New construction of residential buildings. Started dwellings, first quarter 2019
Building rate in the first quarter of 2019 unchanged
Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2019-05-24 9.30
Preliminary figures show that construction of roughly 13 400 dwellings was started in new buildings during the first quarter of 2019. This is almost the same amount as in the same period last year, when construction of 13 665 dwellings was started.
Among the new dwellings, approximately 11 150 were in multi-dwelling buildings, an increase of 4 percent compared with the same period last year. In one- or two-dwelling buildings, construction of 2 250 dwellings was started in the first quarter, about 700 fewer than last year.
In addition, conversion of multi-dwelling buildings resulted in 550 dwellings started the first quarter of 2019, compared with 739 dwellings in the corresponding period in 2018.
The 2019 figures on new construction have been adjusted upwards by 8 percent, which is the average delay in the corresponding period in recent years. The 2019 figures for conversion have been adjusted upwards by 50 percent.
All buildings Jan–mar |
Of which one- or two-dwelling buildings Jan–mar |
Of which multi-dwelling buildings Jan–mar |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 2019 | 2018 | 2019 | 2018 | 2019 | ||
Sweden |
13 665 | 12 394 | 2 947 | 2 081 | 10 718 | 10 313 | |
Metropolitan areas |
6 499 | 7 035 | 1 090 | 776 | 5 409 | 6 259 | |
Greater Stockholm |
2 802 | 4 158 | 411 | 422 | 2 391 | 3 736 | |
Greater Göteborg |
2 351 | 2 547 | 502 | 278 | 1 849 | 2 269 | |
Greater Malmö |
1 346 | 330 | 177 | 76 | 1 169 | 254 | |
Sweden excl. Metropolitan areas |
7 166 | 5 359 | 1 857 | 1 305 | 5 309 | 4 054 | |
Stockholm |
2 802 | 4 158 | 411 | 422 | 2 391 | 3 736 | |
Uppsala |
1 039 | 898 | 134 | 95 | 905 | 803 | |
Södermanland |
562 | 616 | 209 | 129 | 353 | 487 | |
Östergötland |
570 | 518 | 124 | 86 | 446 | 432 | |
Jönköping |
569 | 81 | 97 | 65 | 472 | 16 | |
Kronoberg |
271 | 208 | 88 | 45 | 183 | 163 | |
Kalmar |
175 | 412 | 81 | 43 | 94 | 369 | |
Gotland |
32 | 11 | 32 | 11 | . | . | |
Blekinge |
41 | 202 | 27 | 25 | 14 | 177 | |
Skåne |
2 368 | 1 160 | 510 | 387 | 1 858 | 773 | |
Halland |
457 | 462 | 165 | 80 | 292 | 382 | |
Västra Götaland |
2 636 | 2 574 | 638 | 402 | 1 998 | 2 172 | |
Värmland |
78 | 267 | 46 | 35 | 32 | 232 | |
Örebro |
285 | 106 | 78 | 38 | 207 | 68 | |
Västmanland |
381 | 249 | 82 | 53 | 299 | 196 | |
Dalarna |
331 | 125 | 47 | 51 | 284 | 74 | |
Gävleborg |
339 | 60 | 46 | 28 | 293 | 32 | |
Västernorrland |
139 | 85 | 42 | 17 | 97 | 68 | |
Jämtland |
47 | 83 | 23 | 9 | 24 | 74 | |
Västerbotten |
251 | 74 | 34 | 22 | 217 | 52 | |
Norrbotten |
292 | 45 | 33 | 38 | 259 | 7 | |
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 of dwellings added and removed through conversion or changes in usages of multi-dwelling buildings.
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