New construction of residential buildings. Started dwellings, second quarter 2024, preliminary figures
New construction of dwellings in the first half of 2024
Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2024-08-23 8.00
Preliminary figures show that construction of roughly 16 650 dwellings was started in new buildings during the first half of 2024. This is 12 percent up than in the same period last year when construction of 14 821 dwellings was started.
In the first half of 2024, construction of approximately 14 150 dwellings was started in multi-dwelling buildings, which is 26 percent up than in the same period in 2023. Preliminarily, about 72 percent of the dwellings started in 2024 were rented dwellings.
In one-to-two dwelling buildings, construction of 2 500 dwellings was started, which is 31 percent down than in the same period in 2023.
In addition, conversion of multi-dwelling buildings resulted in 1 000 dwellings in the first half of 2024, compared with 886 dwellings in the corresponding period in 2023.
The 2024 figures on new construction have been adjusted upwards by 15 percent, which was the time lag in the corresponding period last year. The 2024 figures on conversion have been adjusted upwards by 40 percent.
| All buildings Jan–juni | Of which one- or two-dwelling buildings Jan–juni | Of which multi-dwelling buildings Jan–juni | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2024 | 2023 | 2024 | 2023 | 2024 | ||
| Sweden | 14 821 | 14 487 | 3 633 | 2 166 | 11 188 | 12 321 | |
| Metropolitan areas | 6 765 | 8 272 | 1 051 | 661 | 5 714 | 7 611 | |
| Greater Stockholm | 3 740 | 5 142 | 523 | 273 | 3 217 | 4 869 | |
| Greater Göteborg | 1 968 | 1 670 | 392 | 266 | 1 576 | 1 404 | |
| Greater Malmö | 1 057 | 1 460 | 136 | 122 | 921 | 1 338 | |
| Sweden excl. metropolitan areas | 8 056 | 6 215 | 2 582 | 1 505 | 5 474 | 4 710 | |
| Stockholm county | 3 740 | 5 142 | 523 | 273 | 3 217 | 4 869 | |
| Uppsala county | 371 | 537 | 232 | 156 | 139 | 381 | |
| Södermanland county | 476 | 146 | 182 | 64 | 294 | 82 | |
| Östergötland county | 446 | 548 | 174 | 93 | 272 | 455 | |
| Jönköping county | 305 | 123 | 120 | 105 | 185 | 18 | |
| Kronoberg county | 386 | 119 | 82 | 35 | 304 | 84 | |
| Kalmar county | 287 | 96 | 117 | 37 | 170 | 59 | |
| Gotland county | 27 | 141 | 27 | 13 | . | 128 | |
| Blekinge county | 52 | 155 | 49 | 38 | 3 | 117 | |
| Skåne county | 1 960 | 2 092 | 439 | 352 | 1 521 | 1 740 | |
| Halland county | 690 | 369 | 251 | 150 | 439 | 219 | |
| Västra Götaland county | 2 768 | 2 034 | 684 | 440 | 2 084 | 1 594 | |
| Värmland county | 510 | 253 | 106 | 53 | 404 | 200 | |
| Örebro county | 712 | 195 | 147 | 85 | 565 | 110 | |
| Västmanland county | 309 | 271 | 106 | 73 | 203 | 198 | |
| Dalarna county | 503 | 319 | 113 | 50 | 390 | 269 | |
| Gävleborg county | 168 | 343 | 53 | 26 | 115 | 317 | |
| Västernorrland county | 148 | 17 | 20 | 17 | 128 | . | |
| Jämtland county | 100 | 67 | 59 | 34 | 41 | 33 | |
| Västerbotten county | 456 | 180 | 84 | 37 | 372 | 143 | |
| Norrbotten county | 407 | 1 340 | 65 | 35 | 342 | 1 305 | |
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.
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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