Population and Housing Census, dwellings (discontinued), 19 November 2011

Occupied dwellings and occupants, by type of building. 1980, 1990, 2001 and 2011¹²
Type of building	Occupied dwellings				Occupants
Type of building	1980	1990	2001	2011	1980	1990	2001	2011
¹Occupied dwellings are all dwellings where at least one person is resident according to the population register.
²The total numbers include 123 093 dwellings with unknown type of building and 217 063 occupants with unknown type of building.
	Numbers
Total	1 523 508	1 751 363	1 961 548	2 205 191	4 046 472	4 206 414	4 485 945	4 898 537

Detached house	805 828	1 018 145	1 119 844	1 166 721	2 442 256	2 761 962	2 862 219	2 948 583
House with 2, 3 or 4 dwellings, row house, linked house and multi-dwelling building	568 365	708 642	775 838	963 663	1 331 941	1 402 290	1 513 202	1 844 732
Other building	26 222	24 577	65 866	74 807	55 212	42 162	110 524	105 222

	Per cent
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

Detached house	52.9	58.1	57.1	52.9	60.4	65.7	63.8	60.2
House with 2, 3 or 4 dwellings, row house, linked house and multi-dwelling building	37.3	40.5	39.6	43.7	32.9	33.3	33.8	37.7
Other building	1.7	1.4	3.4	3.4	1.4	1.0	2.5	2.1

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