Housing Statistics in the European Union 2010 2 Housing Statistics in the European Union The Hague: Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations Edited by Kees Dol and Marietta Haffner OTB Research Institute for the Built Environment, Delft University of Technology September 2010 3 4 Contents Housing Statistics in the European Union 2010 ................................................................................... 7 Structure of the Report......................................................................................................................... 11 List of Abbreviations ............................................................................................................................ 13 Chapter 1 General Data ....................................................................................................................... 15 1.1 Population (*1,000), 1 January ................................................................................................. 17 1.1F Population change (%), 1980-2009 ........................................................................................ 18 1.2 Land area, population and population density .......................................................................... 19 1.2F Population Density (per km2), 2007 1 ..................................................................................... 20 1.3 Population projection (*1,000) and change (%) ....................................................................... 21 1.3F Forecasted population change (%), 2010-2050 ...................................................................... 22 1.4 Population by age (%), 1 January, 2009 ................................................................................... 23 1.4F Dependent population < 15 years and > 64 years (% of total population), 2009 ................... 24 1.5 Population forecast by age (%), 1 January 2030 ....................................................................... 25 1.6 Old age dependency ratio (%) ................................................................................................... 26 1.6F Old age dependency ratio (%), 2010 and 2030 ....................................................................... 27 1.7 Total fertility rate ...................................................................................................................... 28 1.8 Private households (*1,000) ...................................................................................................... 29 1.9 Distribution of household size (%) ........................................................................................... 30 1.9F Distribution of household size %, 2008 1 ............................................................................... 32 1.10 Average number of persons per household ............................................................................. 33 1.11 Immigration, emigration and net migration (*1,000) ............................................................. 34 1.12 Asylum applications submitted 1............................................................................................. 36 1.13 Population by citizenship, 2008 .............................................................................................. 37 1.14 Population by origin (*1,000), 2009 ....................................................................................... 38 1.15 Harmonised unemployment rates % ....................................................................................... 39 1.15F Harmonised unemployment rates %, 2009 ........................................................................... 40 1.16 GDP per capita at current prices (€) ........................................................................................ 41 1.16F GDP per capita at current prices (€), 2008 ........................................................................... 42 1.17 GDP per capita in Purchasing Power Standards ..................................................................... 43 1.17F GDP per capita in Purchasing Power Standards (EU = 100) ................................................ 44 1.18 Gross fixed residential capital formation in housing at current prices (% of GDP) ............... 45 1.19 At risk of poverty rate before and after social transfers .......................................................... 46 1.20 Most recent and forthcoming censuses and national housing condition survey ..................... 47 Chapter 2 Quality of the Housing Stock ............................................................................................. 49 2.1 Average useful floor area per dwelling and per person (m2) .................................................... 51 2.2 Average number of rooms per dwelling and per new dwelling ................................................ 52 2.3 Bath/shower, hot running water and central heating in total dwelling stock (as % of dwelling stock) ............................................................................................................................................... 53 2.4 Age distribution of housing stock ............................................................................................. 54 2.5 Dwellings in multi-family building in 2009 / high-rise residential buildings in 2004 ............. 55 Chapter 3 Availability of Housing ....................................................................................................... 57 3.1 Types of accomodation also included in dwelling stock in Table 3.2 ...................................... 59 3.2 Dwelling stock by type of building (*1,000) ............................................................................ 60 3.3 Dwellings per 1,000 inhabitants................................................................................................ 62 3.4 Vacant conventional dwellings (% of total dwelling stock) ..................................................... 63 3.5 Occupied dwelling stock by tenure (%) .................................................................................... 64 5 3.5F Home ownership in the EU 1980 and 2000s .......................................................................... 66 3.6 Social rental dwellings as % of total dwelling stock (TS) and as % of total rental dwelling stock (RS) ........................................................................................................................................ 67 3.7 Average number of persons per occupied dwelling .................................................................. 68 3.8 Share of households living in overcrowded houses by median income group (%) .................. 69 3.9 Social housing in % of new dwelling completions ................................................................... 70 3.10 Number of persons per occupied dwelling by tenure ............................................................. 71 3.11 Rooms per person by tenure status of household .................................................................... 72 3.12 Dwellings completed per 1,000 inhabitants ............................................................................ 74 3.13 Dwellings demolished or otherwise removed from the housing stock (*1,000) .................... 75 3.14 Dwellings completed by type of building ............................................................................... 76 3.15 Building permits: number of dwellings .................................................................................. 78 3.16 Building permits in 1,000 m2 of habitable/useable floor area, residential buildings .............. 79 3.17 Share of persons1 living in an owner occupied home by 60% median income groups .......... 80 3.18 Self provided housing as % of total residential building permits ........................................... 81 3.19 Number of transactions of existing dwellings......................................................................... 82 Chapter 4 Affordability of Housing .................................................................................................... 83 4.1 Harmonised indices of consumer prices, total and housing (2005 = 100) ................................ 84 4.2 Housing consumption as share of total household consumption (%) ....................................... 85 4.2F Housing consumption as share of total household consumption (%), 2007 ........................... 86 4.3 Disaggregated average housing consumption (% of total household consumption), 2007 ...... 87 4.4 Construction cost index, residential buildings (2005 = 100) .................................................... 88 4.5 Average price for dwelling, 2009 1 ........................................................................................... 89 4.6 Average annual rent (*1,000 euro) and average size (m2) for rental dwellings in the free and regulated market, 2009 1 ................................................................................................................. 90 4.7 Comparative price level indices for total household consumption (EU-27 = 100) .................. 91 4.7F Comparative price level indices for total household consumption, 2008 (EU-27 = 100) ...... 92 4.8 Comparative price level indices for housing costs (gross rent, fuel and power) (EU-27 = 100) ......................................................................................................................................................... 93 4.8F Comparative