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Dwellings and housing conditions

The statistics on dwellings and housing conditions describe the existing dwelling stock, number of dwellings and housing conditions of household-dwelling units. The data are obtained from different registers and published once a year.

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Over 1.5 million persons live in rented dwellings

The number of persons living in rented dwellings exceeded 1.5 million in 2021. According to Statistics Finland, 28 per cent of the dwelling population lived in rented dwellings at the end of 2021, which is four percentage points more than in 2010. The number of persons in the dwelling population living in rented dwellings has grown by over 100,000 persons from 2018.

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26.10.2022

Household-dwelling units by area, size, age of the oldest person and tenure status

Area

Size of household-dwelling unit

Age of the oldest person in the household-dwelling unit

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Owner-occupied dwelling Rented dwelling Other tenure status (incl. right of occupancy dwellings)
2005 1,555,972 771,599 101,929
2006 1,598,638 763,400 91,788
2007 1,617,787 764,333 94,385
2008 1,638,732 764,199 96,401
2009 1,653,291 762,899 101,203
2010 1,661,480 772,103 103,614
2011 1,673,443 777,026 105,599
2012 1,683,409 786,083 110,289
2013 1,696,096 795,843 107,674
2014 1,698,803 823,694 95,283
2015 1,698,102 837,882 98,355
2016 1,701,613 853,650 99,394
2017 1,706,303 877,543 96,231
2018 1,707,990 900,080 97,429
2019 1,710,877 922,561 100,781
2020 1,724,116 952,953 89,610
2021 1,724,182 983,956 85,498

	Owner-occupied dwelling	Rented dwelling	Other tenure status (incl. right of occupancy dwellings)
2005	1,555,972	771,599	101,929
2006	1,598,638	763,400	91,788
2007	1,617,787	764,333	94,385
2008	1,638,732	764,199	96,401
2009	1,653,291	762,899	101,203
2010	1,661,480	772,103	103,614
2011	1,673,443	777,026	105,599
2012	1,683,409	786,083	110,289
2013	1,696,096	795,843	107,674
2014	1,698,803	823,694	95,283
2015	1,698,102	837,882	98,355
2016	1,701,613	853,650	99,394
2017	1,706,303	877,543	96,231
2018	1,707,990	900,080	97,429
2019	1,710,877	922,561	100,781
2020	1,724,116	952,953	89,610
2021	1,724,182	983,956	85,498

28.04.2022

Household-dwelling units by size, area and age of the oldest person

Area

Age of the oldest person in the household-dwelling unit

	1 person	2 persons	3 persons	4+ persons
2005	964,739	789,950	297,276	377,535
2006	983,626	801,068	294,518	374,614
2007	999,812	811,596	292,140	372,957
2008	1,014,974	822,639	290,820	370,899
2009	1,025,658	830,843	291,056	369,836
2010	1,040,378	837,234	290,767	368,818
2011	1,053,070	846,679	289,600	366,719
2012	1,069,933	855,816	289,058	364,974
2013	1,082,996	864,594	287,960	364,063
2014	1,098,023	869,454	286,621	363,682
2015	1,112,342	874,880	285,433	361,684
2016	1,131,424	880,188	284,108	358,937
2017	1,162,308	880,794	281,143	355,832
2018	1,191,297	885,410	278,502	350,290
2019	1,221,456	891,582	276,942	344,239
2020	1,254,300	899,757	273,769	338,853
2021	1,282,488	902,372	272,792	335,984

28.04.2022

Dwelling units of different sizes by area 1990-2021

Area

	1 person	2 persons	Three persons or more
1990	646,229	597,928	792,575
1991	668,967	610,619	786,351
1992	693,825	619,098	781,281
1993	716,052	625,489	778,150
1994	740,829	638,083	769,596
1995	766,636	652,608	761,690
1996	781,901	663,929	752,961
1997	799,337	676,422	745,432
1998	819,418	692,650	735,138
1999	839,316	708,112	725,482
2000	856,746	722,437	716,203
2001	882,559	741,726	705,058
2002	903,440	753,595	697,047
2003	923,236	766,068	688,775
2004	942,711	777,790	681,590
2005	964,739	789,950	674,811
2006	983,626	801,068	669,132
2007	999,812	811,596	665,097
2008	1,014,974	822,639	661,719
2009	1,025,658	830,843	660,892
2010	1,040,378	837,234	659,585
2011	1,053,070	846,679	656,319
2012	1,069,933	855,816	654,032
2013	1,082,996	864,594	652,023
2014	1,098,023	869,454	650,303
2015	1,112,342	874,880	647,117
2016	1,131,424	880,188	643,045
2017	1,162,308	880,794	636,975
2018	1,191,297	885,410	628,792
2019	1,221,456	891,582	621,181
2020	1,254,300	899,757	612,622
2021	1,282,488	902,372	608,776

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