HOUSING STOCK · CENSUS 2021

Housing stock in Spain

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

EUROSTAT · EU-SILC · CENSUS 2021
2021 · CENSUS

Housing occupancy

Conventional dwellings26,623,715
Occupied18,536,628
Unoccupied8,087,08530.4 %

Building type

One-dwelling building30.1 %
Two-dwelling building4.6 %
3+ dwelling building64.0 %

Construction period

Before 19196.1 %
1919–19455.8 %
1946–19607.3 %
1961–198029.8 %
1981–200025.0 %
2001–201019.7 %
2011–20151.8 %
2016 and after1.0 %
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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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