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Net growth in almost 400 municipalities
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2014-03-04T10:00:00.000Z
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The statistics shows the number of buildings in Norway, building stock, buildings by type of building, construction. More than 4 million buildings are registered as per 1 January.

Building stock, 1 January 2014

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Net growth in almost 400 municipalities

The building stock increased by more than 38 000 buildings in 2013. Garages accounted for more than half of the increase. A total of 396 municipalities had a net growth in number of buildings.

Building stock by type of buildingPublished 4 March 2014
201020142010 - 2014
In all3 887 6084 053 769166 161
Residential buildings1 459 7271 500 84141 114
Non-residential buildings2 427 8812 552 928125 047
 
Residential buildings
Detached house1 131 7821 148 94317 161
House with 2 dwellings147 792165 79218 000
Row house, linked house and house with 3 dwellings or more142 582154 36611 784
Multi-dwelling building33 30636 2532 947
Residence for communities4 2654 752487
 
Non-residential buildings
Holiday house, garage linked to dwelling etc1 682 7031 802 765120 062
Of which:
Chalet, summerhouses etc.398 884416 62117 737
Detached houses and farmhouses used as holiday houses30 20932 5392 330
Industrial building98 563105 2356 672
Agricultural and fishery building511 486506 027-5 459
Office and business building38 37138 814443
Transport and communications building9 99010 898908
Hotel and restaurant building30 79931 386587
Building used for education, research, public entertainment and religious activities45 76747 3161 549
Hospital and institutional care building5 4965 634138
Prison, building for emergency preparedness etc.4 7064 853147

Source: Statistics Norway

The building stock increased by almost 1 per cent in 2013. More than 4 million buildings are registered as per 1 January.

Changes in building stock are due to new buildings, demolition and change in use of buildings. A good 13 000 buildings had a change in code for building type in 2013. A total of 58 000 buildings registered as per 1 January 2014 did not exist on 1 January 2013, and a good 20 000 buildings were registered as of 1 January 2013 that no longer existed by 1 January 2014.

Fewer buildings in agricultural sector

Buildings within the agricultural sector make up the only major group of buildings by type that has experienced a net decrease in the last year. It is especially the number of farmhouses, and buildings for animals, granary, fruit and vegetable storage, agricultural silo and buildings for hay/grain drying that have decreased since 2013.

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The building stock is also counted on the map within a fixed square grid. These grid statistics show the geographical pattern of the building stock, which parts of Norway are influenced by buildings, and where the highest building density is to be found.

The grid statistics for buildings should be used in combination with, for example, number of dwellings or residents. This will give a better indication of the degree of use in different parts of the country. Statistics on grids may be downloaded from the Geodata webpage (norwegian only), and are available in Statistics Norway’s geoportal.

Reasons for changes in building stock Open and readClose

Municipalities clean their registers at different intervals in order to improve quality. As a result, buildings that were not classified one year are assigned their correct building type the following year. In addition, incorrectly classified buildings are assigned their correct building type code. The number of registered buildings in a municipality may therefore change from one year to the next.