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

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Denomination 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Dwellings built 8 358 7 612 9 994 14 389 17 681 21 127 28 208
Of which:
built by
local government 180 115 149 23 41 120 167
enterprise with legal entitya 3 236 2 999 4 958 7 023 9 312 11 998 14 717
natural person 4 911 4 476 4 852 7 309 8 203 8 694 13 280
by contractors
companies 5 401 5 058 7 586 10 225 13 109 15 824 19 354
private enterprises 2 494 2 181 2 009 2 216 2 041 1 996 2 248
by purpose of construction
for own use 4 640 4 194 4 361 6 936 7 853 8 374 12 669
for lease 293 251 420 171 198 326 433
for sale 3 411 3 146 5 193 7 269 9 537 12 130 15 048
by type of building
in new residential building 7 769 7 059 9 268 13 677 16 845 20 416 27 504
within this:
in new single-family detached house 4 371 4 204 4 721 7 385 8 996 10 116 14 384
in new multi-storey, multi-dwelling buildings 2 742 2 317 3 856 5 096 6 388 8 555 10 615
in residential park 511 335 382 723 850 782 1 633
Average floor space of dwellings built, m2 100.5 101.4 93.7 100.1 99.3 96.6 98.0
Of which: built by
enterprise with legal entitya 64.3 69.4 67.3 73.0 74.4 73.4 70.7
natural person 126.3 124.1 121.9 126.3 128.1 128.6 128.7
Share of dwellings below 60 m2, % 30.4 22.9 29.3 22.4 22.5 24.6 24.2
Share of dwellings of 100 m2 and more, % 40.2 41.1 34.7 40.7 40.4 38.1 40.3
Holiday houses built
number 297 282 368 317 318 257 293
average floor space, m2 93.8 84.1 74.9 84.2 76.9 97.0 88.8
Ceased dwellings 1 724 2 000 2 485 2 235 2 149 2 087 1 395
Of which:
owned privately 1 300 1 561 2 045 1 793 1 802 1 655 1033
owned by local governments 315 286 301 347 270 315 299
due to obsolescence 985 1 243 1 650 1 286 1 257 1 248 948
due to new dwelling construction 368 457 627 720 743 572 335
Average floor space of ceased dwellings, m2 74.1 74.7 74.1 71.9 68.9 68.5 69.2
aBefore 2008 without data of sole proprietors. 

© Hungarian Central Statistical Office, 2011