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Housing, construction and building

Official statistics of Sweden

Surveys by statistics areas

  • Prices for newly produced dwellings

    The statistics present the price of newly produced dwellings, that is, the cost that the investor pays for a new building project by multi-dwelling buildings and collectively built one- or two-dwelling buildings. A project can contain one or more buildings, such as a garage, garbage room, etc.

  • Yearbook of Housing and Building Statistics

    The Yearbook on Housing and Building Statistics has been discontinued. It was published in 1980-2010 and in 2012. The statistics in the yearbook has also been published in other forms, such as databases, statistical news or reports. Statistical sources and contact information based on the latest yearbook is available in the document Sources for the 2012 Housing and Building Statistics Yearbook.

  • Charges/rents for newly constructed dwellings

    The statistics show rents/fees and prices of different types of apartments in new production in different parts of the country by apartment type and form of tenure per region.

    Rents for dwellings

    Statistics show rent levels and rent changes in rental dwellings. The data is reported by region (municipal level and up), apartment type (number of rooms) and ownership category. The survey is based on a statistical sample of approximately 16 000 dwellings in multi-dwelling buildings and one- or two-dwelling buildings throughout the country.

  • Dwelling stock

    The statistics present the number of apartments in the dwelling stock. The dwelling stock is presented in the Statistical Database by type of building, period of construction, type of ownership, tenure and size (living area). The regional breakdown of statistics consists of national, county and municipal levels. Other regional levels can be produced on commission.

    Statistics on building permits, new construction and conversion

    The statistics show building permits for new construction, the the scope and direction of construction of residential buildings, such as started and completed dwelling units by different building types and net changes in the number of dwellings in multi-dwelling buildings by conversion, for example conversion of attics into dwellings.

  • Revenues and expenditure survey for multi-dwelling buildings

    The statistics show average income and expenditure for multi-dwelling buildings and information on interest rates, loans and conversion costs. The statistics are divided into municipal housing companies, tenant owners' associations and private real estate.

    Unlet dwellings in multi-dwelling buildings

    The statistics show the proportion of unlet dwellings in multi-dwelling buildings and the structure of the housing stock. The statistics present how many of the unlet dwellings are available for rent and how many are evacuated for repair, demolition or that are unlet for another reason.

  • Real estate prices and registrations of title

    The statistics present price level, price trends and turnover in the real estate market for granted registrations of title via registration of title deeds or registration of site leaseholds. The statistics covers the entire real estate market. The survey also presents comprehensive turnover statistics of tenant-owned dwellings.

  • Real estate tax assessments

    The statistics present factors such as taxation values, the number of assessed units, construction year for all real estate in Sweden. The data is based on general, simplified and special real estate assessments carried out by the Swedish Tax Agency.