New construction of dwellings, second quarter of 2020, preliminary figures
New construction of dwellings in the first half of 2020
Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2020-08-21 9.30
According to preliminary figures, construction of roughly 27 300 dwellings began in the first six months of 2020. This is an increase of about 6 percent compared with the same period in 2019, when the construction of 25 675 dwellings was started.
In the first half of 2020, construction of approximately 22 400 dwellings was started in multi-dwelling buildings, which is 10 percent more than in the same period in 2019. Preliminarily, about 65 percent of the dwellings started in 2020 were rented dwellings. In one-to-two dwelling buildings, construction of 4 900 dwellings was started, down by 9 percent compared with same period in 2019.
In addition, conversion of multi-dwelling buildings resulted in 1 250 dwellings in the first half of 2020, compared with 1 388 dwellings in the corresponding period in 2019.
The 2020 figures on new construction have been adjusted upwards by 10 percent, which was the time lag in the corresponding period last year. The 2020 figures on conversion have been adjusted upwards by 48 percent.
| All buildings Jan–jun | Of which one- or two-dwelling buildings Jan–jun | Of which multi-dwelling buildings Jan–jun | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2020 | 2019 | 2020 | 2019 | 2020 | ||
|
Sweden
|
25 675 | 24 831 | 5 361 | 4 460 | 20 314 | 20 371 | |
|
Metropolitan areas
|
13 152 | 12 083 | 2 025 | 1 373 | 11 127 | 10 710 | |
|
Greater Stockholm
|
6 308 | 5 761 | 1 015 | 567 | 5 293 | 5 194 | |
|
Greater Göteborg
|
4 050 | 4 759 | 593 | 540 | 3 457 | 4 219 | |
|
Greater Malmö
|
2 794 | 1 563 | 417 | 266 | 2 377 | 1 297 | |
|
Sweden excl. Metropolitan areas
|
12 523 | 12 748 | 3 336 | 3 087 | 9 187 | 9 661 | |
|
Stockholm
|
6 308 | 5 761 | 1 015 | 567 | 5 293 | 5 194 | |
|
Uppsala
|
1 501 | 1 447 | 255 | 338 | 1 246 | 1 109 | |
|
Södermanland
|
1 093 | 975 | 289 | 274 | 804 | 701 | |
|
Östergötland
|
1 180 | 1 062 | 202 | 223 | 978 | 839 | |
|
Jönköping
|
617 | 750 | 221 | 155 | 396 | 595 | |
|
Kronoberg
|
731 | 436 | 151 | 127 | 580 | 309 | |
|
Kalmar
|
823 | 118 | 109 | 58 | 714 | 60 | |
|
Gotland
|
29 | 98 | 29 | 32 | . | 66 | |
|
Blekinge
|
364 | 248 | 87 | 66 | 277 | 182 | |
|
Skåne
|
4 040 | 3 129 | 911 | 717 | 3 129 | 2 412 | |
|
Halland
|
678 | 683 | 199 | 203 | 479 | 480 | |
|
Västra Götaland
|
4 819 | 5 427 | 1 007 | 902 | 3 812 | 4 525 | |
|
Värmland
|
433 | 469 | 89 | 70 | 344 | 399 | |
|
Örebro
|
715 | 1 160 | 132 | 143 | 583 | 1 017 | |
|
Västmanland
|
379 | 820 | 159 | 124 | 220 | 696 | |
|
Dalarna
|
429 | 289 | 115 | 103 | 314 | 186 | |
|
Gävleborg
|
182 | 300 | 70 | 116 | 112 | 184 | |
|
Västernorrland
|
116 | 158 | 48 | 34 | 68 | 124 | |
|
Jämtland
|
300 | 97 | 77 | 78 | 223 | 19 | |
|
Västerbotten
|
405 | 553 | 96 | 69 | 309 | 484 | |
|
Norrbotten
|
533 | 851 | 100 | 61 | 433 | 790 | |
Definitions and explanations
A dwelling is a room or suite of rooms intended for private habitation.
One- or two-dwelling building refers to a detached one- or two-dwelling buildings, as well as semi-detached, row and linked buildings.
Multi-dwelling buildings refers to buildings with three or more apartments, including balcony access housing.
Conversion refers to the net of dwellings added and removed through conversion or changes in usages of multi-dwelling buildings.
Next publishing will be
Statistics on the third quarter 2020 will be published on 2020-11-20 09:30.
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