Statistics Norway

8   Dwellings, by type of building, year of construction and tenure status. Occupants, by age, type of building, year of construction and tenure status. 3 November 2001. Per cent (Corrected 17 October 2005)
  Dwellings, total Occupants
  Total 0-19 years 20-29 years 30-39 years 40-49 years 50-66 years 67-79 years 80 years and older
Total 1 961 548 4 485 945 1 164 365  586 693  689 129  628 726  829 019  404 930  183 083
                   
  Per cent
Type of building                  
Detached house or farm house 57.1 63.8 68.4 56.4 58.7 66.4 67.4 63.0 54.7
Linked house, row house, terraced house or verticaly divided two-dwelling building 12.7 13.2 14.6 12.0 14.4 13.6 12.3 11.2 10.2
Horizontally divided two-dwelling building or other house with less than 3 floors 8.5 7.2 6.3 9.4 8.1 6.5 6.0 7.3 9.6
Block of flats, or other building with 3 or more floors 18.4 13.4 8.9 19.2 16.4 11.5 12.2 15.5 19.1
Commercial building etc. or residential building for communities 3.4 2.5 1.8 3.1 2.4 2.1 2.1 3.0 6.4
                   
Year of construction                  
-1920 10.9 9.8 8.6 12.0 10.7 9.2 9.0 9.7 12.7
1921-1960 25.8 23.3 20.6 23.4 24.1 21.0 19.8 33.5 39.1
1961-2001 63.4 66.9 70.8 64.6 65.1 69.8 71.2 56.7 48.2
                   
Tenure status                  
Owned, total 76.7 82.1 84.6 68.8 78.4 85.9 88.8 86.0 72.1
Home owner alone or through joint ownership 62.5 70.7 75.2 56.4 65.5 75.2 77.8 72.2 56.6
Through a housing co-operative or limited company 14.1 11.5 9.4 12.4 12.9 10.7 11.1 13.8 15.5
Rented, total 23.3 17.9 15.4 31.2 21.6 14.1 11.2 14.0 27.9
From a private individual 13.0 10.1 9.2 20.9 13.3 7.7 5.5 5.2 8.4
From a rental housing company 2.5 1.6 1.1 3.1 1.9 1.3 1.2 1.7 3.0
From the municipality 3.8 2.6 2.4 2.4 2.6 2.2 1.8 3.1 9.3
As staff dwelling 1.0 0.9 0.9 1.4 1.3 0.8 0.6 0.3 0.3
On other terms 3.1 2.6 2.0 3.4 2.5 2.0 2.1 3.7 6.9

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