Joint UNECE-Eurostat Work Session on Housing Censuses

Geneva, 26 November 2004

COMMENTS ON THE 2000 RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOUSING CENSUSES AND PROPOSALS FOR THE 2010

RECOMMENDATIONS

Martti Lujanen

Main proposal

Occupied conventional permanent

dwellings should be used as the main

indicator concerning the term dwelling

stock.

Main proposal

Occupied conventional permanentdwellings should be used as the mainindicator concerning the term dwellingstock.

- Information about occupied dwellings is needed when counting issues concerning housing standard

- Additional statistics could be reported when available. Especially information about vacant dwellings is very useful

Occupied conventional permanent dwellings

- only way to guarantee comparability of housing statistics between countries

- not all countries collect information about vacant dwellings

Occupied conventional permanent dwellings

- only way to guarantee comparability of housing statistics between countries

- not all countries collect information about vacant dwellings

- for some other countries, information about vacant dwellings is often of poor quality

Occupied conventional permanent dwellings

- only way to guarantee comparability of housing statistics between countries

- not all countries collect information about vacant dwellings

- for some other countries, information about vacant dwellings is often of poor quality

- under the present recommendations, dwellings reserved for seasonal or secondary use, but fit for habitation year-round, are included in the dwelling stock

Occupied conventional permanent dwellings

- only way to guarantee comparability of housing statistics between countries - not all countries collect information about vacant dwellings

- for some other countries, information about vacant dwellings is often of poor quality

- under the present recommendations, dwellings reserved for seasonal or secondary use, but fit for habitation year-round, are included in the dwelling stock

- most countries, however, exclude these from the dwelling stock; it is also operationally difficult to decide which of these dwellings are fit for habitation year- round

+ = yes - = no

Summer homes

Second homes

Collective homes

Hotels Caravans Ships Vacant dwellings

Non-permanent habitation

Belgique/België - - - - + + + + Danmark - - - - - - + - Deutschland - + - - - - - - Ellas + + - - - - + España + + - - - - + + France + + - - + + + Ireland - - - - + - - + Italia + + - - - - + - Luxembourg - - + + + + - - Nederland - - - - - - + - Österreich Census 1981/1991/2001

+ + - - - - + -

Micro census - - - - - - - - Portugal + + - - - - + + Suomi/Finland - + - - - - + + Sverige - - + - - - + - United King-dom

+ + - - - - + -

Types of accommodation included in dwelling stock (Housing Statistics in the European Union 2003, p. 36)

Vacant dwellings

Dwellings in seasonal or secondary use

Occupied conventional permanent dwellings

Optionalstatistics

Reported statistics

from all countries

Composition of dwelling stock (conventional dwelling) and the new way of reporting statistics

Type of ownership

Proposed classification:1.0 Owner-occupied dwellings (old category 1.0)

2.0 Rented dwellings

2.1 In private ownership (old category 2.1)

2.2 Owned by the local or central government and/or by housing non-profit associations and/or by other social landlords (old category 2.2)

3.0 Dwellings in cooperative ownership (mainly old category 2.3)

4.0 Dwellings in other types of ownership (rest of old category 2.3)

Type of ownership (continue…)

- under the present classification, cooperative ownership is not apparent

- rented dwellings are not mentioned in the present classification

SHARE OF OWNER-OCCUPIED DWELLINGS OF ALL OCCUPIED DWELLINGS (INCL. INDIREKT OWNERSHIP)

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10

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30

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100

%

HOUSING STOCK BY TENURE IN 2000

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100

Denmark Finland Iceland Norway Sweden

Per

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Other

Rent

Indirect ownership

Owner-occupation

Number of rooms

- definition of a room:- room size, min. 4 m2

- height 2 m- window is not needed

Number of rooms

- definition of a room:- room size, min. 4 m2

- height 2 m- window is not needed

- kitchen should be included with the number of rooms (countries could additionally report the number of rooms with kitchen excluded)

- the minimum size of the kitchen should be the same as for the other rooms

Useful floor space

- useful floor space vs. living floor space- useful floor space should be a core topic- living floor space is an artificial way to describe

the size of a dwelling and should not be used

Type of buildingThe present recommendation reads as follows:1.0 Dwellings in residential buildings

1.1 In one-dwelling houses

1.1.1 Dwellings in ground-oriented houses

1.1.2 Dwellings in other houses

Type of buildingThe present recommendation reads as follows:1.0 Dwellings in residential buildings

1.1 In one-dwelling houses

1.1.1 Dwellings in ground-oriented houses

1.1.2 Dwellings in other houses

1.2 In two-dwelling houses

1.2.1 Dwellings in ground-oriented houses

1.2.2 Dwellings in other houses

Type of buildingThe present recommendation reads as follows:1.0 Dwellings in residential buildings

1.1 In one-dwelling houses

1.1.1 Dwellings in ground-oriented houses

1.1.2 Dwellings in other houses

1.2 In two-dwelling houses

1.2.1 Dwellings in ground-oriented houses

1.2.2 Dwellings in other houses

1.3 In three-or-more dwelling houses

1.3.1 Dwellings in ground-oriented houses

1.3.2 Dwellings in other houses

Type of buildingThe present recommendation reads as follows:1.0 Dwellings in residential buildings

1.1 In one-dwelling houses1.1.1 Dwellings in ground-oriented houses1.1.2 Dwellings in other houses

1.2 In two-dwelling houses1.2.1 Dwellings in ground-oriented houses1.2.2 Dwellings in other houses

1.3 In three-or-more dwelling houses1.3.1 Dwellings in ground-oriented houses1.3.2 Dwellings in other houses

2.0 Dwellings in non-residential buildings and in buildings consisting mainly of living quarters other than housing units (e.g. hotels)

2.0.1 Dwellings in non-residential buildings2.0.2 Dwellings in buildings consisting mainly of living quarters other than

housing units This classification is basic at the two-digit level and optional at the

three-digit level.

Proposed classification:1.0 Detached houses (old category 1.1.1)

2.0 Semi-detached houses (old category 1.2.1)

3.0 Row houses (terraced houses) (old category 1.3.1)

4.0 Apartment buildings (blocks of flats) (old category 1.3.2)

5.0 Dwellings in other buildings

Type of building (continue…)

Proposed classification:1.0 Detached houses (old category 1.1.1)

2.0 Semi-detached houses (old category 1.2.1)

3.0 Row houses (terraced houses) (old category 1.3.1)

4.0 Apartment buildings (blocks of flats) (old category 1.3.2)

5.0 Dwellings in other buildings

- under the present classification, the class of apartment buildings is not apparent

- the proposed classification is basically a reordering of the present classification

Type of building (continue…)