New construction of dwellings, second quarter of 2018, preliminary figures:
Less new construction of dwellings in the first half of 2018
Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2018-08-20 9.30
According to preliminary figures, construction of roughly 30 950 dwellings began in the first six months of 2018. This is a decrease of about ten percent compared with the same period in 2017, when the construction of 34 231 dwellings was started. This is the first time since 2012 that the number of dwellings constructed in multi-dwelling buildings decreased in the first six months. In the first half of 2012, construction of dwellings was 27 percent lower than in the first half of 2011.
In the first half of 2018, construction of approximately 24 350 dwellings was started in one- or two-dwelling buildings, which is 11 percent lower than in the same period in 2017. In one-to-two dwelling buildings, construction of 6 600 dwellings was started, down by 4 percent compared with same period in 2017.
In addition, conversion of multi-dwelling buildings resulted in 1 250 dwellings in the first half of 2018, compared with 2 395 dwellings in the corresponding period in 2017.
The 2018 figures on new construction have been adjusted upwards by 18 percent, which was the time lag in the corresponding period last year. The 2018 figures on conversion have been adjusted upwards by 42 percent.
All buildings Jan-Jun |
Of which one- or two-dwelling buildings Jan-Jun |
Of which multi-dwelling buildings Jan-Jun |
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| 2017 | 2018 | 2017 | 2018 | 2017 | 2018 | ||
Sweden |
34 231 | 26 232 | 6 856 | 5 581 | 27 375 | 20 651 | |
Metropolitan areas |
15 975 | 12 586 | 2 531 | 1 977 | 13 444 | 10 609 | |
Greater Stockholm |
9 463 | 5 361 | 1 302 | 778 | 8 161 | 4 583 | |
Greater Göteborg |
3 265 | 4 010 | 682 | 758 | 2 583 | 3 252 | |
Greater Malmö |
3 247 | 3 215 | 547 | 441 | 2 700 | 2 774 | |
Sweden excl. Metropolitan areas |
18 256 | 13 646 | 4 325 | 3 604 | 13 931 | 10 042 | |
Stockholm |
9 463 | 5 361 | 1 302 | 778 | 8 161 | 4 583 | |
Uppsala |
2 748 | 1 685 | 400 | 263 | 2 348 | 1 422 | |
Södermanland |
971 | 1 232 | 330 | 350 | 641 | 882 | |
Östergötland |
1 462 | 1 262 | 365 | 261 | 1 097 | 1 001 | |
Jönköping |
929 | 954 | 267 | 192 | 662 | 762 | |
Kronoberg |
1 072 | 421 | 243 | 126 | 829 | 295 | |
Kalmar |
682 | 283 | 92 | 161 | 590 | 122 | |
Gotland |
98 | 55 | 38 | 55 | 60 | ‑ | |
Blekinge |
305 | 59 | 156 | 56 | 149 | 3 | |
Skåne |
5 315 | 5 244 | 1 051 | 1 033 | 4 264 | 4 211 | |
Halland |
1 137 | 960 | 359 | 324 | 778 | 636 | |
Västra Götaland |
4 475 | 4 883 | 1 100 | 1 059 | 3 375 | 3 824 | |
Värmland |
417 | 174 | 134 | 102 | 283 | 72 | |
Örebro |
1 293 | 391 | 226 | 172 | 1 067 | 219 | |
Västmanland |
936 | 476 | 167 | 168 | 769 | 308 | |
Dalarna |
288 | 440 | 114 | 103 | 174 | 337 | |
Gävleborg |
371 | 634 | 77 | 129 | 294 | 505 | |
Västernorrland |
108 | 199 | 49 | 46 | 59 | 153 | |
Jämtland |
267 | 207 | 82 | 65 | 185 | 142 | |
Västerbotten |
1 020 | 643 | 159 | 69 | 861 | 574 | |
Norrbotten |
874 | 669 | 145 | 69 | 729 | 600 | |
Due to the time lag in reporting, the figures for the most recent year are underestimated. In the past year, this underestimation was about 18 percent.
Definitions and explanations
A dwelling refers to a room or a number of rooms intended for private habitation.
One- or two-dwelling building refers to detached one- or two-dwelling buildings as well as semi-detached, row and linked buildings.
Multi-dwelling building refers to buildings with three or more apartments, including balcony access housing.
Conversion refers to the difference between dwellings added and removed through conversion or changes in usage of multi-dwelling buildings.
Next publishing will be
Preliminary statistics for the third quarter 2018 will be published on 2018-11-19 at 09:30.
Statistical Database
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