HOUSING STOCK · CENSUS 2021

Housing stock in Italy

Occupancy, building type and age of the housing stock from Census 2021.

EUROSTAT · EU-SILC · CENSUS 2021
2021 · CENSUS

Housing occupancy

Conventional dwellings35,271,829
Occupied25,690,057
Unoccupied9,581,77227.2 %

Building type

One-dwelling building18.5 %
Two-dwelling building14.6 %
3+ dwelling building66.7 %

Construction period

Before 19199.5 %
1919–19458.4 %
1946–196014.5 %
1961–198035.9 %
1981–200020.4 %
2001–20108.5 %
2011–20152.0 %
2016 and after0.9 %
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Key reading note

Reference years differ by source: heating systems are measured in 2023, several housing-condition indicators in 2025, and housing-stock structure in Census 2021. Percentages from different blocks should therefore not be added together.

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