Housing
Contents
- Buildings and free-time residences
- Household-dwelling units
- Dwellings and living conditions
- 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
| 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thousand | ||||||||
| Residential buildings | 840 | 1 005 | 1 111 | 1 235 | 1 290 | 1 294 | 1 301 | 1 308 |
| Detached houses | 773 | 908 | 993 | 1 102 | 1 150 | 1 152 | 1 157 | 1 163 |
| Attached houses | 23 | 53 | 66 | 76 | 81 | 81 | 82 | 83 |
| Blocks of flats | 44 | 45 | 52 | 57 | 60 | 61 | 61 | 62 |
| Other buildings | 92 | 158 | 189 | 211 | 222 | 229 | 230 | 230 |
| Free-time residences | 252 | 368 | 451 | 489 | 503 | 507 | 510 | 512 |
| Saunas 1) | 548 | 932 | 1 212 | 1 502 | 1 631 | 1 651 | 1 671 | 1 686 |
1) Only saunas in flats. The total number of saunas was estimated to be over 2,3 million at the end of 2019.
Source: Statistics Finland, Dwellings and housing conditions
Updated: 27.5.2020
Household-dwelling units, 2019
A household-dwelling unit consists of all persons occupying the same dwelling on a permanent basis
| Size of household- dwelling unit |
All buildings | % | Detached houses |
Attached houses |
Blocks of flats |
Other buildings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 person | 1 221 456 | 44,7 | 250 216 | 167 880 | 777 273 | 26 087 |
| 2 persons | 891 582 | 32,6 | 422 717 | 118 647 | 339 784 | 10 434 |
| 3 persons | 276 942 | 10,1 | 150 315 | 41 275 | 82 377 | 2 975 |
| 4 persons | 225 285 | 8,2 | 147 233 | 31 215 | 45 081 | 1 756 |
| 5 persons | 81 706 | 3,0 | 59 208 | 8 366 | 13 364 | 768 |
| 6+ persons | 37 248 | 1,4 | 27 506 | 2 613 | 6 541 | 588 |
| Total | 2 734 219 | 100 | 1 057 195 | 369 996 | 1 264 420 | 42 608 |
Source: Statistics Finland, Dwellings and housing conditions
Updated: 27.5.2020
Dwellings and living conditions
| 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total number of dwellings, thousand | 2 210 | 2 512 | 2 808 | 3 003 | 3 042 | 3 076 |
| Detached houses, % | 42,3 | 40,3 | 40,5 | 38,6 | 38,3 | 37,9 |
| Attached houses, % | 11,8 | 13,5 | 13,6 | 13,6 | 13,5 | 13,5 |
| Blocks of flats, % | 42,5 | 43,5 | 44,0 | 45,9 | 46,4 | 46,9 |
| Tenure status | ||||||
| Owner-occupied dwelling, % | 66,8 | 58,1 | 59,2 | 56,8 | 56,1 | 55,6 |
| Rented dwelling, % | 24,7 | 30,8 | 29,3 | 31,7 | 32,3 | 32,8 |
| Right of occupancy dwelling, % | . . | 1,0 | 1,3 | 1,5 | 1,6 | 1,6 |
| Other form of tenure or unknown, % | 8,4 | 10,1 | 10,3 | 9,9 | 10,0 | 10,0 |
| Floor area per dwelling, m2 | 74,4 | 76,5 | 79,5 | 79,8 | 79,5 | 79,3 |
| Permanently occupied dwellings, thousand |
2 037 | 2 295 | 2 537 | 2 680 | 2 705 | 2 734 |
| Floor area per person, m2 | 31,4 | 35,3 | 39,1 | 40,5 | 40,8 | 41,0 |
| Persons living in overcrowded dwellings 1), % |
30,4 | 23,7 | 17,9 | 17,2 | 16,9 | 16,5 |
1) More than one person per room, excl. kitchen
Corrected on 20 November 2020. The corrections are indicated in red.
Source: Statistics Finland, Dwellings and housing conditions
Updated: 21.10.2020
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
| Year | Old dwellings | New dwellings | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Source: Statistics Finland, Prices of dwellings in housing companies
Updated: 4.5.2021
Dwellings in old blocks of flats: real price indices
Source: Statistics Finland, Prices of dwellings in housing companies
Updated: 4.5.2021
Prices of real estate
| Year | Detached houses | Plots for detached houses | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average price |
Nominal price index |
Real price index |
Average price |
Nominal 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 |
Source: Statistics Finland, Real estate prices
Updated: 15.4.2021
Average rents of rented dwellings
| Year | Non-subsidised dwellings | Government-subsidised dwellings | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Source: Statistics Finland, Rents of dwellings
Updated: 15.4.2021
Main topic: Housing
Last updated 4 May 2021