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Net growth in almost 400 municipalities
The building stock increased by more than 38 000 buildings in 2013. Garages accounted for more than half of the increase. A total of 396 municipalities had a net growth in number of buildings.
2010 | 2014 | 2010 - 2014 | |
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In all | 3 887 608 | 4 053 769 | 166 161 |
Residential buildings | 1 459 727 | 1 500 841 | 41 114 |
Non-residential buildings | 2 427 881 | 2 552 928 | 125 047 |
Residential buildings | |||
Detached house | 1 131 782 | 1 148 943 | 17 161 |
House with 2 dwellings | 147 792 | 165 792 | 18 000 |
Row house, linked house and house with 3 dwellings or more | 142 582 | 154 366 | 11 784 |
Multi-dwelling building | 33 306 | 36 253 | 2 947 |
Residence for communities | 4 265 | 4 752 | 487 |
Non-residential buildings | |||
Holiday house, garage linked to dwelling etc | 1 682 703 | 1 802 765 | 120 062 |
Of which: | |||
Chalet, summerhouses etc. | 398 884 | 416 621 | 17 737 |
Detached houses and farmhouses used as holiday houses | 30 209 | 32 539 | 2 330 |
Industrial building | 98 563 | 105 235 | 6 672 |
Agricultural and fishery building | 511 486 | 506 027 | -5 459 |
Office and business building | 38 371 | 38 814 | 443 |
Transport and communications building | 9 990 | 10 898 | 908 |
Hotel and restaurant building | 30 799 | 31 386 | 587 |
Building used for education, research, public entertainment and religious activities | 45 767 | 47 316 | 1 549 |
Hospital and institutional care building | 5 496 | 5 634 | 138 |
Prison, building for emergency preparedness etc. | 4 706 | 4 853 | 147 |
The building stock increased by almost 1 per cent in 2013. More than 4 million buildings are registered as per 1 January.
Changes in building stock are due to new buildings, demolition and change in use of buildings. A good 13 000 buildings had a change in code for building type in 2013. A total of 58 000 buildings registered as per 1 January 2014 did not exist on 1 January 2013, and a good 20 000 buildings were registered as of 1 January 2013 that no longer existed by 1 January 2014.
Fewer buildings in agricultural sector
Buildings within the agricultural sector make up the only major group of buildings by type that has experienced a net decrease in the last year. It is especially the number of farmhouses, and buildings for animals, granary, fruit and vegetable storage, agricultural silo and buildings for hay/grain drying that have decreased since 2013.
Building stock on mapOpen and readClose
The building stock is also counted on the map within a fixed square grid. These grid statistics show the geographical pattern of the building stock, which parts of Norway are influenced by buildings, and where the highest building density is to be found.
The grid statistics for buildings should be used in combination with, for example, number of dwellings or residents. This will give a better indication of the degree of use in different parts of the country. Statistics on grids may be downloaded from the Geodata webpage (norwegian only), and are available in Statistics Norway’s geoportal.
Reasons for changes in building stock Open and readClose
Municipalities clean their registers at different intervals in order to improve quality. As a result, buildings that were not classified one year are assigned their correct building type the following year. In addition, incorrectly classified buildings are assigned their correct building type code. The number of registered buildings in a municipality may therefore change from one year to the next.
Contact
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Jens Mathiesen
E-mail: jens.mathiesen@ssb.no
tel.: (+47) 40 81 13 98
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Mona Takle
E-mail: mona.takle@ssb.no
tel.: (+47) 40 81 14 12