Press release No. 409 of 15 November 2017
WIESBADEN – Arithmetically, there are 618 square metres of housing and transport area per inhabitant in Germany. As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the housing and transport area extended over a total of 50,799 square kilometres on the reference date of 31 December 2016, which was 14% of the total German area.
At 42%, residential building area accounted for the largest proportion of the total housing area (32,770 square kilometres), followed by areas for industrial and commercial purposes (18%).