Press release No. 285 of 29 July 2019
WIESBADEN – At the end of 2018, the number of dwellings in residential and non-residential buildings amounted to 42.2 million in Germany. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the stock of dwellings compared with the year 2010 increased by 1.8 million or 4.3%. There were 509 dwellings per 1,000 inhabitants at the end of 2018, which was an increase of 14 dwellings per 1,000 inhabitants compared with 8 years earlier (2010: 495 dwellings).
Basic data and long time series are available in table Residential buildings, dwellings, living floor space (31231) in the GENESIS-Online database.
