Statistics Norway

Property tax. Municipalities

1 Property tax. Extent, use and revenues. Numbers, per cent, per thousand, NOK, NOK 1 000
  2006 2007 Per cent change
      2006-2007
Extent and use      
Municipalities with property tax ..  272 ..
Municipalities with property tax on mills and factories ..  137 ..
Municipalities with property tax on both mills and factories and areas build in a townish manner .. 80 ..
Municipalities with property tax in the municipality as a whole .. 55 ..
Average general tax rate in the municipalities with property tax. Per thousand .. 6.1 ..
Municipalities with differentiated tax rate .. 22 ..
Municipalities wtih a basic deduction1 .. 60 ..
Municipalities with a property tax exemption for new houses2 .. 68 ..
Average property tax paid on a house measuring 120 square meters located close to the municipalitys's centre. NOK .. 1 990 ..
Revenues      
Property tax in total. NOK 1 0003 4 891 319          5 570 781 13,9
Property tax from mills and factories. NOK 1 000 .. 3 422 085 ..
Property tax from other real estate. NOK 1 000 .. 2 148 696 ..
Percentage of the property tax from mills and factories .. 61.4 ..
Percentage of the property tax from other real estate .. 38.6 ..
Property tax as a percentage of gross operating income 2.1 2.3 8.3
1  Several municipalities have left out answering if they got a basic deduction for residential houses and vacation properties.
2  Several municipalities have left out answering if they have property tax exempt for new houses.
3  Several municipalities have not divided the property tax.

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