Table 2 Building activity in January. Preliminary figures

2	Building activity in January. Preliminary figures¹

			Building work started	Buildings under construction	Buildings completed

			January	Per 31 January	January

Dwellings	Number	2002	2 152	25 659	2 115
	'	2003	2 604	26 837	2 731

Utility floor space to dwellings	1000m2	2002	287.3	3 678.9	297.8
	'	2003	319.6	3 776.7	344.2

Other buildings. Utility floor space to other than in dwellings	'	2002	325.1	4 370.4	356.4
		2003	377.2	4 123.9	419.7

Agriculture, hunting and forestry	'	2002	36.5	-	45.6
	'	2003	39.1	-	64.6

Fishing	'	2002	0.6	-	1.6
	'	2003	4.7	-	4.5

Mining and quarrying	'	2002	0.7	-	0.5
	'	2003	-	-	0.9

Industry	'	2002	49.6	-	61.2
	'	2003	71.2	-	84.4

Electricity, gas and water supply	'	2002	1.4	-	2.2
	'	2003	1.0	-	0.9

Construction	'	2002	5.0	-	6.1
	'	2003	7.0	-	4.9

Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles and personal and household goods	'	2002	51.0	-	37.7
	'	2003	31.6	-	40.7

Hotels and restaurants	'	2002	4.6	-	10.3
	'	2003	12.8	-	11.6

Transport, storage and communication	'	2002	12.0	-	13.4
	'	2003	2.4	-	3.4

Financial intermediation	'	2002	-	-	0.6
	'	2003	-	-	-

Real estate, renting and business estate activities	'	2002	18.6	-	29.5
	'	2003	13.5	-	22.2

Public administration and defence compulsory social security	'	2002	12.9	-	20.2
	'	2003	19.1	-	25.5

Education	'	2002	21.5	-	22.2
	'	2003	24.4	-	34.3

Health and social work	'	2002	30.1	-	17.1
	'	2003	53.0	-	19.6

Other community social and personal service activities	'	2002	6.3	-	6.9
	'	2003	3.7	-	5.6

Other activities	'	2002	-	-	-
	'	2003	0.2	-	0.8

Holiday property (cottages), private garages and other non-industrial activities	'	2002	74.3	-	81.3
	'	2003	93.5	-	95.8

Dwellings and other buildings. Utility floor space, total	'	2002	612.4	8 049.3	654.2
	'	2003	696.7	7 900.7	763.8

¹	The registration of non-residential buildings in Oslo is incomplete for 2001, 2002 and 2003.