | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owner occupied | Owner occupied | Rental | |||
|
Solna
|
1 | 61 | 30 | 8 | 100 |
|
Sundbyberg
|
6 | 37 | 52 | 5 | 100 |
|
Stockholm
|
10 | 45 | 39 | 6 | 100 |
|
Malmö
|
17 | 37 | 40 | 6 | 100 |
|
Göteborg
|
20 | 25 | 48 | 7 | 100 |
|
Södertälje
|
27 | 16 | 49 | 8 | 100 |
|
Lund
|
28 | 26 | 24 | 21 | 100 |
|
Uppsala
|
29 | 36 | 22 | 14 | 100 |
|
Helsingborg
|
29 | 23 | 38 | 10 | 100 |
|
Örebro
|
30 | 11 | 47 | 12 | 100 |
Definitions and explanations
The statistics are based on the Total Population Register and information on dwellings in the Dwellings Register
A household consists of all persons who are registered at the same dwelling.
About 300 000 persons are not linked with a dwelling, which means that households cannot be created and these persons are not included in the statistics on households. In the statistics on dwellings for these persons, "no information available" is noted.
One- or two-dwelling building refers to detached one-or two-dwelling buildings as well as semi-detached houses, terraced houses and link attached houses.
Multi-dwelling building refers to residential buildings with three or more apartments including housing with balcony access.
One- or two-dwelling buildings with ownership rights refer to dwellings owned by natural persons or estates of deceased persons.
Multi-dwelling buildings with owner-occupied apartments refer to dwellings that are owned by tenant-owner associations. Owner-occupied apartments also include persons who rent their apartment from the tenant-owners' association or rent from the owner of the apartment.
Multi-dwelling buildings and other buildings that are rented dwellings refer to dwellings that are not condominiums and are owned by other owners than tenant-owner associations.
The new register-based dwelling statistics are possible due to the new Dwellings Register and population registration per dwelling. Previously there was only a property register and it was not possible to differentiate between individual apartments in multi-dwelling buildings. Now the population registration for persons registered in a multi-dwelling building is supplemented with a dwelling number.
In connection with the publishing of statistics from 2013 on households' housing, the statistics from 2012 have been revised in the Statistical Database. The revision is due to a switching of methods to place households in a housing form as well as improvements in the information on the dwelling's type of housing.
Statistical Database
More information is available in the Statistical Database
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