Press release No. 275 of 26 July 2018
WIESBADEN – At the end of 2017, the number of dwellings in residential and non-residential buildings amounted to roughly 42.0 million in Germany. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the stock of dwellings compared with the year 2010 increased by 1.5 million or 3.7%. There were 507 dwellings per 1,000 inhabitants at the end of 2017, which was an increase of 12 dwellings per 1,000 inhabitants compared with 7 years earlier (2010: 495 dwellings).
Basic data and long time series are available in table Residential buildings, dwellings, living floor space (31231-0001) in the GENESIS-Online database
