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Housing stock in Portugal

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

EUROSTAT · EU-SILC · CENSUS 2021
2021 · CENSUS

Housing occupancy

Conventional dwellings5,970,677
Occupied4,142,581
Unoccupied1,828,09630.6 %

Building type

One-dwelling building51.8 %
Two-dwelling building6.2 %
3+ dwelling building42.0 %

Construction period

Before 19193.6 %
1919–19455.8 %
1946–19608.8 %
1961–198026.8 %
1981–200035.6 %
2001–201016.5 %
2011–20151.2 %
2016 and after1.7 %
EUROSTAT · STOCK

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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