New construction of residential buildings, started dwellings, first three quarters of 2024, preliminary figures
Construction of new dwellings in the first three quarters of 2024
Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2024-11-22 8.00
Preliminary figures show that construction of 21 550 dwellings began in the first three quarters of 2024. This is 5 percent up than in the same period in 2023, when the construction of 20 551 dwellings was started.
Among the started dwellings, approximately 17 500 are in multi-dwelling buildings, which is 12 percent up than in the same period in 2023. Preliminary figures show that about 73 percent of the dwellings started in 2024 were rented dwellings. In one-to-two dwelling buildings, construction of approximately 4 050 dwellings was started, down by 18 percent compared with the first three quarters of 2023.
Conversion of multi-dwelling buildings also resulted in approximately 1 900 additional dwellings during the period, compared with 1 640 dwellings in the corresponding period in 2023.
The 2024 figures for new construction have been adjusted upwards by 10 percent, which is the reporting lag for the corresponding period in the past year. The figures for conversion have been adjusted upwards by 33 percent.
| New construction | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All buildings | Percentage change | One or two-dwelling buildings | Percentage change | Multi-dwelling buildings | Percentage change | |
| Started dwellings | ||||||
| 2022 | 45 818 | ‑6 | 10 179 | ‑3 | 35 639 | ‑7 |
| 2023 | 20 551 | ‑55 | 4 959 | ‑51 | 15 592 | ‑56 |
| 2024* | 21 550 | +5 | 4 050 | ‑18 | 17 500 | +12 |
* Figures for the current year are adjusted by 10 percent which are the average backlog in recent years.
| All buildings Jan–sept | Of which one- or two-dwelling buildings Jan–sept | Of which multi-dwelling buildings Jan–sept | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2024 | 2023 | 2024 | 2023 | 2024 | ||
| Sweden | 20 551 | 19 582 | 4 959 | 3 663 | 15 592 | 15 919 | |
| Metropolitan areas | 10 047 | 10 399 | 1 569 | 1 174 | 8 478 | 9 225 | |
| Greater Stockholm | 5 853 | 6 616 | 878 | 589 | 4 975 | 6 027 | |
| Greater Göteborg | 2 799 | 2 174 | 495 | 389 | 2 304 | 1 785 | |
| Greater Malmö | 1 395 | 1 609 | 196 | 196 | 1 199 | 1 413 | |
| Sweden excl. Metropolitan areas | 10 504 | 9 183 | 3 390 | 2 489 | 7 114 | 6 694 | |
| Stockholm county | 5 853 | 6 616 | 878 | 589 | 4 975 | 6 027 | |
| Uppsala county | 648 | 997 | 287 | 272 | 361 | 725 | |
| Södermanland county | 760 | 383 | 268 | 104 | 492 | 279 | |
| Östergötland county | 631 | 715 | 219 | 249 | 412 | 466 | |
| Jönköping county | 414 | 276 | 175 | 170 | 239 | 106 | |
| Kronoberg county | 460 | 198 | 95 | 59 | 365 | 139 | |
| Kalmar county | 332 | 142 | 141 | 58 | 191 | 84 | |
| Gotland county | 97 | 151 | 43 | 23 | 54 | 128 | |
| Blekinge county | 69 | 179 | 66 | 47 | 3 | 132 | |
| Skåne county | 2 388 | 2 456 | 554 | 529 | 1 834 | 1 927 | |
| Halland county | 957 | 539 | 315 | 224 | 642 | 315 | |
| Västra Götaland county | 3 684 | 2 638 | 879 | 633 | 2 805 | 2 005 | |
| Värmland county | 536 | 305 | 132 | 82 | 404 | 223 | |
| Örebro county | 776 | 223 | 192 | 113 | 584 | 110 | |
| Västmanland county | 462 | 333 | 128 | 91 | 334 | 242 | |
| Dalarna county | 555 | 406 | 166 | 97 | 389 | 309 | |
| Gävleborg county | 244 | 359 | 70 | 39 | 174 | 320 | |
| Västernorrland county | 155 | 34 | 27 | 33 | 128 | 1 | |
| Jämtland county | 191 | 97 | 112 | 76 | 79 | 21 | |
| Västerbotten county | 661 | 439 | 124 | 118 | 537 | 321 | |
| Norrbotten county | 678 | 2 096 | 88 | 57 | 590 | 2 039* | |
These figures are preliminary and will be revised. The information on tenure may also change. The tables about the number of dwellings may include a limited number of owner-occupied dwellings. * 77 percent are other special housing
Definitions and explanations
A dwelling refers to a flat designed to an appreciable proportion as a place of residence, irrespective of the type of building in which it is located. Dwellings in one- or two-dwelling buildings are therefore also defined as flats.
One-to-two dwelling buildings refer to detached one- or two-dwelling buildings as well as semi-detached houses, terraced houses and link attached houses (excluding holiday homes).
Multi-dwelling buildings refer to residential buildings with three or more apartments, including housing with balcony access.
Multi-dwelling buildings include special housing like housing for student, special housing for the elderly/disabled persons and other special housing.
Conversion refers to the difference between dwellings added and removed through conversion or changes in usage of multi-dwelling buildings.
Start usually refers to the initial date of starting clearance from the municipality; a more actual date for commencing construction work can be updated from the municipality.
Next publishing will be
Statistics for the third quarter of 2024 will be published on 2024-11-22.
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