Housing and construction
Finland in Figures is an information package about Finland and Finns.
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- Buildings and free-time residences
- Permanently occupied dwellings
- Household-dwelling units by size and type of building
- Completed buildings and dwellings
- Dwellings by year of construction
- Completed dwellings
- Volume index of newbuilding
- Building cost index by type of cost
- Prices of dwellings in blocks of flats
- Real price index of old dwellings in blocks of flats
- Prices of real estate
- Average rents of rented dwellings
Buildings and free-time residences
Building type | 2005 | 2010 | 2020 | 2022 |
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One-dwelling and two-dwelling houses | 1 066 220 | 1 113 020 | 1 169 903 | 1 168 455 |
Terraced houses | 72 620 | 77 015 | 84 022 | 84 883 |
Blocks of flats | 56 195 | 58 669 | 65 479 | 66 418 |
Other buildings | 185 760 | 197 392 | 217 246 | 222 187 |
Total | 1 380 795 | 1 446 096 | 1 536 650 | 1 541 943 |
Free-time residences 1) | 474 277 | 489 232 | 508 289 | 509 652 |
Saunas in flats 2) | 1 366 414 | 1 501 567 | 1 719 650 | 1 751 953 |
1) Since 2020 incl. rental holiday cottages, excl. detached houses in leisure-time use
2) The total number of saunas was estimated to be over 2,4 million at the end of 2022
Source: Statistics Finland, buildings and free-time residences
Buildings and free-time residences (xlsx)
Updated: 24.5.2023
Permanently occupied dwellings
A household-dwelling unit consists of all persons occupying the same dwelling on a permanent basis
2010 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | |
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Household-dwelling units, total | 2 537 197 | 2 766 679 | 2 793 636 | 2 816 206 |
Type of building | % | % | % | % |
One-dwelling and two-dwelling houses | 40,4 | 38,2 | 37,9 | 37,6 |
Terraced houses | 13,9 | 13,5 | 13,5 | 13,4 |
Blocks of flats | 43,7 | 46,8 | 47,0 | 47,4 |
Other buildings | 2,0 | 1,5 | 1,6 | 1,5 |
Tenure status | % | % | % | % |
Owner-occupied dwellings | 65,5 | 62,3 | 61,7 | 61,4 |
Rented dwellings | 30,4 | 34,4 | 35,2 | 35,4 |
Right of occupancy dwellings | 1,3 | 1,8 | 1,8 | 1,9 |
Other form of tenure or unknown | 2,7 | 1,5 | 1,3 | 1,3 |
Occupancy rate of dwellings | ||||
Floor area per household-dwelling unit, m2 |
81,2 |
80,9 |
80,7 | 80,6 |
Floor area per person, m2 | 39,1 | 41,3 | 41,5 | 41,7 |
Persons in overcrowded household-dwelling units 1), % | 17,9 | 16,1 | 15,8 | 15,7 |
1) More than one person per room, excl. kitchen
Source: Statistics Finland, dwellings and housing conditions
Permanently occupied dwellings (xlsx)
Updated: 20.11.2023
Household-dwelling units by size and type of building, 2022
A household-dwelling unit consists of all persons occupying the same dwelling on a permanent basis
Size of householddwelling unit | Total | % | One-dwelling and two-dwelling houses | Terraced houses | Blocks of flats | Other buildings |
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1 person | 1 306 125 | 46,4 | 258 470 | 175 614 | 844 116 | 27 925 |
2 persons | 902 678 | 32,1 | 430 117 | 120 387 | 342 415 | 9 759 |
3 persons | 274 176 | 9,7 | 147 933 | 40 759 | 82 738 | 2 746 |
4+ persons | 333 227 | 11,8 | 222 990 | 40 788 | 66 589 | 2 860 |
Total | 2 816 206 | 100 | 1 059 510 | 377 548 | 1 335 858 | 43 290 |
Source: Statistics Finland, dwellings and housing conditions
Household-dwelling units by size and type of building (xlsx)
Updated: 5.5.2023
Completed buildings and dwellings
Completed buildings | 2000 | 2010 | 2020 | 2023 |
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Mil. m3 | ||||
Total | 39,07 | 35,31 | 37,48 | 35,81 |
Residential | 13,57 | 11,11 | 12,49 | 12,58 |
Commercial and office buildings | 6,20 | 5,56 | 4,86 | 3,76 |
