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Number of buildings in Norway, building stock, buildings by type of building, construction.

Building stock, 1 January 2017

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Small net growth

The building stock increased by fewer than 28 000 buildings in 2016. Akershus county accounted for the largest share of net growth, with 11 per cent.

Building stock by type of buildingPublished 22 February 2017
201320172013 - 2017
In all4 015 7184 141 421125 703
Residential buildings1 488 9791 534 92945 950
Non-residential buildings2 526 7392 606 49279 753
 
Residential buildings
Detached house1 143 5091 163 42619 917
House with 2 dwellings154 092164 11410 022
Row house, linked house and house with 3 dwellings or more151 289163 35512 066
Multi-dwelling building35 43738 9223 485
Residence for communities4 6525 112460
 
Non-residential buildings
Holiday house, garage linked to dwelling etc1 777 8621 855 04777 185
Of which:
Chalet, summerhouses etc.413 318426 93213 614
Detached houses and farmhouses used as holiday houses32 60032 808208
Industrial building103 919108 7884 869
Agricultural and fishery building506 765501 801-4 964
Office and business building38 78138 87695
Transport and communications building10 62911 609980
Hotel and restaurant building31 38831 837449
Building used for education, research, public entertainment and religious activities46 97047 9961 026
Hospital and institutional care building5 6305 65929
Prison, building for emergency preparedness etc.4 7954 87984

Source: Statistics Norway

The building stock increased by almost 0.7 per cent in 2016. This is the lowest net growth in per cent since 1997. A total of 4.14 million buildings are registered as per 1 January.

Changes in building stock are due to new buildings, demolition and change in use of buildings. Almost 12 700 buildings had a change in code for building type in 2016. Additionally, 50 100 buildings were registered as per 1 January 2016 which did not exist on 1 January 2017. Conversely, almost 22 300 buildings were registered as of 1 January 2016 which no longer existed on 1 January 2017.

Decrease in agricultural sector

Buildings within the agricultural sector is the only major group of buildings by type that has experienced a net decrease in the last year. The net decrease has been almost 1 700 buildings.

Minor residential buildings, holiday homes and garages constitute the large majority of the net growth, with almost 96 per cent of the growth.

Building stock on map

The building stock is also counted for on the map within a fixed square grid. This 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 which parts of the country are more utilised. Statistics on grids may be downloaded from the geodata webpage, and are shown in Statistics Norway’s geoportal.

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.

Causes 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.