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Housing stock in Sweden

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

EUROSTAT · EU-SILC · CENSUS 2021
2021 · CENSUS

Housing occupancy

Conventional dwellings5,510,195
Occupied4,527,565
Unoccupied982,63017.8 %

Building type

One-dwelling building50.5 %
Two-dwelling building0.3 %
3+ dwelling building47.7 %

Construction period

Before 19198.0 %
1919–194516.6 %
1946–196016.1 %
1961–198032.4 %
1981–200012.8 %
2001–20104.7 %
2011–20152.6 %
2016 and after4.8 %
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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