Industrial buildings and warehouses | 8,17 | 7,46 | 9,41 | 10,98 |
Other | 11,13 | 11,18 | 10,72 | 8,48 |
Completed dwellings | 2000 | 2010 | 2020 | 2023 |
Number | ||||
Total | 35 365 | 25 482 | 39 042 | 40 737 |
Detached and semi-detached houses | 18 173 | 13 638 | 10 313 | 8 807 |
Blocks of flats | 16 772 | 11 140 | 28 062 | 31 513 |
Residential buildings for communities | 18 | 213 | - | 45 |
Dwellings of special groups | - | 85 | 163 | 287 |
Other than residential buildings | 402 | 406 | 504 | 85 |
Source: Statistics Finland, building and dwelling production
Completed buildings and dwellings (xlsx)
Updated: 22.2.2024
Completed dwellings
Source: Statistics Finland, building and dwelling production
Updated: 22.2.2024
Dwellings by year of construction, 2022
Source: Statistics Finland, building and dwelling production
Dwellings by year of construction (xlsx)
Updated: 15.2.2024
Volume index of newbuilding 2015 = 100
New buildings, building expansions and alterations comparable to rebuilding
Source: Statistics Finland, building and dwelling production
Volume index of newbuilding 2015 = 100 (xlsx)
Updated: 1.3.2024
Building cost index by type of cost
2000 = 100
Source: Statistics Finland, building cost index
Building cost index by type of cost 2000 = 100 (xlsx)
Updated: 23.1.2024
Prices of dwellings in blocks of flats
Year | Old dwellings | New dwellings | ||
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Greater Helsinki | Rest of Finland | Greater Helsinki | Rest of Finland | |
Unencumbered average prices, €/m2 | ||||
2015 | 3 965 | 1 800 | 5 111 | 3 452 |
2016 | 4 061 | 1 817 | 5 168 | 3 733 |
2017 | 4 249 | 1 844 | 5 206 | 3 859 |
2018 | 4 404 | 1 856 | 5 450 | 3 997 |
2019 | 4 566 | 1 871 | 5 873 | 4 073 |
2020 | 4 851 | 1 933 | 6 262 | 4 238 |
2021 | 5 144 | 2 003 | 6 441 | 4 376 |
2022 | 5 184 | 2 043 | 6 418 |
4 478 |
2023 | *4 805 | *1 946 | 6 491 | 4 433 |
* preliminary data
Source: Statistics Finland, prices of dwellings in housing companies
Prices of dwellings in blocks of flats (xlsx)
Updated: 23.2.2024
Real price index of old dwellings in blocks of flats, 1983 = 100
Source: Statistics Finland, prices of dwellings in housing companies
Real price index of old dwellings in blocks of flats 1983 = 100 (xlsx)
Updated: 29.1.2024
Prices of real estate
Year | Old single family houses | Single family house plots | ||||
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Average price |
Index | Real price index |
Average price |
Index | Real price index |
|
€/m2 | 2015 = 100 | 2015 = 100 | €/m2 | 2015 = 100 | 2015 = 100 | |
2015 | 1 541 | 100,0 | 100,0 | 18,6 | 100,0 | 100,0 |
2016 | 1 549 | 100,1 | 99,8 | 21,2 | 98,1 | 97,8 |
2017 | 1 560 | 98,8 | 97,7 | 22,7 | 97,9 | 96,9 |
2018 | 1 545 | 96,9 | 95,0 | 23,5 | 103,2 | 101,1 |
2019 | 1 588 | 96,0 | 92,9 | 22,4 | 100,0 | 96,9 |
2020 | 1 630 | 97,4 | 94,0 | 23,1 | 107,6 | 103,9 |
2021 | 1 752 | 103,5 | 97,8 | 24,7 | 115,9 | 109,6 |
2022 | 1 716 | 103,6 | 91,4 | 25,9 | 121,1 | 106,9 |
2023 | 1 572 | 95,4 | 79,3 | 22,5 | 113,9 | 94,6 |
Average rents of rented dwellings
Year | Non-subsidised dwellings | Government-subsidised dwellings | ||
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Greater Helsinki | Rest of Finland | Greater Helsinki | Rest of Finland | |
€/m2/month | €/m2/month | €/m2/month | €/m2/month | |
2015 | 16,87 | 11,22 | 12,19 | 10,39 |
2016 | 17,49 | 11,51 | 12,42 | 10,51 |
2017 | 18,39 | 12,29 | 12,74 | 10,72 |
2018 | 18,78 | 12,58 | 12,98 | 10,80 |
2019 | 19,29 | 12,85 | 13,10 | 10,92 |
2020 | 20,12 | 12,99 | 13,29 | 11,05 |
2021 | 20,28 | 13,05 | 13,41 | 11,13 |
2022 | 20,55 | 13,54 | 13,55 | 11,27 |
2023 | 20,83 | 13,93 | 13,87 | 11,62 |
Source: Statistics Finland, rents of dwellings
Average rents of rented dwellings (xlsx)
Updated: 23.1.2024
Main topic: Housing and construction
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