Building statistics, Q4 2004

The corresponding proportion in 2000 amounted to 22 per cent. Oslo has the largest proportion of new flats in multi-dwelling buildings. Almost 79 per cent of the 5 921 new dwellings in Oslo are flats in multi-dwelling buildings.

Also for other types of dwellings an increase is recorded in 2004 compared with 2003. For houses with two dwellings and for row houses, linked houses and houses with three or four dwellings the increase is 27 and 25 per cent respectively. The number of detached houses is 9 per cent higher in 2004 compared to 2003.

Record-high building of holiday houses

130 000 square meters of holiday houses were started in the 4 quarter of 2004, an increase of 30 per cent compared with the 4th quarter in 2003. In 2004 a total of 438 000 square meters of holiday houses were started, 27 per cent more compared with the year before and 9 per cent above the record high level in 2002.

Industrial buildings

In 2004 building of a total of 158 000 square meters utility floor space in hospital and institutional care buildings were started, a decrease of almost 48 per cent from a high level in 2003. This figure does not include the building of the New Akershus University Hospital, because it was not recorded in the Building Statistics in 2004.

For agricultural- and fishery buildings 573 000 square meters utility floor space are registered started in 2004, up 20 per cent from the year before.

A total of 2.8 million square meters of utility floor space for industrial buildings were started in 2004, an increase of 1,4 per cent from 2003.

Tables:

• Table 1 Buildings work started. Dwellings and utility floor space in dwellings, by type of building and quarter
• Table 2 Buildings work started. Utility floor space, by type of building and quarter. 1 000 m2
• Table 3 Buildings permits in 4 th quarter 2004. Dwellings and utility floor space in dwellings, by type of building and county
• Table 4 Buildings permits in 4 th quarter 2004. Utility floor space, by type of building and county. 1 000 m2
• Table 5 Buildings work started in 4 th quarter 2004. Dwellings and utility floor space in dwellings, by type of building and county
• Table 6 Buildings work started in 4 th quarter 2004. Utility floor space, by type of building and county. 1 000 m2
• Table 7 Buildings completed in 4 th quarter 2004. Dwellings and utility floor space in dwellings, by type of building and county
• Table 8 Buildings completed in 4 th quarter 2004. Utility floor space, by type of building and county. 1 000 m2
• Table 9 Buildings work started in 4th quarter 2004. Dwellings by type of building and municipality
• Table 10 Buildings work started in 4 th quarter 2004. Utility floor space, by type of building and municipality