Housing and Construction
Finland in Figures is an information package about Finland and Finns.
On this page
- Buildings and free-time residences
- Dwellings and living conditions
- Household-dwelling units
- Completed buildings and dwellings
- Completed dwellings
- Volume index of newbuilding
- Building cost index by type of cost
- Prices of dwellings in blocks of flats
- Dwellings in old blocks of flats: real price indices
- Prices of real estate
- Average rents of rented dwellings
Buildings and free-time residences
| Building type | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2019 | 2020 1) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thousand | ||||||
| Residential buildings | 840 | 1 005 | 1 111 | 1 235 | 1 308 | 1 319 |
| Detached houses | 773 | 908 | 993 | 1 102 | 1 163 | 1 170 |
| Attached houses | 23 | 53 | 66 | 76 | 83 | 84 |
| Blocks of flats | 44 | 45 | 52 | 57 | 62 | 65 |
| Other buildings | 92 | 158 | 189 | 211 | 230 | 217 |
| Free-time residences | 252 | 368 | 451 | 489 | 512 | 508 |
| Saunas 2) | 548 | 932 | 1 212 | 1 502 | 1 686 | 1 720 |
Corrected on 4 June 2021. The corrections are indicated in red.
1) The type of building is formed based on the Classification of Buildings 2018.
2) Only saunas in flats. The total number of saunas was estimated to be over 2,3 million at the end of 2020.
Source: Statistics Finland, dwellings and housing conditions
Updated: 4.6.2021
Dwellings and living conditions
| 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2019 | 2020 1) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total number of dwellings, thousand | 2 210 | 2 512 | 2 808 | 3 076 | 3 124 |
| Detached houses, % | 42,3 | 40,3 | 40,5 | 37,9 | 37,7 |
| Attached houses, % | 11,8 | 13,5 | 13,6 | 13,5 | 13,4 |
| Blocks of flats, % | 42,5 | 43,5 | 44,0 | 46,9 | 47,0 |
| Tenure status | |||||
| Owner-occupied dwelling, % | 66,8 | 58,1 | 59,2 | 55,6 | 55,2 |
| Rented dwelling, % | 24,7 | 30,8 | 29,3 | 32,8 | 32,7 |
| Right of occupancy dwelling, % | . . | 1,0 | 1,3 | 1,6 | 1,6 |
| Other form of tenure or unknown, % | 8,4 | 10,1 | 10,3 | 10,0 | 10,4 |
| Floor area per dwelling, m2 | 74,4 | 76,5 | 79,5 | 79,3 | 79,4 |
| Permanently occupied dwellings, thousand | 2 037 | 2 295 | 2 537 | 2 734 | 2 767 |
| Floor area per person, m2 | 31,4 | 35,3 | 39,1 | 41,0 | 41,3 |
| Persons living in overcrowded dwellings 2), % | 30,4 | 23,7 | 17,9 | 16,5 | 16,1 |
Corrected on 10 August 2021. The corrections are indicated in red.
1) The type of building is formed based on the Classification of Buildings 2018.
2) More than one person per room, excl. kitchen.
