2.3.9. Dwelling construction, holiday house construction, dwelling cessation (2000–)(1/3)

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Denomination 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Dwellings built 21 583 28 054 31 511 35 543 43 913 41 084 33 864
Of which:
built by
local government 193 183 1 258 1 394 577 724 295
enterprise with legal entitya 3 132 6 255 9 385 11 102 16 534 18 353 14 674
natural person 17 989 20 833 19 932 21 866 25 161 20 694 18 591
by contractors
companies 4 445 8 759 12 138 14 714 19 296 20 684 16 445
private enterprises 4 398 5 233 6 259 6 796 8 313 7 543 6 973
by purpose of construction
for own use 18 154 20 970 19 965 21 721 24 723 20 064 17 818
for lease 161 490 1 301 1 591 662 845 414
for sale 3 020 6 185 9 737 11 543 17 514 19 647 15 542
by type of building
in new residential building 18 597 24 354 27 812 31 408 39 842 37 407 31 071
within this:
in new single-family detached house 14 944 17 348 16 436 18 084 20 567 17 389 15 794
in new multi-storey, multi-dwelling buildings 3 161 5 973 9 789 11 015 14 504 15 220 11 757
in residential park – – – 872 3 041 3 423 2 272
Average floor space of dwellings built, m2 98.4 96.6 94.1 94.8 93.1 86.7 89.3
Of which: built by
enterprise with legal entitya 69.4 67.8 66.3 62.1 62.0 58.5 60.6
natural person 104.3 106.4 111.4 115.4 115.8 114.5 112.7
Share of dwellings below 60 m2, % 18.7 21.9 26.8 27.8 30.7 37.2 33.5
Share of dwellings of 100 m2 and more, % .. 36.8 35.1 35.2 33.7 28.6 32.1
Holiday houses built
number 1 006 1 128 894 911 789 971 836
average floor space, m2 61.6 64.8 64.9 71.6 71.6 67.8 67.3
Ceased dwellings 6 053 6 572 4 902 5 587 5 101 4 399 4 884
Of which:
owned privately 5 167 5 446 3 811 4 353 4 367 3 862 3 858
owned by local governments 579 194 134 163 475 333 717
due to obsolescence 2 780 2 553 2 030 2 128 2 043 1 707 1 939
due to new dwelling construction 2 035 1 864 2 031 2 629 2 205 1 903 1 846
Average floor space of ceased dwellings, m2 63.2 65.7 64.8 68.0 68.8 68.8 67.6
aBefore 2008 without data of sole proprietors. 

© Hungarian Central Statistical Office, 2011