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Strong growth in dwellings
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Building statistics, December 2011

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Strong growth in dwellings

Preliminary figures show a 24.4 per cent increase in new utility floor space for dwellings in 2011 compared with 2010. The utility floor space for other than dwellings did however decrease by 3.5 per cent.

Started non-residential utility floor space. Unadjusted and trend. January 1995-December 2011

Number of dwellings started. Unadjusted and trend. January 1995-December 2011

A total of 27 735 new dwellings were given building starts last year; an increase of 6 457 dwellings compared with the year before.

Four million square metres of utility floor space for industrial buildings were started hitherto. This is 4 per cent less compared with 2010.

Holiday properties (cottages), private garages and other non-industrial activities similarly decreased by 2.2 per cent.

Building work started. Preliminary figures
  December Changes in
per cent 		January-December Changes in
per cent
  20101 20112 20101 20112
Number of dwellings 1 579      1 833 16,1      21 278       27 735 30,3
             
Utility floor space, 1 000 m2            
Total  533.1  638.3 19.7 8 750.1 9 295.5 6.2
             
Dwellings  220.1  246.8 12.1 3 057.6 3 804.6 24.4
             
Other buildings  313.1  391.6 25.1 5 692.6 5 491.0 -3.5
Industrial buildings3  215.0  289.9 34.8 4 172.7 4 004.5 -4.0
Holiday property(cottages),
private garages and other
non-industrial activities 		98.0  101.7 3.7 1 519.9 1 486.5 -2.2
1  The figures for all months from January 2008 until December 2010 where revised 11 March 2011.
2  The figures for all months from January 2011 until November 2011 where revised 8 February 2012.
3  Also Includes building for education, health and social work and public administration.

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Revised figures

Figures for all months in the period January 2011 to November 2011 have been revised due to updated information about dwellings in the data register (Matrikkelen). The revised figures show higher levels for building permits and building starts.

Registered building permissions

Figures for buildings in the building statistics rely on dates for when permits are registered by the municipality in the data register (Matrikkelen). A building permit does not always mean that construction will be started at once. Especially in low conjunctures it might be that construction projects are not realised, or may be postponed after a building permit has been granted. When the building activity trend turns from a low to a high level, and vice versa, this could affect the interpretation of the statistics.

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