Source: Statistics Finland, dwellings and housing conditions
Updated: 21.1.2022
Household-dwelling units, 2021
A household-dwelling unit consists of all persons occupying the same dwelling on a permanent basis
| Size of householddwelling unit | Total | % | One-dwelling and two-dwelling houses | Terraced houses | Blocks of flats | Other buildings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 person | 1 282 488 | 45,9 | 254 704 | 174 176 | 825 340 | 28 268 |
| 2 persons | 902 372 | 32,3 | 429 798 | 120 817 | 341 530 | 10 227 |
| 3 persons | 272 792 | 9,8 | 147 725 | 40 799 | 81 474 | 2 794 |
| 4+ persons | 335 984 | 12,0 | 226 130 | 41 045 | 65 815 | 2 994 |
| Total | 2 793 636 | 100 | 1 058 357 | 376 837 | 1 314 159 | 44 283 |
Source: Statistics Finland, dwellings and housing conditions
Updated: 2.5.2022
Completed buildings and dwellings
| Completed buildings | 2000 | 2010 | 2020 | 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | mil. m3 | 39,02 | 35,32 | 37,21 | 36,29 |
| Residential | mil. m3 | 13,56 | 11,10 | 12,48 | 11,83 |
| Commercial and office buildings | mil. m3 | 6,20 | 5,56 | 4,81 | 4,01 |
| Industrial buildings and warehouses | mil. m3 | 8,16 | 7,51 | 9,33 | 9,73 |
| Other | mil. m3 | 11,09 | 11,15 | 10,59 | 10,72 |
| Completed dwellings | 2000 | 2010 | 2020 | 2021 | |
| Total | Number | 35 361 | 25 428 | 39 026 | 37 434 |
| Detached and semi-detached houses | Number | 18 170 | 13 630 | 10 304 | 10 124 |
| Blocks of flats | Number | 16 772 | 11 140 | 28 062 | 26 887 |
| Residential buildings for communities | Number | 18 | 213 | - | - |
| Dwellings of special groups | Number | - | 85 | 163 | 100 |
| Other than residential buildings | Number | 401 | 360 | 497 | 323 |
Source: Statistics Finland, building and dwelling production
Updated: 23.3.2022
Completed dwellings
Source: Statistics Finland, building and dwelling production
Updated: 23.3.2022
Volume index of newbuilding 2015 = 100
New buildings, building expansions and alterations comparable to rebuilding
Source: Statistics Finland, building and dwelling production
Updated: 7.3.2022
Building cost index 2000 = 100 by type of cost
Prices of dwellings in blocks of flats
Data on old dwellings based on the Tax Administration's data, data on new dwellings based on the data of the Central Federation of Finnish Real Estate Agencies and Statistics Finland
| Old dwellings | New dwellings | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Helsinki region | Rest of Finland | Helsinki region | Rest of Finland |
| Unencumbered average prices, €/m2 | ||||
| 2015 | 3 515 | 1 588 | 5 111 | 3 452 |
| 2016 | 3 584 | 1 582 | 5 168 | 3 733 |
| 2017 | 3 718 | 1 598 | 5 206 | 3 859 |
| 2018 | 3 874 | 1 598 | 5 450 | 3 997 |
| 2019 | 3 966 | 1 590 | 5 873 | 4 073 |
| 2020 | 4 152 | 1 590 | 6 262 | 4 238 |
| 2021 | 4 380 | 1 635 | 6 441 | 4 376 |
Source: Statistics Finland, prices of dwellings in housing companies
Updated: 23.3.2022
Dwellings in old blocks of flats: real price indices
Source: Statistics Finland, prices of dwellings in housing companies
Updated: 13.4.2022
Prices of real estate
| Old single family houses | Single family house plots | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Average price |
Index | Real price index |
Average price |
Index | Real price index |
| €/m2 | 2015 = 100 | 2015 = 100 | €/m2 | 2015 = 100 | 2015 = 100 | |
| 2015 | 1 541 | 100,0 | 100,0 | 18,6 | 100,0 | 100,0 |
| 2016 | 1 549 | 100,1 | 99,8 | 21,2 | 98,1 | 97,8 |
| 2017 | 1 560 | 98,8 | 97,7 | 22,7 | 97,9 | 96,9 |
| 2018 | 1 545 | 96,9 | 95,0 | 23,5 | 103,2 | 101,1 |
| 2019 | 1 588 | 96,0 | 92,9 | 22,4 | 100,0 | 96,9 |
| 2020 | 1 629 | 97,4 | 94,0 | 23,1 | 107,6 | 103,9 |
| 2021 | 1 749 | 103,5 | 97,8 | 24,7 | 115,9 | 109,6 |
Average rents of rented dwellings
| Non-subsidised dwellings | Government-subsidised dwellings | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Helsinki region | Rest of Finland | Helsinki region | Rest of Finland |
| €/m2/month | €/m2/month | €/m2/month | €/m2/month | |
| 2015 | 16,87 | 11,22 | 12,19 | 10,39 |
| 2016 | 17,49 | 11,51 | 12,42 | 10,51 |
| 2017 | 18,39 | 12,29 | 12,74 | 10,72 |
| 2018 | 18,78 | 12,58 | 12,98 | 10,80 |
| 2019 | 19,29 | 12,85 | 13,10 | 10,92 |
| 2020 | 20,12 | 12,99 | 13,29 | 11,05 |
| 2021 | 20,28 | 13,05 | 13,41 | 11,13 |
Main topic: Housing and construction
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Last updated 20 May 2022