Unlet dwellings in multi-dwelling buildings, 2024
20 246 vacant dwellings in September
Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2024-12-10 8.00
Approximately 41 314 rental dwellings were unlet as of 1 September 2024. There were 20 246 dwellings available for immediate rent. This is 1.3 percent of all rental dwellings in Sweden.
The distribution of the number of vacant dwellings varies between regions. Among dwellings available for rent, 70 percent are located in municipalities with fewer than 75 000 inhabitants. The corresponding figure in metropolitan areas (Greater Stockholm, Greater Gothenburg and Greater Malmö) is 9 percent and in municipalities with more than 75 000 inhabitants the figure is 21 percent.
| Type of vacancy | September | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2021 | 2024 | ||
| Vacant for renting | 16 128 | 13 648 | 6 794 | 6 406 | 8 899 | 12 692 | 20 246 | |
| Under repair or conversion | 8 573 | 10 078 | 11 664 | 9 969 | 14 397 | 15 114 | 15 902 | |
| Imminent demolition | 903 | 768 | 248 | 596 | 825 | 595 | 1 215 | |
| Unlet for other reason | 1 803 | 1 708 | 2 567 | 1 914 | 2 037 | 2 308 | 3 951 | |
| Unlet in total | 27 407 | 26 202 | 21 273 | 18 885 | 26 158 | 30 709 | 41 314 | |
The number of vacant dwellings has decreased since the end of the 1990s. The highest number of vacant dwellings was noted in 1998, when about 62 000 dwellings were vacant. In subsequent years, the number of unlet dwellings and vacant dwellings for rent fell sharply. In 2017, the number of unlet and vacant dwellings were at the lowest level since 1990. Since 2019, the number of unlet and vacant dwellings for rent has increased.
In 2024, both the number of unlet dwellings and the number of vacant dwellings increased compared with 2021. There are 10 605 more unlet dwellings and 7 554 more vacant dwellings available for rent.
Definitions and explanations
These statistics are based on a total survey of dwellings in municipal housing companies and a sample of assessed units owned by private bodies.
Multi-dwelling buildings refers to buildings with three or more apartments.
Municipal housing companies refers to joint-stock companies, economic associations or foundations whose activities focus on the management of properties with apartments with tenancy rights and previously approved as a municipal housing company.
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