Building statistics, April 2010

Overall, building was started on 2 599 200 m2 of utility floor space in the period January-April this year. This is an increase of 8.2 per cent compared with same period in 2009.

Increase in transport and primary sector

The increase within the industrial sector has been especially high within transport and agriculture. The highest increase in building starts was for transport and communication buildings, with almost 100 000 square metres, from 33 100 m2 in 2009 to 132 300 m2 this year. Building starts for utility floor space for buildings in agricultural and fishery buildings have similarly increased by about 65 000 m2.

More dwellings

Building starts for dwellings increased by 6.3 per cent, from 6 703 dwellings in January-April 2009 to 7 123 this year. April last year did however have especially low figures for building starts of dwellings.

Tables:

• Table 1 Building work started. Preliminary figures
• Table 2 Building activity in April. Preliminary figures
• Table 3 Building work started in January-April, by county. Preliminary figures
• Table 4 Buildings under conctruction per 30 April, by county. Preliminary figures
• Table 5 Buildings completed in January-April, by county. Preliminary figures
• Table 6 Building work started. Not adjusted, seasonally adjusted and trend. Preliminary figures
• Table 7 Building work started in April, by county. Preliminary figures
• Table 8 Buildings permits in April. Preliminary figures. Breakdown according to Eurostat classifications
• Table 9 Average monthly registration delay for buildings started. January 2007-April 2010