Unlet dwellings in multi-dwelling buildings 2013:
Number of vacant dwellings decreases
Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2013-12-18 9.30
Approximately 26 000 rental dwellings were unlet as of 1 September 2013, a decrease of 4 percent compared to when the last survey was carried out in September 2011.
Many of the larger municipalities have a few vacant apartments while smaller municipalities show a different pattern. About 10 000 or 73 percent of the dwellings vacant for rent can be found in municipalities with fewer than 75 000 inhabitants.
The number of vacant dwellings for rent has decreased significantly since the end of the 1990s. The peak was in 1998 when about 62 000 dwellings were vacant.
| Type of vacancy | September | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | ||
|
Vacant for renting
|
23 899 | 19 817 | 18 590 | 24 951 | 16 128 | 13 648 | |
|
Under repair or rebuilding
|
6 868 | 7 287 | 5 583 | 6 257 | 8 573 | 10 078 | |
|
Vacated because of approaching demolition
|
1 080 | 1 098 | 340 | 647 | 903 | 768 | |
|
Unlet for other reason
|
1 742 | 2 102 | 1 899 | 2 082 | 1 803 | 1 708 | |
|
Unlet in total
|
33 589 | 30 304 | 26 412 | 33 937 | 27 407 | 26 202 | |
The study is based on a total survey of dwellings in municipal housing companies and a sample of 4 426 assessed units owned by private bodies. In 2013 there were 316 public housing companies.
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