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Net growth in more than 400 municipalities
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Number of buildings in Norway, building stock, buildings by type of building, construction.

Building stock, 1 January 2015

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Net growth in more than 400 municipalities

The building stock increased by more than 32 000 buildings in 2014. About half of the increase was made up of garages. A total of 406 municipalities had a net growth in the number of buildings.

Building stock by type of buildingPublished 10 March 2015
201120152011 - 2015
In all3 938 4104 085 834147 424
Residential buildings1 466 3891 511 80545 416
Non-residential buildings2 472 0212 574 029102 008
 
Residential buildings
Detached house1 132 8151 153 94921 134
House with 2 dwellings150 017158 8888 871
Row house, linked house and house with 3 dwellings or more145 163157 01111 848
Multi-dwelling building33 96237 0893 127
Residence for communities4 4324 868436
 
Non-residential buildings
Holiday house, garage linked to dwelling etc1 725 4521 822 77097 318
Of which:
Chalet, summerhouses etc.405 883419 24613 363
Detached houses and farmhouses used as holiday houses32 37432 559185
Industrial building100 766106 5315 765
Agricultural and fishery building509 557504 933-4 624
Office and business building38 48738 950463
Transport and communications building10 19711 2271 030
Hotel and restaurant building30 96931 442473
Building used for education, research, public entertainment and religious activities46 29947 5891 290
Hospital and institutional care building5 5315 664133
Prison, building for emergency preparedness etc.4 7634 863100

Source: Statistics Norway

The building stock increased by almost 0.8 per cent in 2014. This is the lowest net growth in per cent since 1997. Almost 4.1 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 13 500 buildings had a change in the building type code in 2014. A total of 52 800 of the buildings that were registered as per 1 January 2015 were not in existence on 1 January 2014. The other way around, almost 20 700 buildings that were registered as of 1 January 2014 no longer existed by 1 January 2015.

Continued decrease in agricultural sector

Buildings within the agricultural sector continues to be the only major group of buildings by type that has experienced a net decrease in the last year. The number of farmhouses and buildings for animals, granary, fruit and vegetable storage, agricultural silo and buildings for hay/grain drying have seen a particular decrease since 2014.

Building stock on map

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 impacted by buildings, and where the highest building density might be found.

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

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.

Basis for statisticsOpen and readClose

The statistics are based on data from the data register (Matrikkelen). The municipalities record data in the Matrikkel. All buildings in Norway larger than 15 square metres are recorded in the register with a code for building type and coordinates. The statistics may include buildings that are demolished, burnt down or otherwise non-existent, where these are not reported to the authorities.

Connected units are recorded as separate buildings when the units can be demolished independently of each other. A single dwelling in row houses and in semi-detached houses is recorded as one building.