Dwelling stock 2015-12-31:
Over 4.7 million dwellings in Sweden
Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2016-04-19 9.30
The number of dwellings on 2015-12-31 was 4 716 568. These are divided into 2 018 064 dwellings (43 percent) in one- or two-dwelling buildings, 2 388 571 (51 percent) in multi-dwelling buildings, 231 001 (5 percent) in special housing and 78 932 (2 percent) in other buildings.
| Share of rental units | Share of tenant- owned dwellings | |
|---|---|---|
| Örebro | 80 | 20 |
| Norrköping | 70 | 30 |
| Linköping | 69 | 31 |
| Jönköping | 65 | 35 |
| Göteborg | 64 | 36 |
| Helsingborg | 64 | 36 |
| Malmö | 51 | 48 |
| Västerås | 50 | 50 |
|
Stockholm
|
45 | 55 |
|
Uppsala
|
36 | 64 |
Private ownership is the most common form of tenure at 92 percent for one- or two-dwelling buildings. The proportion of rental units and tenant-owned dwellings in one- or two-dwelling buildings are 4 percent each.
Housing cooperatives most common ownership form for multi-dwelling buildings
Of the dwellings in multi-dwelling buildings, roughly 968 000 (41 percent) are owned by housing cooperatives, slightly over 685 000 (29 percent) are owned by municipal housing companies, slightly less than 571 000 (24 percent) are owned by Swedish joint-stock companies and other legal persons and roughly 151 000 (6 percent) by private persons including sole proprietorships.
Regarding one- or two-dwelling buildings, the vast majority (92 percent) are owned by private persons and only 4 percent by housing cooperatives.
Size and age of dwellings
The average dwelling in multi-dwelling buildings is 68 square meters while the average one- or two-dwelling building is 122 square meters.
928 000 (46 percent) of the Swedish one- or two-dwelling buildings were built between 1961 and 1990. However, every fifth house (or 20 percent) of one- or two-dwelling buildings was built as early as before 1930.
Regarding multi-dwelling buildings, most (53 percent) were built between 1951 and 1980.
Special housing
The number of dwellings in special housing amounts to a total of 231 001 dwellings spread across 128 109 special housing units for elderly/disabled, 90 507 housing units for students and 12 385 other special housing units. An apartment in a retirement home is on average 40 square meters while a student has to make do with 28 square meters in the average student housing unit. Most of the student housing can be found, not unexpectedly, in the major university towns.
| Municipality | Number of dwellings |
| Uppsala | 11 177 |
| Göteborg | 10 275 |
| Lund | 8 905 |
| Stockholm | 8 555 |
| Umeå | 5 832 |
| Linköping | 4 634 |
| Växjö | 3 565 |
| Örebro | 3 084 |
Definitions and explanations
The statistics are based on the dwelling register which is a national register of all Swedish dwellings. The register is managed by Lantmäteriet (the Swedish mapping, cadastral and land registration authority) which also is the responsible agency. Statistics Sweden receives and processes the data from Lantmäteriet for producing current household and housing statistics.
One- or two-dwelling building means detached one- or two-dwelling buildings as well as semi-detached, row and linked buildings.
Multi-dwelling building means buildings with three or more apartments, including balcony access housing.
Other building means buildings that are not intended for residential purposes, e.g. buildings used for business or public function.
Special housing means dwellings for elderly/disabled, student housing and other special housing.
The apartment’s type of tenure is based on the ownership and not how the residents possess the apartments.
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